Daughter. Im in shock, still unbelievable. Devastated. Police say that the killer shot hoskins multiple times and stuffed her in a trash can. The police found the body after receiving a tip and her mother says that she recently broke up with her boyfriend. He was a troubled kid. He just got out of jail for pulling a gun on both of my daughters. Investigators are searching for clues, they placed candles where the 21yearolds body was found. Our hearts in wilmington, delaware, are broken. She wants her daughter remembers as an honest and caring woman. As for her killer . Why did you have to treat my daughter as if she was trash . Why . Reporter and hos kins mother says whoever is responsibility for killing her daughter, she will forgive. Im live in wilmington, channel 6 action news. All right chad thank you. Now to a case of he said he said. That dominated the headlines, in the final days of the Olympic Games. Brazil says that claims by american swimmers that they were robbed at gun point are simply not true. But tonight olympian champion, refuses to back down from his side of the story. Adrian bankard is live with all the developments from rio. Reporter good evening, its a global playbyplay more dramatic than the Olympic Games in rio. This turning into an international incidents. Claims made that they were robbed at gun point have crumbled. Police saying there was no robbery. And federal Brazilian Police sources say at least one of the four olympic swimmers including ryan lochte are seen breaking down a bathroom door with a gas station and getting into a fight with a Security Guard and rewind to last week that the controversial interview lochte gave to nbc news. He pulled out his gun and said get down and i put my hands up and i was like whatever. Lochte now saying it was pointed in think direction. His teammates, all remain in brazil. Two of them seen here in a rio Police Station after being pulled from a flight bound for houston. They came by and said sir you need to debark the plane and they took them off. Lets give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions you later regret. Rios chief of police saying they should apologize telling brazilian tv network, the only truth is saying they were drunk. And a federal Police Source in rio says that at least two of the swimmers in brazil at this time cooperating with authorities could possibly be home in the u. S. As soon as this evening. Rick back to you. Adrian thank you. Well, just hours after the american swimmers made their claims reports of a british athlete also being robbed. They said one of their athletes was held up at gun point after a night out. They did not say if that was reported to police. Our coverage continues with gray hall tonight, he is live in Gloucester County where he talked to local swimmers about the alleged incident in rio. Reporter rick, it is the topic of conversation around the pool, many swimmers we talked to they were a bit surprised by the news, the allegations were true, the big question is why . Their dives may not be preliminary pick quality just yet but one day their names could be as big as ryan lochte orplyingal phelps. They are keeping an eye on the competitions and the controversy around ryan lochte are making a splash. They are disappointed to hear he may be untruthful. It will take away from who he is. A lot of people looked up to him as a swimmer and as a person, and now its a big question mark. Investigators are wading through the details but it appears his claims are sinking fast. Adrian says this has nothing to do with swimming and everything to do with character. I dont want my kids following Something Like that. You can root for him but id never go to an autograph signing or Something Like that. They are willing to look past it and forgive the swimmers involved. Its surprising, i think he has done great things, and has won a lot of medals for us. I look up to him and so do i. It was a mistake. With all the success at the olympics, its a shame it will leave a blemish. Why would you want this to be the back story . People will remember that. People remember the bad. Reporter and back out live as all of this continues to unfold. Many want to hear from lochte and the other swimmers involved in all of this, all of whom could face punishment or some type of fine. Gray hall, channel 6 action news. Okay gray thank you. Well, 40 men were arrested in a massive child pornography bust in new jersey, there is at least one suspect from every county in the garden state. Officials used special equipment to monitor file sharing sites that led them to dozens of suspects, Officials Say they all have one thing in common. They all allegedly share a depraved desire to watch children being raped, being molested and forced to perform sexual acts on themselves or others. One of suspects is 37yearold adam farrington, a father of three Young Children from cinnaminson. Neighbors told action news they were surprised saying farrington was a good father. It took police six months to round up all 40 suspects. Two men are in the Chester County jail for allegedly having sex with a 14yearold girl. Jamison and brown are accused of tricking the girl into the relationship and they seized 50,000 pornographic images and videos from the home. They are looking into the possibility there may be more victims. Pennsylvania Inspector General bruce beamer is tapped to replace Kathleen Kane as the top prosecutor. Beamer worked under kane and testified against her in the trial. Wolf nominated beamer to replace her and once approved he will replace the acting attorney general, bruce caster. Now time for a check of our traffic report. Matt pellman is keeping on eye on the roads. We disapprove on the ride, from 202 at king of prussia from this point from the conshohocken curve to the belmonbelmont. There was a vehicle at gladwyne, its still a very slow go into the phils game. If you take 95 southbound to the phils game a little better but not a whole lot. Jammed from academy