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bloomquist is off and in the news, a discovery that could change the fight against breast cancer and a new jersey mother charged in a cold case murder, details of her arrest in florida. but the big story is a deadly crime spree that began with a murder in drexel hill. kenneth killed his wife in their home and took their two young sons. they were found safe and the man turned the gun on himself. lets go to john rawlins in the drexel neighborhood where it all started. >> reporter: this was a domestic murder that turned into an amber alert. >> a neighbor heard an altercation and gunshot coming from the upstairs left apartment and police arrived and found

kristina corrigan dead. >> the second floor apartment was the body of a woman probably in her 30s, white woman, looks like she is either stabbed or shot. maybe one gunshot wound to the head. >> neighbors told police that the man was, possibly her husband keith, was seen leaving with the two little boys. >> one boy said, is mommy dead, is mommy dead? >> they left in his gray suv. >> we have an all points bulletin for new york, specifically long island. we believe that is where he was headed. >> an armed suspect went to the pharmacy where his brother was employed, he stole beer and

cigarette but did not point his weapon, he left his two boys athe the store and drove off. there was a 911 call and police arrived and they found the suv and inside a man dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the body was removed along with evidence and what appeared to be a long sword and neighbors were baffled by the incident. >> they were quiet people and i never heard yelling or arguing and the rest of us on the block were quiet and minded our own business. >> have you ever seen the police here? >> i have not. >> according to superintendant, chitwood, he killed his wife in a jealous rage thinking she had been unfaithful to him, apparently he post that information on facebook. >> thank you. the reward has grown to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of a

northeast philadelphia woman. connie murray was found in opiniony pack park early tuesday and she had been strangled. she left her home for a power walk and was last seen talking to someone in a car. anybody that has information is asked to call the citizen's crime commission or police. service on the newark line is suspended after someone was struck and killed by an amtrak train this morning. septa service is suspended from marcus hook and wilmington and amtrak is delayed while authoritied continue to investigate. the body of major harold green arrived in dover, delaware, this morning. the highest ranking american officer ever killed in come bat in afghanistan. karen travers has the story from washington. >> a somber morning at dover,

air force base in delaware. a cargo plane arrived with the body of general harold green. six white gloved soldiers carried the flag draped case, holding the general's remains. his family is seen here, they boarded the aircraft to thank the flight crew. green is the highest ranked officer to die in combat since vietnam. >> he was not there for combat, he was there to help the afghans with their future. that is more difficult to take. >> it was a routine trip to this military academy, he was there to check on progress by the afghan troops. one of the thousands trained by the u.s. fired an automatic weapon into a large crowd, general green was killed and a

dozen wounded including eight americans. the gunman was killed. an incident like this -- >> will make it much more difficult to conduct that mission in the future with the loss of trust and confidence that has to happen when something as tragic as this curs. >> another two star general was there on tuesday, the u.s. commander was standing next to green and was unhurt. reporting from washington, car and travers, channel 6 "action news." oversees troops are on patrol to enforce quarantine for people infected by ebola, this after the president declared a state of emergency. efforts are increasing to stop the outbreak, blamed for more than 900 deaths in four west african countries. meanwhile the two americans with ebola continue to show

improvement. hurricane iselle is expected to reach hawaii today, giving the united states the first direct hit in 20 years. businesses are boarding up in preparation and city workers are clearing out the storm drains, they are bracing for heavy rain and flooding and high winds and a second hurricane, julio is following close behind, the back to back storms have tourists streaming to the airport to change their flights and others are trying to salvage the rest of their vacations. >> we are working on plane about. >> don't two hurricanes have made landfall in hawaii since 1949. david murphy is tracking this. >> julio is now a category 2 and iselle is down to a category 1, you think this must be the big problem, but not necessarily,

while most of these weaken a bit, julio will be off to the north, that brings the strongest wind and biggest problem as way from hawaii, but hurricane ids elis the one that is a bigger issue especially the big island, the one at the southern tier the one where the active volcano throws is located. the good change at noon is that the latest forecast for this to come ashore not as a category 1 but a tropical storm. that would diminish the storm a bit but still a lot of rain. the storm will go just to the south of oahu where the capital of honolulu is located and also maui. it's away from the force of this storm, but the maui resorts tend to be on the south side and they will stare at the storm as it goes by. if you have plans you'll want to call ahead and make sure everything is okay when you get

there. rare landfall for hawaii, the last for a tropical system is back in 1992, although when iniki made landfall it was a category 4 hurricane. rick, much different weather here, in fact beautiful afternoon is building today and into the weekend. i'll have details from accuweather. >> thank you. of course stay on top of the changing weather situation with the new 6abc.com, and visit 6abc.com/weather for storm tracker 6 radar for the hourly forecast and the latest from our 6 abc meteorologist. all right, to camden, new jersey, now where three houses and two cars are damaged from an overnight fire, it started on the 700 block of spruce street at 1:00 this morning. the flames spread to two different homes and it damaged a third property and two vehicles. the cause remains under

investigation. a cold case murder mystery in new jersey ended with an unexpected twist in florida. police in jensen beach arrested michelle lozinski for the death of her son. his remains were found after he went missing from a carnival. she is charged with the murder and is captured in florida and she is being held on $2 million bail. a manhunt is underway for a man that attacked a pet sitter, they identify him as kenneth todd and the victim says she was in her neighbor's home when her attacker suddenly barged in. >> he punched me in the face and at one point i was on the ground and i was always toll to use your body to your advantage and

