Place had been ransacked. I seen the couch laying over and the television blasting. Reporter frank says he lifted the couch and there was his son. 59yearold Michael Fazio dead underneath with a pile of blankets covering him. I shook him a few times. No movement. So i ran right in and called the police. His feet were tied. Hands behind him. Bag over his head and duct tape. Reporter they found michael around noon on monday after they hadnt seen him all day sunday. Michael was assaulterre assaultn autopsy determined the cause of death to be mechanical and positional a fix ya. Frank says his son struggled with dripping but he doesnt know who would want him dead. Cant wait to hear from them and cant wait to hear that they caught somebody because somebody did it. Theres no way in this world that boy could have tied himself up by himself like that. No way. Reporter and frank tells me the only thing he knows for sure is that his son withdrew 500 from the bank a few days before he was murdered. He wonder ifs that has anything to do with what happened. Meanwhile, investigators dont have a motive or suspect. Iain . Shawnette, thank you. New tonight a local middle schoolteacher facing assault charges. Police in linwood, new jersey, say Kimberly Pesce a teacher at bell Haven Middle School pulled a students chair backwards so his head hit the floor. Police say this happened in february. School officials called authorities the day after the alleged assault and Police Arrested her. On your radar tonight another chilly night out there. People out on the wilmington riverfront are feeling those bonechilling temperatures. Kathy, any relief in site. Slow but sure iain. Things are looking better. Tomorrow will be the best day of the entire week. Thats not really hard to do, is it . Take look hyped me clear sky in old city philadelphia. The winds are dying down. Were out of the west right now at just 9 miles an hour. Feels like its 25 with a temperature of 33. Right now temperatures mainly in the 30s still seeing that northwesterly wind component. Allentown 33. Wrightstown 33. Atlantic city 34 degrees. Wind chills in the 20s and that will be the case into tomorrow morning. Philadelphia feels like 25. In the poconos it only feels like 11. Mill schill 23. In reading it it feels like 24. Not as much wind but clearing skies and cold for the start of the day tomorrow. Sunshine during the day as well for your friday. Were watching this. This is a warm front. It moves through late tomorrow night and into the day on saturday. Bringing rain and snow. You can see the cold thats still locked up for these eastern third of the nation as far south as florida. Atlanta only 45 degrees. Louisville 37 a lot more cold before we see a warmup like we have over the past several months. February will end up being warmer than this particular march. As we go hour by hour, sunshine during the day tomorrow. Then precipitation moves in from the west. Fridafriday night into saturday morning keep an eye out through the Lehigh Valley, berks county and even into the poconos, we have some snow saturday morning for the rest of us. In philadelphia and our suburbs, its rain. But a couple of inches of snow possible when the day is done on saturday through the Lehigh Valley and the poconos. And then a coastal storm may come close enough to push back some moisture through especially south jersey, Central Jersey into new york and bring us some snow. Maybe even some rain during the day on sunday. This is the storm to watch an area of low pressure it moves off the coast and then an intensifies the question is how strong is it and how close is it to bring us that precipitation in the form of snow for your sunday. It wont be a lot an inch or two but additional light snow. During the nighttime hours mainly clear, lighter winds, low temperature 23. Tomorrows High Temperature around 41 degrees. Less wind and more sun for st. Patricks day make it much more comfortable. Melting going on. On your seven day forecast, snow and rain showers for saturday most of us seeing the rain. Sunday 43 with morning snow showers possible possibly especially in south jersey. Monday mostly sunny. We have spring beginning temperatures warming into the 50s tuesday. 40s for wednesday and thursday. But iain, these temperatures are still pretty much well below normal for this time of year. We got to crank up the heat. Dont think it will happen. Not in the next ten days. All right, kathy, have to wait. Thanks. You bet. A lot of big news tonight out of the nations cap tom but something thats not new house and Senate Leaders saying theres no evidence that donald trump was wire tapped leading up to the november election. Meantime President Trump second attempt at travel ban is stopped in its tracks by a couple of federal judges. Temporarily blocked the order which would have blocked travel from six majority muslim countries. And theres a new Budget Proposal from President Trump. The plan includes increase of 54 billion in defense spending. Offset by taking money from northern a dozen other agencies that includes huge cuts to the state department and the epa. Happening now the hunt for the thief behind a couple of food truck hold ups. Surveillance video caught the moment right before the guy climbs on and pulls out a gun and tonight truck owners are nervous much Chris Oconnell joins us live in west philadelphia. Chris . Reporter iain, it only took about a matter of a minute for a man with a gun to swipe more than a thousand dollars from two very hardworking food truck owners here in west philadelphia. But it was a lot more than just money that was taken. Also, a sense of security. Shaw ramon has been cooking up halal food from his truck on 45th and walnut streets since he immigrate add from pakistan a year and a half ago. Hes never had a problem here until monday night. Showed me the gun like he shoot us and he say give me the money. Reporter Police Released this Surveillance Video of a