laura araujo needs to know. and thinks the man police after rested in that case, jeremiah jackson, he has now been charged with murder. tonight there are several big developments in this story. good evening, i'm chris may. >> aim jessica dean. araujo's body was dumped in an empty lot in north philadelphia on monday. and tonight we have a team of reporters with new details on this still, working story. matt rivers spoke with the man who uncovered the body but first walt hunter is outside police headquarters with more on the suspect and the charges, walt? >> reporter: police sources now say the accused killer has been, made a full confession at homicide headquarters. police saying he was driven, thinking his victim had cash and seeing that she drove in his view a expensive car. so, they say he strangled and beat her to death, hoping to get his hands on some of the money. investigators who now gathered evidence inside rooming house where 23 year-old laura araujo was murdered, say that she was worried about fellow resident

jeremiah jackson, so worried that after living in the house for just one week, she was planning to move out. just didn't happen in time. >> there may have been a prior contact with the individual and she thought her best interests to leave that home. >> reporter: 22-year old jackson who lived down the hall way now charged with strangling the victim after a prolong beating during which he tried to extract bank card information from her. the body of the araujo, a recent graduate of the art institute of philadelphia, found on this kensington lot, stuff in the duffle bag, her hand, tied, her head, and feet covered with trash bags. >> motive was robbery, and it is believed mr. jackson believed that she had some monday which her, some cash report. >> she was a cool girl. she had a lot going for herself. she was respectful. never thought this would happen.

>> reporter: sources say jackson, whose records show a substantial arrest history has allegedly confessed to the crime, seriously burn as he torched victim's car trying to destroy evidence, police say he was found by detective in a local hospital but back at the crime scene the officers say they found something that sealed his fate. his cell phone, accidentally dropped as he tried to make good his escape finally sources say the accused killer did try to put up an alibi he claims he was burn in the fire in his own car. the the problem was there was no fire and there was in burned car that could be found. so that alibi quickly, fell apart. by the way, under new technology here at homicide headquarters this entire alleged confession was recorded on video and could well be played in the future in court. live at police headquarters, walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". thanks very much. now to our exclusive conversation with the man

police talk with extensively in this case, man who found the body of laura araujo came to "eyewitness news" today and said he wanted to tell his story. matt rivers is in the satellite center, and matt, what did he have to say. >> chris, young man who found the the body called the the experience the most traumatic thing he has ever gone through. he asked that we conceal his identity, before agreeing to speak with us. >> reporter: it was around 5:30 a.m. monday when this young man was looking for scrap metal to sell. his search, took him to the 2200 block of third street, to what he thought was a pile of trash. it was the place where the body of laura araujo was left in a duffle bag. >> reporter: he was terrifying and then ran, moving away from the body, young man remembered he saw a police car park here near third and dauphin. he said at first two officers

didn't believe him when he told him what he had seen but he took them back down to show him the body he discovered >> reporter: crime scene was soon establish and police thank the man for reporting what he saw, the first step in finding laura araujo's murderer. her family is in his thoughts >> reporter: we asked him why he wanted to speak with us in the first place. he reiterated he felt bad for araujo's family and wanted them to know the facts surrounding the case. live from the sat center, matt rivers, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. we will switch gears to the weather now and after two days of severe conditions outside things finally calmed down today. meteorologist kate billow is, there, and she has our first forecast here. >> you sound beautiful evening here on the sky deck you can see the clouds, behind me here a few peaks of blue skies over the city right now and a nice

breeze and very comfortable night to take a walk or find out doors if you are in the city tonight. lets go take a look at storm scan three right now which is showing in the a whole lot. just a few clouds. when you get cool air and that you have front clearing the coast you will get cloud cover but generally speaking we are dry tonight and you can see that upper level storm still bringing clouds in western pennsylvania. when do you get that cool air you run risk of a stray shower, perhaps tomorrow one spot or two in the region gets a sprinkle. that is bit. we are reeping benefits of the cooler influx of air from the north and west, temperatures have drop in the 70's and most spots across our region. seventy-seven in allentown. seventy-nine in wilmington. we are hanging on to 81 at the airport but after three days in the 90's we got to eight for the high. tomorrow once again in the low to middle 80's feeling very comfortable. the just a quick recap of july, so far, hot and steamy month. also a stormy month. temperatures averaged two and a half degrees above normal. precipitation averaged a half inch above normal. high temperature is 97.

low is is five 46789 we will get close to the low temperature tonight as temperatures really drop with the clearing skies. now you may need the forecast anytime if you down load our brand new cbs philly weather app available now in the app store. you can have live radar, submit your photos to "eyewitness news" and, of course, stay on top of the latest forecast coming soon as well to android, jessica, back inside to you. now to another exclusive interview at 6:00 o'clock a south jersey mother is speaking out after her daughter was shot while simply sleeping in her bed. tonight that mother talks about her daughter's painful recovery and what she's most thankful for. she talked only to "eyewitness news" reporter syma chowdhry. >> reporter: betty is trying to save a stray bullet hit her 13 year-old daughter tia as she slept in her bed. >> children are no longer safe in their own home. she was home, in bed.