use your body and kick. the victim was so badly beaten she was take and to university hospital and todd was released on a robbery conviction on july 3rd. there is a $1,000 reward for information. and an olympic hero is one step closer to learning his fate. and also another gene is being linked to breast can, the discovery late under health check and david murphy has a closer look at the accuweather forecast when "action news" at noon

a wild fire is burning close to communities today. it forced the evacuation of 300 homes, close to oregon sparking health concerns for nearby residents. >> the smoke is bad enough because these are senior citizens and most are on oxygen or medical assistance of some type. it's coming straight toward everybody. >> about 1900 additional homeowners are set to flee if necessary. the lawyers have started to deliver their closing arguments in the oscar pistorius trial today. he contends he shot his girlfriend before dawn last year after this had a fight. the defense says he fired by police take thinking he was about to be attacked by an

intruder in the bathroom. the thousands of russian troops are building up at the border at ukraine, the signal that a battle could be imminent. and russia is battling back by sanctions, the russian is considering banning western airlines from flying over russia in flights to and from asia, it would raise costs and increase flight times. a bill revamping the health care system requires the president's signature today it required hospitals to hire more doctors and health care workers. the new law comes after reports of veterans dying after they waited for

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health check this noon, scientists have identified a new gene linked to breast cancer, the pl 2 gene is less seen than the brca gene but more dangerous. women with the gene mutation have a better chance of

developing breast cancer by the time they turn 50. some books. people with low levels of vitamin d may be more susceptible to dementia. they have a 50% chance of developing the disease, can you get more vitamin d in your diet with fatty fish like tuna and milk, fish and juice. when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. lisa thomas-laury is here with more. >> when victoria's husband was laid off at age 53, the impact was catastrophic. to recover she became her own boss. >> looking at the gifts you have been i have been able to bake.

>> she opened her own bakery using her grandmother's recipes. >> everything has a homemade taste to it. >> she has two locations in burlington and voorhees, we recently won two awards, best cookies of south jersey and best pies of south jersey, from south jersey magazine. the bake shop ismal very's third career season a published romance novelists. >> i am building an empire and i have every hope i will succeed. to learn more go to 6abc.com/art of aging. lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news." now the "action news" team is working on stories beginning at 4:00. alicia vitarelli is here in the newsroom with a look ahead. >> reporter: we are heading down to the shore, meteorologist, melissa magee, is enjoying all

of this weather in sea isle city. and a fishing tournament kicks off at the delaware river today. we'll take you there. >> and you can save money if you are adventurous, a company is offering brand new products at cheap prices. if you have not downloaded the new 6 abc news app, can you take us with you on your smart phone or tablet. >> thank you. the eagles take on the chicago bears tomorrow night and we are counting down to the kickoff at 8:00, don't miss our live pregame, it all starts at 7:30 here on 6 abc.

meteorologist, david murphy is back now with a closer look at a wonderful forecast for today. >> it's a get outside and enjoy it kind of day, we did not have rain of course in cape may, sky 6 hd showing us down the beach enjoying themselves. why not? it's a great day to be on the beach, a great day do be anywhere across the region. the temperature is up to 80 degrees and the dew point is down below the threshold for humid air, there is the breeze north northeast at 14 miles per hour. a nice combination for august in philadelphia. as you look at current numbers, most of the area, in terms of our official reporting stations, philadelphia is the only 80 on the map but everybody will be a little above 80 later on.

there is the cloud sweeping through sinking farther and farther to the south and if are you out driving in the region along the turnpike or i-95, it will stay bright today. allentown pleasant and 81 is the forecast high in the lehigh valley, you mentioned a nice day, i would caution you to swim near the lifeguards, there are left over rip currents here there and 83 degrees and lots of sun and temperatures along the cost in the water. philadelphia 84 and mostly sunny and pleasant, and there is that 8 to 16 miles per hour breeze, it's one thing to get the low humidity and then you get the breeze, and that is what we get today. dropping to 64 overnight and you may have plans to head home from work and fire up the grill, it is going to be nice, by 5:0083 and by 8:00, 77 degrees, then tonight at the ballpark, lucky

you if you got tickets, not just a bad opponent against the houston astros. 72 in the ninth inning and breezy. but pretty good. up the pike at musikfest, a fantastic night, the abbott brothers are on the main stage and we can deal with 74 at concert time and going back down to the 70s and upper 60s, still nice tomorrow as the approaching system looks like it wants to stay spot south and another sunny day out there. your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 84 today and how about we do it all over tomorrow with lots of sun and a high of 84 and for the weekend it looks like that system on most of our computer models we'll go no worse than sun and

clouds for saturday and sunday, mid-80s and nice for the close of musikfest and the union and the phillies and monday looks good, the next chance of rain doesn't appear to be later tuesday with a thunderstorm or shower popping through and a decent chance of getting back to the good stuff. can you believe it's august, where is the humidity and 90 degree highs. >> might be in september david, you never know. that will do it for "action news" at noon, don't information get "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. i'm rick williams have a nice afternoon. get out and and joy it. stay here tonight.

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