Theres a murder or a body found here two, three times a week. Reporter in this neighborhood. In this neighborhood, yes. Since i been here in february, four bodies i know of. Reporter some time earlier the stolen fan pulled into this repair shop just steps from where the van was recovered. The owners told me two young males asked them to replace or repair the flat tire but they were turned away when they claimed to have no money to pay. Moments later police found the van right across the street abandoned. I wish they would turn themself in to be honest with you and get it over with. Face the fact like you do wrong, like you going to pay for it. Go ahead and get it over with the. Reporter rick witnesses on theodore street in southwest philadelphia told police they say three young males fleeing from dales home overnight sunday into monday morning. City hall has now of course posted the standard 20,000 in reward money for information leading to the capture of joseph dailys killers. Live in
Im not used to whats going on. Im just living in the moment. Im on cloud nine. Reporter wright then 20 years old, was arrested tried and convicted in the 1991 rape and murder of a 77yearold nicetown woman. Despite what he called a phony confession, wright always professed his innocence even as he sat behind bars. I lay in bed and cried myself to sleep so many nights, man, you know, at one time i was a lot of soul, man, you know what i mean, i was just hoping somebody, anybody would listen. Reporter several years ago, dna evidence proved wright did not commit the crime. But the District Attorney Seth Williams demanded the case be retried. Jurors took less than two hours to find him not guilty. Or more accurately innocent. I felt wonderful. It was, um. It was humbling. It really was and it was a privilege to read those words, not guilty. Reporter with his long suffering parents watching, wright was asked if he held a grudge against the legal system that stole so much of his life. I worsh
Oh, i just cant finish this. I keep reading the same line over and over. You really miss archie, dont you, ma . Oh, yeah. When i saw him put on his Little Soldier cap it reminded me how much i missed him when he went off to fort dix to fight hitler. I dont understand, ma. I mean, the conventions in manhattan. Why cant archie sleep here . Why does he have to sleep at a hotel . Well, it isnt just any hotel. Its the new howard johnson. Boy oh, boy oh, boy, oh, boy. Gloria, whats the matter . You have a hard day . Michael, you dont know the half of it. I thought everything that could possibly happen to me on the subway had already happened, but tonight topped em all. Well, what happened . I got a seat. [laughs] you tricked me shes always doing that to me hi, ma. Hi, gloria. You tricked me, too. Im sorry, ma. Its just that im in such a good mood cause its saturday night. And tomorrows sunday, which means i got the whole day off. And you bought yourself something. [doorbell rings] oh, yeah.
Philadelphia area, but there is hope, for a much nicer day for mothers day on sunday. Lets get right to meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board, cecily. Jim, it business time. What a flip flop over the past 20 days, first ten days of that period starting april 17th we have had mega block and we were trapped under high pressure. That meant it was warm, temperatures, more than 6 degrees above average and it was dry, only about a third of an inch of rain the flip side, past ten days, temperatures averaging more than 6 degrees below average and we had more rain the past ten days then we have had the entire month of april, more than 2 inches and it is still raining in parts of our region. Double scan live is showing you look at this spin, low pressure is sitting over us. It is verticalcally stacked which means upper level low is right over the surface low. That will help weaken the storm. It will start to dissipate but we have a solid area of rain right now, generally north and west of
It is friday night, and a big story on action news tonight is a slow move away from days of dreary and rainy weather, it is not happening, without a last shot from Mother Nature. We are ending up, with over an inch of rain, in the philadelphia area, but there is hope, for a much nicer day for mothers day on sunday. Lets get right to meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board, cecily. Jim, it business time. What a flip flop over the past 20 days, first ten days of that period starting april 17th we have had mega block and we were trapped under high pressure. That meant it was warm, temperatures, more than 6 degrees above average and it was dry, only about a third of an inch of rain the flip side, past ten days, temperatures averaging more than 6 degrees below average and we had more rain the past ten days then we have had the entire month of april, more than 2 inches and it is still raining in parts of our region. Double scan live is showing you look at this spin, low pressure is sitti