Higher plot, the prosecutors say was connected to the pagan motorcycle gang, her daughter kimberly pack is trying to process it all. Kim saying she knew in her heart all along that kauffman was behind it. To actually hear it outloud and to hear somebody thats an authoritative figure present those facts and that information is still so surreal. Reporter popular jersey shore radio personality was found shot to death in may of 2012 in the linwood home she shared with her husband. After almost five and a half years, prosecutors announcing charges on tuesday saying kauffman paid a hit man connected to the pagans kill april after she threatened to divorce him and expose what investigators say was a huge illegal opioid pill mill. They say he operated the business out of his medical office in Egg Harbor Township. Kauffman was arrested in june. After waving a gun during a ra raid. Did your mom ever say she felt her life was in danger ever to you . I think a lot of those things will come out eventually. Reporter this mother of two says the last time she talked to her mom was the day before she was brutally murder murdered. Its crazy because our conversation wasnt one that i would have wanted to have and that will come out at a later date, too. Reporter heart broken kim says shes replayed that conversation in her head over and over again. Hindsight i would have told her how proud i was of her. Veiled told her that i loved her and that she just was amazing. Reporter as for kauffman kim says she is no longer angry and does not harbor any hatred toward the man accused of robbing her of her best friend. Right now in my heart im actually working on forgiveness. Ive already had my mom taken away from me. Such a hole in my heart, a giant giant hole. Why should i allow somebody anyone to steal any other emotion . Reporter kimberly has two sons theyre seven and 11 and she says she plans on focusing on being a good mom a good friend and a good person. She says she knows her family still has a long road to justice for her mom. Lucy . Sadly they do, all right, dawn, thank you very much. Developing right now investigators in Southern California have found the body of a missing student from the university of pennsylvania. Orange county sheriffs investigators found 19yearold blaze bernsteins body in a park. Police say a friend of bernsteins was the last one to see him last tuesday night in that very same park. His family reported him missing the next day. Bernsteins parents spoke at a News Conference this afternoon. Blaze was a brilliant colorful and charismatic man who shined light on all lives in communities and people he touched needless to say our family is devastated by the ne news. There are numerous leads the sheriff homicide investigators are following. We have numerous people working this kay 24 7 since his initial disappearance but i cant comment on any specific persons of interest or anything like that. Authorities are investigating bernsteins death as a homicide. They have interviewed the friend who was last with him and say that person is not in custody. No arrests has of yet. We now know who else died in north philadelphia fire that took the life of a firefighter. Officials say 61yearold dell yeah row lane died vast after flames ripped through his time. Lieutenant Matthew Letourneau also died. Across our area flags are flying at half staff and now a wreath stands at Firemans Hall in old city to honor letourneau. Memorial Service Begin tomorrow. Do you perhaps recognize this guy . Septa police need your help tracking him down after what happened in east germantown. They say he stabbed another passenger a man on a route 23 bus just past 8 00 a. M. Near germantown avenue in logan street. Doctors at einstein hospital treated that man for nonlife threatening establish ones to the back of his head. Skyfox over the scene of a deadly train accident in narberth. Police say at about 10 30 this morning a person was on the tracks near the wynnewood station. Amtrak train heading from harrisburg to new york city hit and killed that person which then delayed trains for about an hour. Amtraks back on schedule now. Police are investigating why that person was on the tracks in the first place and they have not said who that person is. Of course theres no arguing that we are smack dab in the middle of an opioid epidemic. It is so bad in fact that pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has Just Announced a statewide disaster declaration. Hes hoping to save lives. Our jeff cole now live in harrisburg. Jeff . Reporter lucy, as you well know as our viewers know as well we have aggressively covered the Opioid Crisis in kensington and other parts of philadelphia where people continue to overdose and die. So we came to harrisburg today to watch Governor Wolf sign this declaration. All this while still more people overdose and die in 2017. In the Reception RoomGovernor Wolf takes what he says is the next step in the war on opioid abuse long running brutal battle pennsylvania is losing. Pennsylvania now has the fourth highest overdose rate in the country. In 2016, we lost over 4,600 pennsylvanians to this disease. Reporter there were more deaths in 2017, so wolf signed a statewide disaster declaration to increase access to treatment he says and save lives. Used mostly for natural disasters, wolf argues the declaration will wipe away rules hampering efforts to fight the epidemic. Now, First Responders will leave behind the overdose combating drug in a locks son for addict likely to use again. We know that naloxone is absolutely search. Its absolutely search. You cannot access treatment and get into recovery if youre dead. Reporter pennsylvania becomes the eighth state to do this as Public Health officials and Law Enforcement fight to beat back the epidemic in philadelphia strong consideration is being given to providing heroin addicts a place to shoot up. Do you support the idea of save injection sites of heroin use. I support the ability of local governments to do what they think is necessary for their population. Reporter the declaration is not a massive infusion of in you dollars. But a pulling together of focusing of state resources says the administration. As it also tries to limit the shame. Addiction opioid use disorder are medical conditions. They are diseases. They are not a moral failing. Reporter now the real action in all of this may come by what attorneys general throughout this country are doing. 