delaware county apartment. as police searched for clues killer remains on the loose. good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington is off tonight. trang do has been tracking developments all day and joins us live from upper darby, trang. >> reporter: nicole, benson's neighbor last saw her 8:00 p.m. tuesday but detectives believe benson was killed sometime wednesday morning, because she had stopped texting her mother around 7:45 but no one was prepared for what police found inside of her apartment. by neighbor's account markia benson was vibrant and friendly. >> she always said hello, very nice lady. and i felt so bad, and i can't believe that it happened right next door to me. >> reporter: details so shocking police superintendent michael chitwoody kline to share the message scrolled on the wall inside her apartment. >> it was full of hatred, hatred and venom. >> reporter: he describe the scene covered this blood and feces. benson's nude bod which stab wound left in the tub with the

shower the water running, front door lock. >> whoever killed her, based on what we have seen at the scene it was done with a hatred, with a vengeance, and with just predatory sadistic violence. >> reporter: this afternoon detectives began processing benson's car which had been missing. the her employer s id block in chester releasing this statement quote we are grieving the looks of a friend and collogue and we are working with the authorities to see what happened, and also trying to support her family in this time. i did speak to benson's niece by phone and says family is grieving and trying to process what happened. they would have in further comment. for now we are live from upper darby police headquarters i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks very much. child porn charges are filed against a villanova a university professor, this is the suspect doctor christopher has his, an associate professor of history and classicalists is. he is facing hundreds of charges.

radnor police began this investigation just this week after he was spotted on a compute inner a hallway, allegedly viewing child porn. >> it is just sad, disappoint ago this somebody in the educational environment would behave this way. >> villanova university says that the the professor has been released of his duties in, 2012, federal agents from home land security questioned, and a searched the home of the professor. but it was never charged. today edward archer was formally arraigned on attempted murder and other charges stemming from the january shooting of a philadelphia police officer. jesse hartnett was victim of an ambush attack in west philadelphia. he was shot three times in the arm, he has had seven surgeries since then. archer reportedly told police he committed the crime, in the name of islam. talking weather right now a warm day a cross the area but we are tracking some rain and some drops, in the temperature. meteorologist kate bilo live in lansdale and kate, how is it looking out there.

>> it the is looking beautiful actually right now. there were clouds earlier, but what does it look like outside the window, david. >> well, it looks sunny now. >> it does. >> sun came out, cloud moved away, are you having fun at science night. >> it is great. >> we will have more experiments coming up in just a few minutes. but first we have to get to the weather because we have ugly stuff heading our way. the lets look at what is happening outside on storm scan three. here it comes. we have a nasty storm system, kind of two frontal boundaries one line of showers moving go through central pennsylvania at the moment. stronger line over michigan, portions of the midwest, that is what will blast through here tomorrow. what to expect for your friday? lets talk bit. round of rain coming through. we will have some lulls in the the action. it is moth just steady driving rain all day long but there is a threat forstrom or thunderstorm, midday mid afternoon tomorrow, but we are looking at half inch to an inch of rain, but wind could gust to 35 miles an hour and any strong thunderstorm those wind could be even stronger. we are on borrowed time right

now. it is in the 70's. sun any lansdale. you cannot beat that for science night. we have a bunch of kid that love science and they have work very hard on these awesome science fair projects. coming up we will talk to a few more kids and check out the a few more science projects and i will have your full forecast which will start to turn colder throughout the weekend. are you ready for cold weather. >> no? >> not a lot of excitement for cold weather here. >> i'm with the kids. those kids necessity is what up, kate. >> budding meteorologistness that group, thanks. delaware valley is hoping for one thing this weekend. >> um-hmm. >> a villanova win. sports director don bell joins us now with more on villanova's day in houston, yes, don. >> yes. >> well, no, not at all. >> no. >> yes, you know what, sooner the better. i wish they played tonight. all right. athletes are creatures of habit. but there is something normal about this week for the wildcats. more media, more camera, more spotlight. how they handled it all.

that is a good question. nicole brewer would agree. for leslie van arsdal who will join us here from houston, leslie? >> reporter: well, you know, don, it is funny jay wright had been to the final four back in 2009 but he says, this is a whole different experience. everything is just so much bigger. as you mentioned the players on this team they have never seen anything like this before. >> we start to explain to them last night this is beginning. coming to our hotel, and players, pictures are all over the walls, and bigger then life size, and the military reception, flags, and solutes, and it the is just larger than life. so, we just keep talking to them about it. we have to take it in but we have to remain hungry and remain humble. >> reporter: when you walk in the villanova locker room you get a feel for how big this moment is. one of the last four teams, left standing. >> and yes, look around a, when you pose next to yourself out there on the wall, how cool is that. >> it is very cool.

we're always, extremely humble to be here. we're in the final four. so definitely excited to be doing all this. >> reporter: so how you do they stay focused. >> we just try to be the toughest team on the floor anytime we're playing. we know we will give it up for each other and if the team can play 40 minutes of basketball with us and they beat us, we will come back and be okay with that. >> well, i'll tell you, it is hard to stay humble when the stage is this big. but they have been so good at doing that all season long. i hope it is enough to get past oklahoma on saturday. we will send it back to you in the studio. >> all right, leslie, thank you. two more games, two more wins for a national championship that would be exciting. >> now, they say don't jinks it. focus on the one game. >> one game at a time good a lot of superstition. >> just give a hundred percent on saturday. >> leave it all out on the floor. >> yes.