>> reporter: betty and her lawyer give "eyewitness news" an exclusive update on the severity of her injuries. shooting happened last week near intersection of hathaway drive and heywood lane in sicklerville. several bullets hit two homes and cars. one of those bullets hit her in the lower back. the she's now home resting but in too much pain to speak about the incident. >> pain in her lower back. it came out and exited through her private parts, explode nothing her stomach like she was shot five times. >> reporter: she's an honor roll students heading in eighth grade at winslow township middle school. family and friend brought her gifts to cheer her up but her road to recovery will be extensive. >> she had to have her bowl reconstructed, she had to have her bladder reconstruction and there has been a negative impact on her reproductive system which we do hope, with further medical treatment will not impair her ability to have children. >> reporter: betty wants the community to come together to speak out, begins gun violence. >> i'm angry.

i want to know who did this and i want to protect other kids from having the same thing happen to them. >> reporter: family plans to hold a peace rally in front of their home saturday afternoon. we have contacted officials to get an update on the investigation, they tell us, so far, no arrests have been made. in sicklerville, syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". also in new jersey tonight a pilot is hospitalized after he crashed his plane today. seven three-year old victor holman took off from central jersey regional airport, and soon after his plane crash in the yard in the nearby neighborhood. it is a single engine amateur built plane. faa and ntsb are now investigating what caused to it crash. police are asking for help tonight as they try to catch a pair of burglars targeting elderly homeowners in new jersey. eighty-seven year-old irene stoltz is the latest victim on this scam. she lives in windsor township mercer county. she said a man knock on her door and asked her to come outside to talk about theresa

long her property line. what she didn't know was while she was outside a second man went inside of her home and stole family hair looms. >> very special to me. he said now, i have to go meet my boss and he went out, and picked up the money. >> same type of thing with the white pickup truck targeting elderly homeowners and this suspect was described as a hispanic male in his 20's and 30's. >> reporter: in fact police say there have been three similar incidents and three nearby towns just this month. new at 6:00 o'clock tonight a group of 251st responders filed a lawsuit over the paulsboro train derailment. the 2012 accident over the mantua creek caused a rail care to leak vinyl chloride in the air. police first respond's alleged that their detection and monitoring equipment did not work at the scene. conrail, csx, norfolk southern and gloucester county are all named in that lawsuit. the sale of philadelphia

gas works is moving forward tonight, connecticut based uil earnings, is still acquiring the struggling gas utility. it has to fight a passage of the deadline that allows the company to pull out of the deal that is worth nearly $2 billion. the mayor says some of the sale money will be invested in the city pension fun. nothing is saying vacation like long jeans at the pool but a community pool in montgomery county sits empty and in need of least pair. why some fear summer may slip away before it ever gets fixed, kate. >> finally some comfortable temperatures across the the area lots of unbehind for the rest of the weekend we will have your weekend out look coming up as well, the nice weather will hold on. as you know our weather team is heading the road, we are living in burlington county to a place that makes farm life accessible to family. beasley, is what up in sports. >> well, chase utley taking care of business at all star game last night. we will look at his big moment at the plate plus one player

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tonight three on your side's jim donovan will explain how airlines are making you pay, even when you plan to carry on, how you can avoid that surprise at the airport, tonight on "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. well, swimming pool at a norristown community center is closed and may just stay that way throughout the summer. the pool at george washington carver community center, needs at least $30,000 worth of repairs. a donation was in the works, but it fell through when benefactor insisted that the municipality oversee those renovations. town council says the entire pool needs an overhaul and not just repairs. the city says that it is simply too late to open up this summer. well, a big event today to help raise money for alex lemonade stand fund days. >> today was lemonade day at all 22 malvern schools across the area each school, sold lemonade under goodies as well and on held special events like silent auctions and raffles. thinks seventh year malvern school has raised money for

pediatric cancer research. >> they are proud that their children are learning these types of values in life. that sometimes things don't go the way things are supposed to go, so they are happy that we are giving back to such a wonderful foundation. >> reporter: so far the malvern schools have raised more than $259,000 for the alex's lemonade stand foundation. it is a welcome change to not to have talk about stormy weather, and trees down, and power out, bad weather is gone, and new we're left with the unshine. >> it business time. meteorologist carol erickson joins us live from springfield, burlington county, and carol, you have found some friends, who are also happy that all of this storminess is over. >> thinks burlington county farm fair in springfield right off of route 206. they're opened yesterday, immediately closed because of the bad thunderstorm. all of the animals had to go home last night before they could come back today. this is where carnival needs a

farm, they have got ride here but you know what brings people, almost 07 year-old fare, it is animals. lets take you inside here, they have got horses, cows, and everything at this farm fair. let me show you first, you know what, you spoke of first, i also want to interest tuesday you, to shane grady, you are going in the marines on monday. >> yes, i am and you you are, the 4h kids have didn't such a good job. it goodies for other kids too. >> it is fantastic. it is a great experience for meeting a whole bunch of new people. >> you make wonderful animal friend lick this magnificent goose. good luck in the marines, my friend you will be an american here or for us. the other things el pacas. who is this beauty. >> his name is brody, and, about a yearling. >> could somebody have this as a pet. i necessity they make great sweaters.

