torturing and killing the girlfriend's 3 qulld son, behind bars gary fellenbaum and jillian tait. it happened inside of a trailer hom in west keilyn township. they explained that the beating began when little scott mcmillen wouldn't eat his breakfast. live at the scene of the crime is vernon odom. >> reporter: jim, an unspeakable tragedy has unfolded in this trailer, the d.a. here is in a rage. >> though the heavens may fall justice will be done to these defendants. >> the defendants are gary fellenbaum and his girlfriend jillian tait. they are charged with first degree murder. the d.a. says they tortured her 3-year-old son scotty mcmillan until he died. they used a whip and aluminum

siding. you can see holes in the wall where his head was repeatedly slammed. his brother ryan was abused the same way but managed to survive. all of this in the name of discipline. >> gary fellenbaum and jillian tait tied the to boys up over a door by their feet, and while they were doing that they laughed at these children. >> they shared this trailer with fellenbaum's wife, all three worked at a local wal-mart, there is no signs that any of these people were on drugs, fellenbaum's wife amber lived in the trailer is charged with endangering children by not calling police. the d.a. says that fellenbaum went car shopping and took a nap while the child lay dying after weeks of relentless torture.

>> they killed a child, we will seek the death penalty in this case. >> they only moved into this park last month, reaction from neighbors for the alligations. >> you don't do that to kids. you know. >> the prosecutor is going for the death penalty, do you buy that? >> yes, i buy that. yes. >> reporter: james we have covered some awful cases but this is one of the ugliest. the couple is due in court in a couple of days. live in chester county, vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon there is word tonight that 22-year-old carlesha freeland-gaither is huddled with her family at an undisclosed location. her alleged kidnapper, 37-year-old delvin barnes is in custody after his arrest last night in jessup, maryland.

david ryis live now where he learned more how the police cracked the case. >> reporter: we learn that carlesha is alive tonight in part because she kept her witts about her. that and a group effort that stretched from here to virginia and most important one man that got the ball rolling immediately. >> the gentlemen by the name of dwayne fletcher, he is the man seen on the abduction video after the car left and picks up the victim's phone and calls police. >> he witnessed it and watched and called the police twice, he called the police and waited for me. if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't have the same outcome i don't think. this man is a hero. >> if fletcher had not done what he did it could have been a missing persons case that wouldn't have been reported until todays later. the police say that carlesha

dropped the phone deliberately, so someone would find it. police thought that carlesha kicked out the rear windows of the car, but she found a hammer on the backseat and use that to break the windows and used it on the suspect. sources say she deliberately gave him the debit card and pin number hoping to leave a trail. detectives got two other big breaks and they recognize the men in the surveillance video, as delvin barnes, the man they were seekering for a similar crime. they saw a dealership name on the car and they contacted the dealership and had them activate a gps they installed in case he defaulted on a car loan. that is where they got the jump on barnes and got carlesha. detective sloan made good on the promise he made to his mother

that he would get carlesha back. >> entered the room and she was upset and i told her i have been looking for you and she started crying and her mom hugged her and her father embraced her and it was a touching moment. >> yes, a lot of veteran investigators emotionally drained by this one, far too often they see a much different outcome. david rychannel 6 "action news." >> thank you. delvin barnes was video arraigned at a courthouse in maryland and signed papers that would allow for his extradition to virginia. he is wanted for attempted murder in virginia so philadelphia is actually second in line. investigative reporter, wendy saltzman is looking into delvin barnes's passed. what have you found? >> they looking for other

victims that may have been abducted by delvin barnes. he has a history of a crime spree over three states and more than ten years. this comes on the heels of a strikingly similar abduction, of a 16-year-old virginia girl one month ago. his criminal history police fear has the making of a sexual deviant. spanning back as far as 2005, only "action news" was there when he was arrested in philadelphia in 2005, he was accused of having forceable sexual intercourse with his estranged wife who he allegedly beat and choked in their home. and simple assault after hitting her father with a bowl and punching her mother in the face. barnes served eight years and was just released one year ago. the pennsylvania patrol board denied his early release four