>> there you go. >> the walnut lane bridge will be closed starting tomorrow, for repair work. chopper three was under the bridge with spans the wissohickon creek here in philadelphia the bridge will be closed for five months so that the existing concrete deck, and sidewalk, can be replaced. the bridge is expect to reopen, in early september. well, it is time of the year when more than just bridges need repair. with the warmer weather we tend to see a problem popping up all over the road. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh shows us how crews take care of those potholes and the problems that they can cause. >> reporter: as spring blooms, inevitably, potholes, pop up too. >> they are getting out of control. they are every where. >> they wreak havoc on your car. >> reporter: mechanic tom nora sees damage close-up. >> that is a pothole breaking off the exist. >> reporter: as much as potholes can cause you a bumpy ride they can take a hit on your car and your wallet.

mechanics here, at evans gulf say pothole damage can cost you several hundred dollars to several thousand. season after season. >> so this should have been attached. >> this has to be attached from here. >> reporter: he sees axle busting tire tearing blows. >> we can have a dozen cars a week show up with pothole damage. >> yesterday i was coming out of a 7-eleven ape there was a big pothole and it is like bent. >> reporter: your rim is bent. >> yes. >> reporter: those are ones that the philadelphia streets department has not gotten to just yet. >> i see a lot of work being done. they are doing something. >> reporter: despite a mild winter so far the department says it has already filled nearly 17,000 potholes. >> mix it in with the street and potholes are repaired. >> reporter: they necessity work is far from over. >> we ask everybody to call 311, quickest way to get information to us. >> reporter: if you see it, report it, to make sure that there are less problems, down the road. anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness

news". >> boom. >> i had potholes. >> isn't it the worst. >> yes. >> from potholes to one of the new jersey's most mysterious highway creations. >> some people don't like these either. the the dreaded jug handle, it is subject of tonight's good question. so, what is up with new jersey jug handles? that question was submitted by viewer dave walker. thanks, dave? i will get the answer tonight at 11:00. detective carter, carter. >> do you just love mize name or do you not understand a word i'm saying. >> also at 11:00 after premiere of the new cbs show rush hour see what happens when one of its stars come to philadelphia, leave it up to vittoria to make sure justin hire sees some of the best taste in town with tonight's taste of torey. >> have you ever heard of scrapple. >> no, i never heard of that. >> well, get ready, can't wait to see what he thinks of it. watch it, tonight, and premiere of rush hour, and right here on cbs-3. still to come on "eyewitness news", the eagles locker roomies pack.

i'm john machining defendant, and, for a king and a queen. we will tell but their mission and how you can help, coming up.

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local non-profits huddle up for third annual eagles care summit. >> and place to get your head in the game and eagles locker room at the link. the summit allowed members of the non-profit community to connect and share ideas, and organizers say it is all in an effort to help these groups increase their work in the community. >> i want people to be able to walk away with one of those new skills and new friend,

that will help them do their job better. >> it is working. the eagles say this event has tripled in participation over the last three years. now there was a big birthday bash for king and queen today at philadelphia a zoo. >> that is right, john mcdevitt from our sister radio station kyw news radio radio tells bus the zoo's mission and how you you can help. >> ♪ happy birth the day to you ♪ >> well wishers sang happy birth the day to african male lion, and as the big cats played with scented gifts, they received in an ice cake to mark an occasion. they talk about the liones role in the pride. >> they go hunting for the food. they bring it back to the cubs, and the lion pride. and then lions protect the lion pride, the mother of the animal and the cubs. >> reporter: king and queen of the jungle four doubters were

kept in the separate enclosure for the party. this is one big birthday bash for liones and lion of this pride, she turns seven and six, their off spring turn two this coming summer. this is a lion expert and keeper. she says lion serves as ambassadors to animals in the we will. they remine visitors about conservation, and also how doing something little as recycling or turning off the lights can make a difference. >> when you are making choices at home to recycle or to turn on lights just to save energy, overall, that is going to have a larger impact on our use of space, and the environment, and that does late to helping all wild life. >> reporter: african lions are listed as vulnerable in the wild, due to climate change. john mcdevitt for kyw news radio for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> that looks beautiful. >> it looks so majestic, regal. >> definitely good a little warm today, overcast as well. still a nice day to get out