>> you could have them as pets but they have to live two or more is basically the animals that you need. >> but he has an absolutely, done his part what they related to cam also. >> they are related to cam also. >> that is all we need related to cam also lou like one. >> i want to show you temperatures that will be great tonight. eighty to start. we will get in the 70's and stay there enjoy this burlington county farm fare kate and it goes right through sunday. lots of fun out here. >> it looks amazing, carol and that is right up your alley. carol has posted a picture earlier and he had such an old soul face to him i could mountain get over it, carol. thanks very much. >> thanks, doll. lets take a look at the is what going on outside. lets go to a shot of the ben franklin bridge center city philadelphia you can see included started to roll in but we are seeing sun through the clouds no problems at the moment. we will go the two time lapse, down the shore but delaware beach necessary row rebeach and we will take you through

the day. starting off with clouds and blue skies, trying to sneak peak before out on the beach enjoying the day. boardwalk, here, seeing shadows lenghten here and folks on the boardwalk and beach right now at 74 in rehoboth. quick look at storm scan shows a few clouds moving in. our cold front is out to sea. now we have got cooler's from the northwest, big influx of cold era cross the midwest and great lakes. i want to take to you the complete other side of the country our latest typhoon, heading toward china and vietnam with damaging wind and flooding rains. look at this storm on the heels of another storm, of course, impact japan last week this has brought almost a foot of rain to the northern philippines so causing major problems if you have any travel plans or friend and family in china or vietnam definitely keep an eye on that one. temperatures close tore home, much closer to home. eighty-one # at the airport. seventy-eight in reading. seventy-seven at the moment in allentown. you can see how cool it ace cross the great lakes with temperatures in the 60's, in cleveland and buffalo.

but low humidity is story through next several days. high pressure overhead, sunny and nice for your friday, even on at day, a few more cloud drift in with the next system but most of the showers should miss us off to the south and west. dew points tomorrow, topping out in the mid 50's that puts us right in the pleasant range. not quite awesome but we will take pleasant any day of the week, much better than oppressive which is where we have been the past few days. quick look at your beach forecast, sunny and nice for your thursday. 81 degrees for daytime high. for tonight closer to home in the city, mainly clear, comfortable. leave a window crack and give that air conditioning a break. sixty-five will be our overnight low. tomorrow's high 84. sunny and beautiful. light breeze from the north at five to 10 miles an hour. take you right into you're witt mess weather shore cast and forecast, looks great. mid 80's thursday and friday. saturday and sunday looking good as well just a few more clouds. monday turning more humid with a stray thunderstorm, tuesday and wednesday again, chance for showers and storms but until we get there it is really nice conditions for

thursday, friday and for the upcoming weekend as well as finally nice weather for orr at the shore, we have had a bad run this winter but tomorrow we will for get about that. kathy will be in ocean city tomorrow at 5:00 and 6:00 and weather should be perfect. >> that is good. >> yes, finally. >> kate, thank you. good evening, everyone, still dealing with align of rush hour out there looking at i-95 southbound side we have a big concert in south philadelphia, it is queen, and adam lambert, i can already hear the screaming. if you are head into south philadelphia you might be screaming in your vehicle as you are jam making your way down to the vine street expressway. volume around south philadelphia and that volume just continues as we make your way beyond ridley park down towards 320. we have speed sensors dropping in the teens still on the schuylkill, 202, 422 and travel pa turnpike. slow down on the southbound bough bound side of 42 and 556789 mass transit, looks great. stay with us on

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well, playing in the first all-star game in five years chase utley proved last night he still has what it takes to come through in the clutch. the national league was down, three early but here comes chase in the bottom of the second. big rbi double put them on the board, he brings his career all-star batting average to an even 300. big game for mike trout, too. millville native went two for three with a triple, double and two rbi. enough to help the american league win the game five-three and to earn, trout the title of mvp. drama after the game, cardinals pitch er adam waynewright admitted he took it easy on derek jeter of the

yankees. sports fans not too happen bye that decision. remember winning team is the home field advantage in the world series. here's some of what he said. >> i was going to give him a couple pipe shots, just, he deserved it, and i didn't think he with get a double or i would have change his mind. i thought he would hit it hard to the right side for a single or an out, but i probably should have pitched him a little bit better. >> good news for the phillies, chooch is getting ready to have a rehab session tomorrow, in clearwater, and he has been out since june 26th, suffering from a concussion, rest of the team returns from the all-star break this friday in atlanta. late game for sixers tonight, in las vegas they are up against lakers in summer league play. jj mcdaniels and mccray both sitting this game out because of ankle sprains. still waiting to hear about nerlens noel who sat out last night. more optimist bomb joel embiid

his surgeon tells the philadelphia inquirer, that he will still have a long career, despite the injury, it looks very good. he says he could even be ready to play by the even of the year. good stuff. embiid is funny on twitter too, he is hilarious. >> absolutely brilliant. too, he is hilarious. >> absolutely brilliant. pared him with noel. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com.

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