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this noon, police identify a body found two years ago in delaware. the technology that finally cracked the case. >> and from the plane to the hospital, the severe turbulence that threw passengers out of their seats. but we begin with a developing story. a man has confessed to killing a young woman found dead in a duffle bag. david henry joins us live from police headquarters with details. >> reporter: they are meeting with representatives of the charging unit of the district attorneys office right now, putting the pieces together before formerly charging the suspect, he is identified as a 22-year-old man who lived in the same building as the victim. 23-year-old laura araujo was looking for a more permanent

place to stay after moving to this apartment building. her body was found and she had been beaten and strangled and her feet were and hands were bound. police have arrest aid 22-year-old man that lived on the same floor as araujo. police sources say he has confessed. a neighbor says he occasionally spoke to both the suspect and the victim. >> she looked very timid, not like she belonged this far down, i would think more on campus kind of young lady, very well spoken. >> her mother lives in new york and her father lived in oklahoma city. they both came to police headquarters yesterday to meet with detectives after the grim task of identifying her body.

>> she was a very selective individual, with the type of friends and people she related to. >> araujo recently graduated from the art institute of philadelphia and was about to start a new job at a hotel and moved to philadelphia from mantua. >> she was responding to ads about apartments in different sections of city. >> police are expected to hold a news conference later this after floob announcing the formal charges again the suspect. they were able to track him through his cell phone which he apparently left at the scene of the car fire and used at the scene where araujo's body was found. this will become clear when the police hold their press conference and we'll have more on "action news" at 4:00. >> david thank you. our coverage of this

developing story continues on the 6 abc news app, we'll have the latest on the investigation and will alert you to updates throughout the afternoon. also, developing this hour, rescuers on the scene of a small plane crash in new jersey. this is the video from somerset county where the plane went down this morning. it was heading to central jersey regional airport when it crashed, one person is reportedly hurt and the faa is heading to the scene to investigate. turning to the weather and the forecast finally clearing up after days of stormy conditions out there. morning showers give way to a sunny afternoon, as we look live at sky 6 hd, the humid air is moving out and it's going to get nice. lets head to the big board and karen rogers in for david murphy. >> we start with stormtracker 6 live double scan earlier this morning we had thunderstorms in south jersey and heavy rain and

all of that is off the coast right now, on stormtracker 6 live double scan we can see we have a lot of shower activity right off the coastline, i wouldn't be surprised to see a sprinkle at the beach at this point. but the rest of us are dry. it's finally moving on out of here, the dew points have dropped from the 70s to the 50s, feeling nice and comfortable, the humidity is moving out. and it's a cool morning a southwesterly breeze. 76 in millville, and 77 in allentown and we are stuck in the clouds early on and we'll see more sunshine as the afternoon progresses. partly sunny skies and less humid than it has been and we are breaking the second heat wave of the season with a high of just 85 degrees, nice and comfortable and partly cloudy and 65 in the city, and we get down to the 50s in cooler spots tonight. a big change is coming your way, you can open the windows and get

a good night sleep. we'll talk about that in just a minute. >> can you keep track of the forecast any time by downloading our 6 abc storm tracker app, it has the weather forecast and alerts posted for your area. now to a story this noon from our delaware newsroom, police have identify aid body found in the wood nearly two years ago, the remains belong to ian michael withrow, his family recognized the facial reconstruction, and until now the police were not able to i.d. the body, it was found near west rustic lane in dover. the medical examiners office believes he was dead before his remains were discovered. police have still not discovered how he died. chopper 6 hd flew over a crash involving a fire marshal's

vehicle and an suv and another suv collided here in north philadelphia, on cruise town road on rising sun avenue, people were treated on the scene and their injuries are not considered serious. the cause is still under investigation. police were called to the underground concourse for reports of an. plosion. it was not an explosion but a piece of malfunctioning equipment made a loud noise making people think there was an explosion. service was not affected. comcast is apologizing for the behavior of a customer service rep that would not back down. >> why is it that you done want the faster speed. why don't you want faster internet. >> why can't you just disconnect us. ryan block contacted comcast to cancel his service in california

but his simple request was met by badgering and he demanded block's reasons for wanting to disconnect. halfway through the call he decided to tape the exchange. >> what is making you want to change that? >> that is what we want to do. >> why is that what you want to do? >> that is none of your business. he posted online and it has received 3.5 million plays on sound cloud, comcast is ambassad embarrassed by the call. the marine unit unveiled the new safe boat, it has 360 degree sonar and it can transmit to a command center, it will help them provide the best water service rescue possible.

the official opening of the city pools this morning, "action news" was there at the martin luther king pool on brunswick avenue. mayor eric jackson gave kidded a pep talk at the cool celebration. the ymca is running pools for a reduced fee this season. trenton residents get in for free. still to come here on "action news" at noon, caught inside of the kennedy compound, what he was doing in the former home of john f. kennedy. and meteorologist, karen rogers will be back with your seven-day forecast from accuweather. what can i get you?