40 states apparently are investigating the industry that produces opioids and may be wo working toward some kind of effort of a massive settlement, massive infusion of money from that industry for the marketing of these drugs. Its underway. We are told but still likely a long way off. Well have more at 6 00. For now im jeff cole in harrisburg. Lucy back to you. Talk to you then. Thank you jeff. Time to check in with your fox 29 Winter Weather authority. Live look at wilmington always a gorgeous shot. Man another nice day and its going get even better. Lets check in with the woman of the moment, meteorologist kathy orr. Good afternoon, lucy. What day. What a day indeed. Temperatures again in the 40s and you notice its still light outside. The days are slowly beginning to get longer. A minute at a time but well take it. Right . Philadelphia 44 today. The normal high is 40 for this time of year. Atlantic city 44. Wilmington, trenton, read and allentown 42. Looking at clouds invading the area and they will thicken overnight tonight. Temperatures mainly in the 40s. 30 in the poconos. 39 in lancaster. Pottstown that is a false return over doing it at 53 degrees. Not working there. Overnight 28 in the poconos. 35 in philadelphia. 33 in millville. So some spots staying above freezing. But to the north and west. Expect a refreeze overnight tonight. So theres a lot coming up in the seven day forecast. Temperatures running 20 to 25 degrees above normal with at least an inch of rain in the forecast. But then all eyes on it getting cold again and more snow. Ill see in you few minutes. Luce glee warm is good. Snow, well it is winter. To a story now youll see only on fox. A courageous act by new Jersey Assembly woman on her last day in office. A revelation that she was a victim of Domestic Abuse and even in her position, she wouldnt come forward until now. Our joyce evans has this story. Joyce . Reporter lucy, possibly cost now former Assembly Woman pa Rhea Rodriguez greg her seat in harrisburg representing new jerseys eighth district, but now shes silent no more. Her mission is to prevent the shame and pain ruining, f ruining her life and that of other women. We need to warn you now some of these images are disturbing. Its hard to keep that, um, kind of secret. Reporter victim of Domestic Abuse. Its the kind of secret this beautiful intelligent influential strong physically active mother of two hid. At the same time she was working on Domestic Violence legislature and other reforms in the new jersey state assembly. It does feel like a huge weight lifted. Reporter 36yearold Maria Rodriguez greg revealed her secret on facebook in her last day in public office. Its been one year since another assault by her male partner landed her in the hospital and hiding from the world even though she pressed charges he plead guilty and a restraining order was issue. Being open about what i was going through and how it was affecting me was just to encourage other people to seek help so that it doesnt get to that point. Reporter the point where she says she had become a ticking time bomb. And it was coming out for all to see. Like on this Police Body Cam video. No, get off my purse. Maam, stop. Why are you trying to take my purse. Youre not allowed to have it in the back of a police cruiser. A profane hi tight rate after a minor accident that led to her arrest for dui she hid how she was hurting and dropped her bid for reelection. To are me, you know, speaking about one scene was to say it was wake up call while i accept full responsibility it was wake up call because it was like youre not okay. Reporter rodriguez greg admits still out of embarrassment, fear of judgments and fear of being hurt again, led her on a downward spiral until she says someone confided in her. Their family committed suicide after, um, experiencing abuse and Domestic Violence. I dont want that to be me. Reporter they says shes doing much better than she was stigma that prevents women from coming forward. Instead its your fault, why didnt you leave . You deserved it. Youre making it up. Reporter welcoming up at 6 00 theres more on how the former Assembly Woman is work to go heal herself and reaching out to others. Shes out of politics but she says her work is far from done. She wants tougher punishment for abusers and help for women. Shes much tougher than she this, lucy. All right. Thank you much, joyce. Fly, eagles, fly. Excitement is building for the battle of the birds. We h ,000 in america last year. We need to stand up and say enough. The only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. Choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. Make sure that the lives weve lost will not have been lost in vain. Addiction is a disease. When you ask for help, help is there for you. Skyfox over big fire in south jersey. It broke out around 1 00 p. M. At a home on the 200 block of rockland avenue in maple shade. Firefighters spent about an hour trying to get this thing under control. The home open are in was out of town. Nobody is injured. Investigators are looking into what started it. Happening right now, throughout philadelphia, a new and concerted effort to keep Homeless Animals alive. Animal welfare advocates today announce add plan to reduce the number of unwanted cats and dogs help pet owners keep their animals and increase adoptions from