that will remain a pivotal part of the investigation. they can ping down certain places and times she was on the path and narrow it down to see if there were any other cell phones within that area. reporter: outside, the restaurant and bar where she worked, they are asking if this was a she knew. you can see the flyers police have put up. we know karina vetrano had a very large following on social media. you can beth police are leaving no stone unturned. for lack of anything else, her cell phone is the focal point of the investigation. we are live in howard beach, i m stacey sager, eyewitness news. thanks. we are learning this afternoon the grandson of the arrested on drug charges. the home that his grandfather lived in for years. this was the first time nypd ever acted on a search warrant at a godde resident. the commissioner says the sale of oyccoton is issue. in mob, particularly with narcotics but the knob still has its fingers in so many things in the up city.
seized the suspects cars and raided gotti s business in ozone park, along with his home, which is the same house that belonged to the late john gotti. this is a photo of the mob boss taken back in 1987 in front of the howard beach property, where his grandson was arrested this morning, marking the first time law enforcement agents were able to execute a search warrant on the property. right off his room we found a safe with 500 oxycodone and about $40,000. so it is the same home you have news all these many years. reporter: we expect gotti and the others to be walked out of the precinct anytime now. we ll tell you why police pulled over gotti a month ago, found drugs in his car and left him go. stephen kim channel 7 eyewitness news. well in a separate bust, police and federal authorities crack down in several states. the arrests were made in new york, new jersey and connecticut as well as massachusetts and florida. total of 46 people are accused of extortion, loan shar
community threat. right now, we know it s random. we don t believe it s anybody in her life that created this. reporter: and a closer look at who she was and where she was in life. she had just gotten her master degree, had been part of a short film. it was called a pair orthodox and it was it was called a paradox and it was based on her work. she did a great job. reporter: and so much of the focus has been on who killed her. the search for her killer, helping this neighborhood feel secure. well, this afternoon at 3:00, it will be her wake and tomorrow, her funeral. expect her friends and family to focus on her more, who she was, what were he goals and were her goals and and how they were cut short. channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you. police in staten island are teenage suspects following a pair of armed robberies. investigators say they first tried to hold-up the clerk this morning. they ran off empty handed when they weren t able to access the motel s of
news. channel 7 eyewitness news. murdered, now mourned. the devastated family of a jogger gathers to pay respects as detectives find new clues they hope will point them in the direction of her killer. sideswiped. a pickup truck slams into a man in a bronx supermarket parking lot and keeps on going. good evening, i m sade bederinwa. and i m david nevaro in for bill ritter. tonight for the one day wait. the jogger s body discovered tuesday night in howard beach. police found her sneaker and earphones about 60 feet away from her body. they are testing the items for dna and fingerprints. eyewitness news reporter, carolina lead with more. reporter: in addition to all that new evidence, there is details leading towards karina s killer. friends, family, and complete strangers gathered at this funeral home for the wake of 30- year-old, karina verano. a gam et of emotions and heartbreak. i think she was a beautiful person. beautiful. to devastation and anger. who w
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