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people, they say that the lever that was attached to the rail was not attached correctly. le the plan to file charges again the two workers underway and more than 100 people were hurt. severe turbulence on a south african airways plane, sent people flying out of their seats. the plaep was flying to hong kong, 22 people were hurt including an infant. interior panels of aircraft was damage and the plane's cabin was cracked. police arrested a man that broke into the kennedy compound. james laquau was arrested after finding him in the kitchen that was once owned by john f. kenne kennedy. he said he was looking for singer, katy perry. >> he can charged with breaking

and entering. tonight at 11:00 we begin with a series of new special reports, called jim gardner one-on-one, he is sitting down with people in the region getting to know them on a personal level, you probably never heard of them but their achievements speak volumes. first tonight, he speaks with superintendant, william hite. who talks about paying for basic needs of students across the city. does he regret taking the job or see a light at the end of the tunnel. jim gardner one-on-one wi

congress is ignoring the battle over birth control, the senate is suppose to vote on a bill for contraceptives, even when the legislature objects to it. this counters the supreme court ruling that says that businesses can deny coverage for religion reasons. two former rivals are -- for forming a partnership today. they are teaming up to develop more than 100 new apps for

iphones and ipads as a way to target new business clients. >> hershey will up their prices on some of your favorite candy bars, they say that prices for cocoa and dairy has gone up since the beginling of year. a common diagnosis for people every year, naming people as prediabetic, is unhelpful and un-necessary, they give medicine to people with high levels to avoid type two diabetes, but they say there is no medical benefit, for prediabetics because most will not develop the disease. and proof that dna may play a role in how we pick our social circles.

studies show we share genes with strangers similar to fourth cousins, genes affecting sense of smell were said to be similar to friends. alicia vitarelli is live in the newsroom with a preview at 4:00. >> it's a medical mystery affecting some summer swimmers, a lot of people talking about this, hundreds of people got sick after swimming in a lake, and now the cdc is getting involved trying to figure out the source of this problem. plus, we send our teenagers out on the road, because the safest cars are not in our budget. now a set of guidelines, to find the safest used cars for teens. don't forget you can take us on the go, if you have not downloaded our 6 abc news app. see you guys at 4:00. see you then. a pretty nice

topping our people scene this noon, scary details with sandra bullocks encounter with an intruder inside of her california mansion, it showed she woke up last month and suddenly heard loud noises and woke up to find a stranger moving towards the stairs, she quickly locked the door and called the police, police determined he was an obsessed man that described himself as bullocks husband. he got in by climbing over a security gate and breaking into

the sun room. producers say that the musical will play its final performance august 17th, the show had mixed review and had declining ticket sales sin its debut. nick lachey is pregnant with a girl now. they welcomed camden into september of 2012. karen rogers is here now with accuweather, we were kind of in a pattern, with intense storms. >> fortunately we are shifting a pattern for the next few days. stormtracker 6 live double scan, around the region, we see that heavy rain, that is off the coastline, maybe getting a sprinkle, if you are sitting on the beach in surf city, the heavy rain and thunderstorms is out there. i want to show you stormtracker

6 live double scan in 3-d, we have the cloud cover set up here, it's still really cloudy at the shore. can you feel it slowly progress to the north and east and it's progressing off the coastline and we are kicking the clouds out of here as well. we are looking live down the shore and the waves look rough, no one in the water still lots of cloud cover, and the ocean temperature chilly too at 62 degrees, the temperature is 80 right now in the city and feeling pretty good the dew point 75 yesterday, and now it's done in the 50s. a huge change from what we have had. the wins out of the northwest bringing in the cooler breeze at 9 miles per hour, and the pressure 29.85 and starting to rise. temperatures in the lehigh valley, upper 70s, more sunshine, and it clears west to east, 80 degrees in

philadelphia, starting to feel good with sunshine filtering through the clouds, you are still in the low 70s and stuck in the clouds down along the coastline, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the thick clouds push out closer to the coastline and we are left with clouds in philadelphia, and partly sunny skies and it's a nice afternoon, another shot of that rain pushing off the coast at this point. we are dry from here on out. a wider look here on the east coast, here is the area of low pressure, pulling up to the northern and east. and high pressure is filling in behind it. kind of quiet to the west. that is our weather pattern for the next few days. i think you'll like it after the past few days we have endured. even in the lehigh valley, we get into the low 80s, and 85 is your high today, a couple of degrees below average. 82 in toms river and 82 in atlantic city sitting on the

beach and 79 in cape may. as you head out for your evening commute, no bad weather, partly sunny and less humid, dropping down to 82 by 7:00 p.m., and today if you are at the shore watch for the low clouds, maybe a sprinkle and gradual clearing and 81 for the high at the shore. here is your accuweather forecast, less humid this afternoon and partly sunny skies and 85 degrees to for your high, looking nice, refreshing tomorrow, 65 in the city, and we get into the 60s in cooler spots. refreshing and low humidity and partly sunny skies and 85, partly sunny skies and saturday partly sunny and dry and 85, sunday clouds and sun, and the weekend is looking better, warm and muggy for the weekend and 87 owe with a chance for a shower. partly sunny and 87, we look up

this afternoon and actually the weekend forecast is improving. >> thanks karen. finally this noon, engineers in japan are working to develop more realistic robots that could one day make life a little easier, the $1 million humanoid could make your life betser, help you get out of bed and make you breakfast. and one helps senior citizens that can no longer care for their bets, but it will be 50 or 60 years before the family robots are rolling off the assembly lines. >> serving food? put that on lay away. >> for meteorologist, karen rogers, david murphy, rick williams and the entire "action news" team i'm sara bloomquist, have a great afternoon. we love this kitchen!

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