man who pulls up in darkcolored chevy malibu camly walks down 45th street towards this food truck. And in a matter of a minute, police say he entered the back of of the truck and put a gun to ramons head. He got away with hundreds of dollars in cash, video captured the man just before and after the robbery. Police detectives say the man struck again, two hours later, a mile and a half away. This time a food cart at 34th and lancaster on the campus of drexel university. Again, the victim held up a gun point where the guy got off with hundreds of more dollars. Enters his truck, points a gun to the persons head and demands the money, takes it and get back in the car do the same thing gets in the car and drives i w was. His customers telling us hes freakily giving away free food with those with no money. Doesnt feel safe in his own neighborhood. We are doing hard work we feel tense and now we no feel like safe. Reporter back out here live this truck still open late at night. Police say a total of 15 hun doctor dollars cash was stolen from both food truck. Saw saw that Surveillance Video. Crystal clear images of that suspect. They are hoping someone out there knows this guy, identifies this guy and calls southwest detectives immediately. Iain . Lets hope so, chris, thank you. Are you missing some jewel jewelry . Take a good look at these video right here. These valuables are not for auction. Police say 50,000 pieces of jewelry and other valuables were stolen in at least 15 burglaries most of them happened in montgomery county. Investigators say thieves swiped a million and a half bucks worth of goods prosecutors say they somehow ended up being bought and sold at several stores on jewelers row here in center city. We tried to talk witness owner of one of those stores. Are these allegations true . Were you selling stolen goods . Did you know they were stolen . That owner did not answer our questions as you can see. He did post bail and was released. Meantime, authorities have created a website for people to look at the jewelry and file a claim if they believe they see their property on there. Well have link to that site for you on our site at fox29. Com. Bensalem Police Department is trail blazing with some new crime testing technology. Bucks county department will become the first in the country to use rapid hit id for dna testing. The new technology generates lab quality forensic dna profiles in less than 90 minutes. The City Public Safety director says this means catching criminals quicker and making streets safer. Its not about necessarily locking up people. Its about preventing a victim tomorrow and that comes by locking getting the criminal off the street today. What took us 18 months, then took us 30 days now as the da said you give us an hour and a half start well get these guys and gals. Some critics of local dna labs say it can be difficult to regulate how dna samples are collected because theres no state or federal oversight. You see it you shoot it our fresco users are helping show us whats happening in your neighborhood. Dawn, whats going on tonight . Well, iain, hundreds of philadelphia students get the news they were anxiously waiting to hear. Theyve been selected to receive a fouryear seoul scholarship to attend quality private school. Clifford fresco news was there as always calls what placed to 800 families part of the Childrens Scholarship Fund philadelphia for grades kindergarten through eighth. To northeast philadelphia now where you might have noticed some traffic jams on roosevelt boulevard because of this scene. Fresco user steven of the boulevard and h trailer. Well, coming up, he is going after a dream overcoming obstacles and epp spying others. And the countdown is on to spring but were still trying t. Testing. Testing. Testing. Winter has been packing big punch all week. Another frigid night out there along the ben franklin parkway. Fox 29s bruce gordon joins us from center city where spring is in full bloom. Bruce . Reporter well it depends on where you look. Behind me weve got street crews out here at 15 many and jfk doing their best to crash their way through a pile of icy rocky snow out there to help the pedestrians out but over at the Pennsylvania Convention center, well, they played a little bit of a prank on Mother Nature and thats helping folks beat the winter blues. Outside the temperature was dropping. To the mid 20s by the predawn hours of friday. Everywhere you looked were signs of dreariness of winter. But inside the Pennsylvania ConventionCenter Thursday dreary is replaced by dazzling, nature putting on a show. Its gods creation. Just amazing. Its warm in here. Beautiful color it feels like spring. Its nice experience. Reporter that experience is the result of a massive prank on Mother Nature. Just about all these flowers have been trick flood blooming at just the right time. This week well ahead of their natural rebirth. Chilled to 37, 38 degrees around the first of october. Made to think its winter. Then come december, january or february, depending on the plant, theyre warmed up. Given plenty of light made to think its spring then at the last minute, when they get to just about flouring peak so youll start to see the flowers they havent quite opened yet theyll take the flowers and put them back into the cooler. That you actually slow them down until its perfectly timed for the flower show. Beautiful flowers tricked on performing on the late annual winter stage. This years show has a dutch theme with more than 130,000 colorful examples of hollands most beautiful export the tulip. Flowers on display especially during a week of snow and sleet and how long wind provide more than a stunning look or mesmerizinmesmerizeing cent sce. They provide the greatest gift of all promise. Coming to the flower show it makes you feel like spring is right around the corner. Reporter technically spring is right around the corner out here tonight its going to be chilly one