there in the mobile weather lab. >> kate bilo is live at walter's farm elementary and you have a big event there and a lot of help. >> yes, lot of help here tonight. you cannot show up to science night without your own science project and i brought cbs-3 mobile weather lab to show off gadgets it has on it. some of these experiments these kids have done have just blown me away and wondering aisles, we have everything from music to help you play basketball bet are, how far does your hair ties spread, how to keep nail polish from chipping. we have in depth projects like this one from zach. tell us about that. >> my project is bacteria and your contact lenses. i tested different solutions, and how much they disinfect contacts. i found out that the best solution was the clear comfort solution and it is really inspired me to do this project because in the future i would like to be a micro biologist. >> fantastic. this is not just for fun this is your future career here. >> yes. >> for anyone listening up and

up contact solution that is the best one. >> absolutely. >> fantastic. >> we are helping people out on your side, thanks very much, zach. the nice work. lets check out one more here. this is maddianne she has big league shoes. she's trying to entice people to her booth with gum. tell me burr project. >> well, i play softball. i dropped three different size softballs from the same height to see which one would bounce the highest, and i thought the big one would bounce the highest but it did not, small one did. >> you got a surprising result. did you try to figure out why that was what do you think. >> i figured it was because it was the amount of weight so it went the highest. >> that sound legitimate to me. nice work on your project. come back for big lee chew but we have to talk weather first. the lets talk about what is going on outside. outside walton farm elementary it is beautiful, we have nothing but sunshine but we have a little bit of clearing out ahead of the few showers moving through western, pennsylvania right now and as we zoom out you can see a lot

more where that came from. look at those nasty storms over portions of the midwest, those are all headed our way for tomorrow. in the meantime take a look what is going on as we move in the overnight hours, future weather shows clouds are back in at 10:00 o'clock, overnight a few scattered showers at 5:00 a.m. wet for your morning commute. this will continue on and off throughout the day. by mid afternoon some of these storms right here at 3:00 p.m. could get nasty. they look like just three cells and they could produce strong gusty wind. that then clears out heading in to saturday. we expect a chance for a few scattered showers as cooler air moves in the atmosphere and saturday night we have a chance for a few snow showers, along an arctic cold front. lets time out your friday first of all, we will start overnight the scattered showers developing, for your friday morning, period of rain, rumble of thunder is possible but it is mid afternoon friday that i think a strong thunderstorm could come through. then we will open up flood gates to arctic air. take a look we have a big puddle of cold air centered over eastern can inadequacies,

really locked away us from right now and until this front comes through it is saturday night into sunday arctic front passes, cold air moves in, once it is here it is here to stay for a few days. overnight nothing cold about it, 60 degrees will be your overnight the low out and about tonight you don't need a jacket. your weekend forecast take a look at i a difference here. sixty-two. sunday 45. feeling like mid to late february on sunday. notice difference from what we have been feeling again today from the 70's. normal high is 59 for sunday's date. overnight 60 degrees, that is your low as we head in the day tomorrow we're back in the 70's but we have rain and thunder and quick look at you're witness weather seven day forecast, not looking great as cold air moves back in, 40's on sunday. cold monday and tuesday with overnight lows, possibly, near the freezing mark and then it does warm up, next week. we are back here live with the students from walton farm elementary, huge night, especially for sixth graders but we have a lot of stuff going on, science demonstrations, i was giving my own little selfie booths

with the kid. are you guys having fun tonight. >> yes. >> can you guys say back to you in the studio. >> back to thed in studio. >> we didn't practice that one. we will to have practice that next one. back to you guys. >> work on getting that nail polish chipping information. >> yes, got it. >> back to the studio. >> good stuff. ville know of ace gearing up for the big game and jay wright is talking about taking on the sooners when we come right back.

welcome back i'm don bell with your sports. same year women were given the right to vote villanova a played its first season of basketball in 1920. including this weekend wildcats have played in just five, final four's, opportunities like these do in the grow on trees. relish it. some of the players are. take a look at guys posing in

their own picks, in houston. for this group of guys it is their first trip. jay wright made it to the final four in 2009 and that experience paleness comparison to 2010. >> every. >> that is exactly what we talked about. we got in here last night and already the difference between 09, and this year, in terms of how they treat their players, how they set everything up, it is already significantly more hyped then it was in 09. >> wow. >> oklahoma arriving in a houston last night, senior buddy healed is the best player in the country but sooners are only team in the final four without a high school mcdonald's all american. they will to have contend with the overall depth of villanova. >> they don't care who gets shots or who scores. they do it as a group. they appear to be committed and buy in, i think along with kansas, maybe oregon the last six weeks of the season, probably playing better than

anyone else in the country. maybe north carolina in that group as well. but i just love this team. he has got them playing the way coach's want their teams to play. >> this just in the eagles are speed dating. cbs is reporting that top team officials are wining and dining the top quarterback prospect in this years draft, jeffery lurie and friend taking jared goff out to dinner one night, taking carson wentz out the next night, work out with christian hackenberg are next. bird have the eighth pick in this years draft. flyers are desperate and that is a good thing, they beat washington capitals in the shoot-out. caps are the best team in hockey. orange and black picking up two points and now they are in soul possession of the final wild card spot in the east. it is coming down to the wire, for the fly guys. >> i know a lot of people are excited about that. >> yes. >> i have seen more energy. >> and our producer pat. might be a flyers fan.

>> i was allude to go that.

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