shelters. Our bruce gordon joins us in studio. Bruce, the number of homeless pets getting put down to this day in our city is heartbreaki heartbreaking. No question about it, lucy. The numbers are better but anything over zero obviously still a tragedy. And so this effort to help spot and fluffy avoid terrible fate. Its a busy day in the kitty cat adoption room at philadelphias animal care and control team office. And tina is bound and determined to find herself a pet among these orphaned animals. Theyre good company. Im used to a cat being around, and its time for me to look for cat. Part of your familiarly. Part of my family. Reporter not so many years ago act philly took in 30,000 stray animals each year. The vast majority unable to be connected with new families were utley put down. On wednesday, with an adoptable terrier wagging his tail in approval several local shelters announced they are banding together to make philadelphia so called no kill city. It is a historic moment here in philadelphia with the leading Animal Welfare agencies linking arms to assert our collective commitment to finally end completely the killing of saveable pets in shelters. Reporter its a threepart plan that includes increased efforts at spaying and neutering pets to keep their numbers manageable. Pushing for members of the community to rescue foster and adopt unwanted cats and dogs. And perhaps most interesting of all, letting harried pet owners know there are low and no cost ways of solving the problems that might have led them to give up their animals. It happens every single day. Pet owner will come to us and say my cat has fleas. Here. Take this cat. We say, you dont have to do that. Reporter of course this certificate not without cost. Pet Smart Charities providing a 175,000 grant but clearly other foundations and private donors will need to step up as well. There appears to be little extra money in the city budget to keep all these animals alive. Go to fox29. Com we will link you to the information that could help do you your part. Lucy . Hopefully we can join on the cities that are already no kill. Thank you much, bruce. One of the countrys largest casino operators based right here in pennsylvania has won the right to put casino in york county. Penn National Gaming beat out three other bitters this comes as the company sues to block the construction of new casinos under pennsylvanias new law. Penn national submitted a winning bid of more than 50 million. The eagles are gearing up for a battle of the birds. We have Live Team Coverage ahead of saturdays game. Iain page in the operation sent we begin with Kristen Rodgers life at the linc. Hey, kristen. Hey, lucy. I know its the sixers motto, welcome to the moment embrace that but thats exactly how the eagles are feeling right now. We have playoff football and we are finally just three days away from the eagles finally playing a game against at than over here at the linc some players on this team have been here before. Theyve gone through playoffs. Heck theyve even won super bowl ring. Others like brent celek know how rare this opportunity is. So bottom line everyone on this team is embracing the moment. No doubt, man. You know, it was nerve racking just wait to go see who we were going to play. You know what i mean yes it was almost like christmas all over again, you know, so, um, im just ready to go out and play, man. Weve been putting in work. We put in the time. You know what i mean . Theres nothing to be stressed about. These opportunities dont come very often. I know we got a good football team, a special team, and we got to take advantage of this. It doesnt matter what anybody says. Reporter players told me today that these past few practices have been some of the best of the season. The intensity at practice is am my tide because its the playoffs. At the same time, though, players who have been here before reminding the younger guys that at the end of the day, they just have treat this like football game. The feel is the same size field is the same size when you were playing at pop warner. The ball is the same. The rules are the same. At the end of the day its just a game. You got to focus on what wins and loses Football Games much its not the crowd. Its not the atmosphere. Its the xs and os the small things details, communicating, tackling, blocking, catching. Now, lucy, yesterday falcons quarterback matt ryan did not practice with atlanta coming up at 6 00 a lock at if he did practice today plus why nick foles teammates say he looks so different at practice for the eagles this week. Its all quarterbacks coming up at 6 00. Lucy. Kristen just mentioned matt ryan. Philadelphia was rooting for the penn charter grad also known as matty ice. This week matty ice is up against the eagles as you well know. Iain page joins us from the Operations Center with more. Iain . Yeah, lucy Chester County native of course is the quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons pretty good one, too. Earlier this morning jenn fred paid a visit to where it all began for him right here in philadelphia. She was at William Penn Charter school talking to matt ryans former High School Football coach and the current offensive coordinator who played with matts brother. Couple seasons ago he came in the summertime and work out with your guys so you know what he looks like during a workout. What do you see in this matchup offensive coordinator football guy. Who do you see coming out on t top . Matt, we loaf you, penn charter loves you but go, birds, buddy. Thats what im talking about much see this guy . In terms of the actual game, how you think it lab good matchup. Absolutely. You got to get pressure up front on the front four with eagles defense. I think nick foles. Ready to go. Falcons ready to go. We take our shot and we love you eagles its our time, man. Well that was the current offensive coordinator as for mat