Thorough search that they found her body. Police took down the crime tape surrounding the parking structure where the body of maddie was found. They found her remains concealed and hidden late monday night. This has been just a horrific horrific experience for the family, as well as for our entire community. Reporter kevin believes maddie was killed before she was reported missing. She was last seen riding her scooter around the complex. They say a 15yearold boy new maddie and she was murdered inside his apartment. She knew him. She had a reasonable amount of trust in him, she was 8 years old. Its a lot of life. Always joyful. Always a smile on her face. Reporter a family friend visited that site along with her uncle. I pray to god somebody deals with him. Reporter the hardest part was seeing maddies fathers pain. Just try to be calm. Im mad i wasnt here quick enough. Reporter our thoughts, our prayers are with this family tonight. They plan to file charges within the next two days. Th
Center city at aikens oval. What this means for people who are most at risk for heatrelated illnesses like the young and elderly, they really need to stay inside during the heat of the day. For everyone else its best to drink plenty of water. If youre outside, seek shade. On days like today when the city of philadelphia issues an excessive heat warning youll find more people crowding their local Senior Centers. Anyone 55 or older is welcome. Many of those who are in the most vulnerable population do go. At the West Oak Lane location in philadelphia, we found yesterday they have plenty of water available. The air conditioning is on high. They have low stress activities to help keep peoples minds off the extreme weather outside. When it gets hotter then people will stay longer. Well get a few more people in their homes that will come in because its just too hot. Its a great place. And saving energy is a big concern for seniors. Really anyone on a fixed income. Coming up in the next half
Stopped where we stopped because wez saw state troopers running over to this bridge which separates the Delaware Park complex. We came over here. This is where state troopers found a gun in the water. I was there as they literally spotted the gun in the water. They ran to the bridge. The state Police Chopper was overhead. What appears to be a handgun in the creek. You could see it in the water from up on the bridge. A state police diver came over a little while later and went down in the mud to retrieve it. It is believed the suspect threw it into the creek as they left the scene. Again, im working with state police to get the latest details. They tell me they have a suspect in custody. Were waiting on condition of the person who was shot. Were trying to learn more details about the circumstances that led up to it. The area i showed you behind the trees, thats where were going to go now. We will head over there. As soon as we have more details, well bring them to you on air and online.
Used from federal grant money for an educational seminar fatah never held. His long time Congressional District assistant the helped cover up the cashflow. Brandt took part in the alleged crimes. 29 counts in this indictment and some of those penalties are pretty hefty, with racketeering and bribery carrying each a maximum of 20 years in prison. Reporting live outside city hall deanna durante, nbc10 news. Congressman fatah was in washington when the indictment was announced today. Nbc10s keith jones is live now in our Digital Operations Center with more on what the congressman had to say today. Hes going to let his attorney handle this matter, he wants to continue to focus on helping his constituents. All i want to say is i spent my time helping people. Im going to spend my time helping millions more and im going to let my attorney its going to be important to my constituents that this not be a distraction in terms of my would, and im going to try not to have it be a distraction. This
Hes accused of using Campaign Money to pay his sons student loan debt. Nbc10 news anchor renee chenaultfattah is married to the congressman. The feds allege renees car is part of a scheme to help the fattahs finance a vacation home. Renee is not indicted. The public does not expect their elected officials to misuse Campaign Funds. Misappropriate government funds, accept bribes or commit bank fraud. These type of criminal acts betray the publics trust. Hes done nothing wrong, congressman fattah was at work in washington today. A court date will be set. Harry hairston joins us now. You spoke with the congressman when these allegations began to surface. You spoke with him today, he spoke today when the charges were announced . Yes, he did come out and speak today, thats right. For the past eight years, a cloud of suspicion has followed him. Today on capitol hill congressman fattah stated neither he nor any of the others named in the indictment did anything wrong. I understand but the rico