well below freezing especially in the predawn hours tomorrow. Again flower show at the Convention Center through sund sunday. Spring has sprung. In center city, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Sometimes the headlines can be pretty grim. Our Bill Anderson always looking for the light out there and tonight bill talks to man whose facing a serious illness who is working toward a dream of being in the olympics. With his four Legged Friend at his side he keeps fighting to reach that goal. Heres bill with the story. I dont think there are limits. I think its taking what your abilities are and figurin figurt how to best use them. Reporter multi team medalist and aspiring olympian training in here today and thats exciting. But his story when you hear brandon holidays story, thats truly inn inspiring. I met brandon and his service dog dyson he is a work out at sweat fitness in conshohocken. He explained to me that he was always active, a college athlete, then police officer, but his diagnosis with lupus and several blood clots led to one of the scarier obstacles any athlete could face. I had to get a blow the knee amputation and thats really where things really changed during that time. Okay, whats next . Reporter what happened next was a brief period of depression. But a trip to an event for athletes with physical disabilities it turned that all around. I got to see other people that had lot of limbs achieve great thing. Reporter what was he going to do . Pretty much anything put in front of him. I competed in martial arts two years after attending the games. Where i wouldnt bronze medal in a tournament. Then i started doing recreational kayaking through the games won a silver medal and then in 2012, they announced that spring kayaking would be a para olympic event. It gave brandon his next challenge the reason hes training currently for 2020 is because he unfortunately suffered another medical set back on his previous road to the para olympics. While i was down there when i had my tenth heart attack. He still undeterred today he trained with dyson by his side. Brandon is committed to out working his obstacles. Half hour on the treadmill and then 45 minute workout. Reporter what. He said and. I was listening closely for an or. To compete for spot brandon needs additional equipment and this weekend the people who train alongside brandon are helping their friend raise that money. Its three hours. So you can do the whole thing and challenge yourself or jump in and out its suggested 15 donation to join. Whatever feels right for you. Brandon faced numerous cal challenges and continues to push forward because he realizes his journey is not just significant to him. I may not get to that level of being a podium athlete. But ive given my effort and hopefully that will help others to say as long as ive done my best i cant be upset witness end result because ive come this far. Im not betting against you. He keeps going and his pierce continue to support him for goodness sake. Im Bill Anderson. Camden county jail end mates were on the streets of cherry hill today doing some snow removal from driveways and walkways of the elderly and disabled folks. Wardens rules dictate we cannot inmate faces or interview them but their supervisors officer john herman says good work was getting done. Nobody liked to snow removal but i mean you feel better when somebody says hey, listen, you helped me get to my dialysis r run. So today, you know, we meant the extra mile, cleaned off her car went up the driveway a little further. Went the extra mile for Somebody Just to help them out. You know what i mean. Corrections officials tell us last year the program did snow removal for more than 300 homes. Fewer this year because there hasnt been that much snow. Program run through the Camden County freeholders if youre still in need of digging out you can find the number at our website fox29. Com. Sean . Reporter iain nc the aa tournament of course were talking march madness. Ill break down my bracket and tell you why a team that actually loft today is the big winner. Thats coming up next on my sports commentary. Breaking news out of North Carolina tonight. A massive fire alarm fire is happening in downtown raleigh. We know people have been evacuated. We dont know yet if there are any injuries. But local media in that area are reporting that there could be people trapped there. This is breaking right now in raleigh. Stay tuned to fox 29 for the latest. Sean bell takes on the ncaa tournament. Why he thinks princeton is the big winner. His commentary in 15 seconds much my bracket is still alive. Im happy for that. Ill go 12 and four, 11 and five on the day. Good start a lot of solid games but nothing really surprising. No major upsets so far although Florida State and arizona could still ruin everyones night but to me the winner of the day is actually princeton. Even though they lost, its the tigers. Princeton lost to notre dame 6 6058 close game throughout but what this game told me the ivy league isnt too far from being a legit conference. Every year Ivy League School wins first round game or comes close. Last year yale got to the second round and lost to duke team not too much better than they were. Harvard made several runs in the path. Showing they can do this go head to head with a top acc time they will tell me the ivy league is about to take step to the leg level. Theyll be major conference but Schools Ivy League are going to start Getting Better players and actually becoming a league that does damage in this tournament. Iain, penn showed us today. Smart guys got game. All right. We are seeing first images of the victoria beckhams new clothing line for target. Former spice girl turned designer posted this new commercial on her social media of course to the song, spice up your life. The line will range in price from six bucks to 70. With most pieces priced under 40. Victoria beckham line for target will debut ap