to cotman and jammed south from the betsy ross bridge to girard. A crash involving a pedestrian at the monroe muffler near allentown road. You should avoid that. And swede road a crash and downed pole. 202 gets you around that. And slowing on southbound 45, 95 southbound is not a lot better with normal volume and marsh road remains blocked because of a downed pole. Well check it again in the next half hour. Thank you matt. Just days after mcdonalds made a big change to the happy meals, the company is reversing course. Coming up in health check, why the fast food chain is pulling the toys they were handing out all to promote physical fitness for children. And the eagles are taking on the steelers tonight in preseason action. Jeff skversky is live in pittsburgh. Reporter sam bradford and the eagles are gearing up for the steelers, a big deal for bradford to get on the same page with his new look offensive line. With overnight rain and the sunshine is back and we get a break from the heat and humidity and we track the return of it over the weekend along with a chance of strong storms. All the details in the accuweather forecast. When action news returns. Firefighters in Southern California have established a foot hold in california, the flames have burned 37 miles east of los angeles. They have not confirmed how many buildings have been destroyed only that lots of structures are gone. And expect large losses. Health check tonight. More than 60 thousand adults in the u. S. Are expected to be diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer in the next year. Health reporter and registered nurse, ali gorman is live at the big board with more on what you need to know. Reporter this is the new england journal of med in, it says the number of people with Thyroid Cancer skyrocketed over the last decades, but its likely do to more sensitive testing, it picks up cancers that will never grow or pose a problem. The number of deaths has remained the same, routine screening with ultrasound is not recommended but your pro required can do a physical exam to spot potential problems. Eating fish at least two times per week can help prevent diabetic eye disease that happens to 30 of diabetics, fish say good source of omega 3 fatty acids and people that had a diet rich in the nutrient had a lower rate of the disease. And it has been shown to be good for your heart. And finally, we have an update to a story we brought you yesterday. Mcdonalds now pulling the fitness trackers from happy meals. The toys were suppose to be a fun way to promote physical fitness for kids but after some reports of rashes be skin irritation, the Company Announced they will no longer give them out. Unfortunately that did not last very long. Mcdonalds say that customer safety comes first and are investigating the problem and other happy meal toys will be offered in place of the fitness trackers. Thank you. Still to come on action news. The new system that police are putting in place in newark that they hope will cut back on underage drinking and. And a florida home was destroyed by fire after a popular gift for kids exploded out of nowhere. David was proud to be an american soldier. And i know im prejudiced because he was my son, but i dont think he had a mean bone in his body. There is not a day that i dont think about david. When i saw donald trump attack another gold star mother, i felt such a sense of outrage. She was standing there, she had nothing to say. If donald trump cannot respect a gold star family, then why would anyone in america think he would respect them. Votevets is responsible for the content of this advertising. Claustrophobia, meetresher biteophobia. Sfx buzz 1 light off mosquito lamp. Sfx ring animation sound 2 create distance from fatherinlaw. Sfx ding get back out there. With off sfx ring animation sound keep bugs off. Sfx buzz. Thwack sc johnson. A hover board explosion is to blame for a house fire in dania, florida. An entire room was torched. The device was left plugged into an outlet for two weeks and it just exploded. It sent burning pieces flying into other rooms of the home as well. Damage estimates could reach 50,000. From our delaware newsroom now, with College Students about to return, the city of newark announced a new nuisance point system to cut down on underage drinking and related issues at local bars and restaurants, most that cater to the students of the university of delaware, are given special permits to sell alcohol. Under the new points system if an establishments is found breaking the rules, they will then accrue points. Enough points could result in the loss of their alcohol permit. Mayor jim kenney renewed the citys commitment to fair hiring practices. At the Federal Reserve bank, it was hosted by city works. A different type of circus is about to make a slash in delaware. Action news got a sneak peek at an aquatic spectacular called cirque talia. It has acrobats and contortionists. Fountains of water shoot 14 feet in the air and rain on the stage below. Much to the delight of this mermaid im sure. There is a mermaid somewhere in there. They will perform tonight through sunday in delaware city. Very cool. Interesting. Still to come on action news at 5 00, a check of the forecast. Looking live outside sky 6 hd showing you the beaches of Atlantic City and its pretty busy right now. Meteorologist, cecily tynan, has your accuweather forecast when we come right back. Time for accuweather at the action news bluecross broad street run board. It felt good in philadelphia. Dew points are a little bit lower and temperatures lower and sky 6 hd looking at the Commodore Barry bridge and after waking up with the clouds, lingering showers and the sunshine is back, a lot of people are asking me on my facebook and twitter account is this heat wave a record . Not even close. This heat wave number five eight days. But the longest heat wave was way back in 1988, it went 18 days and the most number of heat waves back in 1991 when we had 10, we are only halfway there. We should not be getting ten heat waves there year. Philadelphia south of 90 at 88 degrees and wilmington 89 and cape may and trenton 84 degrees. And the dew points dropped significantly inland, philadelphia the dew point 64 degrees and reading 65 and that is slightly muggy. And we have dew points in the reason right along the beach, interior south jersey and delaware. You really feel the moisture in the air and feeling oppressive. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we did get some showers and thunderstorms, much needed rain, that moves through overnight than is pushed down to the southeast. You cant see it too well but there is a piece of Energy Rolling towards the poconos and a little bit of a vort max, that could cause problems in the poconos, but most of the region is rain free and partly cloudy and somewhat humid, 67 in the suburbs and 74 for center city. And waking up with a good amount of sunshine tomorrow. This model shows that we could have a little bit of scattered shower activity with a sea breeze front along the jersey coast. Something we have to allow for. Most of the region seeing a lot of sunshine, down the shore sunny and warm and a late day shower and 84. Philadelphia though we are back in the heat and humidity. 91 degrees in the poconos and poconos 81 under mostly sunny skies. On saturday, it gets humid with the possibility of a thunderstorm and a better chance of some strong gusty thunderstorms late in the day on sunday and sunday night ahead of a cold front. The high of 90 and look what happens behind it, 84 on monday and tuesday a little bit on the cool side with low humidity and high of 82. Good thing to do in this kind of weather is get near the water, and do some kayaking, meteorologist, Melissa Magee in stone harbor. Not that you need it this is a great Shoulder Workout you know. Are you right, you are right. Good presses and up things too, a squat and a press. You got it going on that is for sure. Are you guys having a good time . Yeah no, no, are you guys having fun . Yes we are having our own little races, a kayak race as well. Well have more on what to expect down at the shore and the all important shore forecast. Are you guys ready . On your mark get set, go . I think i won okay. She is still talking oh well. She is out of breath trust me. Still more to come in the next half hour of action news at 5 00. The bucks county horse groomer is facing criminal charges, what the Authorities Say she did to have the odds play in her favor at a local casino. And the eagles are there for the preseason matchup for the steelers, we are live with a preview. Those stories and more when action news comes right back. Action news continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, Rick Williams and monica malpass. Hello again, monica is off and Sharrie Williams is joining us tonight. The size and scope of the devastation in louisiana is just starting to be realized as federal officials tour the communities left in ruins by widespread flooding and a pharmacist takes matters into his own hand after thieves rob his store. And the eagles are in pittsburgh ready to take on the steels for their second preseason game. The American Red Cross is calling the flooding in louisiana the worst Natural Disaster since hurricane sandy. And officials got a first look at the scope of the devastation. And Kenneth Moton is following the developments from washington, d. C. He joins us live with the very latest. Reporter rick and sharrie, right now 4,000 people remain in the shelters in louisiana. Many flood victims have been able to get back into their homes and others are still dealing with rising waters. Louisianas floodwaters are heading south. We lost everything in katrina, came here and ten years later lost everything again. 30,000 people rescued. 40,000 homes impacted. And 40,000 more at risk. It sparked more evacuations in baton rouge. The death toll stands at 13. I want to express we are not out of the woods. This is an on going event on the ground is Homeland Security and fema, more than 30,000 people have registered for federal help. The federal government is here and well be here as long as it takes to help this community recover. The disaster has scientists taking a closer look at weather systems wreaking havoc in the u. S. The dry conditions out west sparked wild fires and record breaking heat made july the hottest month ever. In extreme weather patterns its one of the outcomes we expect to see from overall warming conditions and scientists are looking at that, its hard to connect single events as for this event president obama gets daily updates from the federal response, he does not plan to cut his vacation short to louisiana because it would cause a major disruption in the recovery efforts. Thank you. World news tonight with david muir will have more on the louisiana flooding and what is being done to prevent more death and destruction. Now, to a developing story from philadelphias kensington section. Detectives are on the scene of a triple shooting here. Near waterloo and cambria streets. Chopper 6 hd wasover head as officers combed the area for clues. A 17yearold had a graze wound and a 17yearold was shot in the back and 37yearold was shot. Police are looking for suspects and a weapon. In northampton county, a man expected to plead guilty to murder at an easton motel, he shocked the court by changing his mind and took it a step further. Jeffrey nobel jr. Says he was forced to plead guilty to murderering andrea white. He will now be try ford first degree murder. This is daniel irv, a gymnastics instructor. He is charged with sexual assault. Authorities say it started when the girl was years old and continued for three years. A pharmacist tried to stop a couple of thieves from getting away after they targeted his store over the weekend. This is Surveillance Video from inside of the lancaster pharmacy along the 4100 block of lancaster avenue in West Philadelphia s