times because of his lack of remorse. and last month he is accused of abducting a 16-year-old virginia girl and he allegedly threw her in the back of his car and dug a grave and asked the victim how she wanted to die and she ran for her life covered in bleach and gas. >> she was completely flaked when she took off from the location. >> he was wanted on six warrants for capital attempted murder and abduction and the rape of the 16-year-old and then he abducted carlesha freeland-gaither. >> and he showed the 16-year-old the picture of another girl that he claimed to have abducted. anybody with information is asked to call the police here in philadelphia and that case is handed over the fbi. we are updating the developments of the abduction on air and online.

6abc.com has all the latest details and can you read more about the suspect and read statements from the police and the victim's family and photographs from the search, find it now at 6abc.com. a rain slicked road is to blame for a double fatal accident in south jersey this afternoon, the crash happened at 1:30 at the 800 block, and new jersey state police said that the 17-year-old driver lost control and struck a utility pole and slam nood a house, the passenger and a girl in the car were killed and a 16-year-old female was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. coming up on "action news" tonight, a gift of love and a gift of life. make that two lives, ahead the births of twin boys thanks to the generosity of family. and talking up mark sanchez the

eagles express their confidence in their quarterback monday night. and coming up i'll explain what is coming up on monday. that and much more when "action news" continues. ♪ music

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the discount supermarket chain bottom dollar is living on borrowed time. there are reports that all 66 stores will close at the end of year and 2200 employees will lose their jobs and it hurts many who are on fixed incomes

and don't have access to a car. >> it's important for people that are low income to have access to places like bottom dollar, they are already living on limited budgets for food. >> bottom dollar is being sold to aldea leading competitor. service men and women that fought in wars from world war ii to operation iraqi freedom received the medal today including john papas of chapel hill, he turns 90 on monday the day before veterans day. any birth is obviously special but at one delaware hospital, the circumstances surrounding the births of twins has everybody feeling extra good about the babies and their parents, biological and

otherwise, here is "action news" reporter john rawlins. >> reporter: at crozier chester we met this guy little michael or is it his twin, it's confusing, ask his mom. >> i don't want to get their named wrong. >> day three on the outside, the young sirs are doing their best at keeping the big folks up at night. it's a long ride, both are air force majors, she was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 just before they married. facing chemo they froze embryos, the cancer was arrested but efforts to have a baby didn't succeed. >> it was more of the same and initial difficulty and you continue to say we'll get there we'll get there. >> in 2013 the cancer came back, it was more sad.

like in my soul, that to not be a mom than to have cancer again. i know how to have cancer. >> they say i can't have a baby and it broke my heart. enter her cousin a nurse here and the mother of a 4-year-old, the gift of love, to be a surrogate and tuesday the boys were born, now to be holding one of my sons, i mean it's in indedescribable. tomorrow they are all expected to leave the hospital and go on

it's on? oh yeah. with who? the citizens banker lady. she made things way simple for me, like how to deposit a check from my phone. she's even gonna send me alerts if my balance gets too low. total special treatment. you do know the alerts don't come from her personally, right don juan?

mr.tobin, you forgot your phone! thank you. you left that there on purpose, didn't you? yeah. wow. award winning mobile banking from citizens bank. it's one way we're helping you bank better by keeping things simple. monday night football and all eyes are on mark sanchez.

>> the backup quarterback has more fans than the other qb. he has a fan in chip kelly and it has been that way for a while. >> the ball is loose -- >> mark sanchez was the butt of a few jokes his final games in new york. he what the most turnovers in the nfl. but that was not a turn off to the eagles, they signed him in the offseason. >> that doesn't mean anything to me. >> chip kelly has been fond of sanchez since he saw him play ten years ago in high school at a recruiting ship and just as impressed during his college days when sanchez played at ufc. >> hopefully i am a better version of myself. >> jeremy maclin and lesean mccoy are following sanchez's career and they feel he is

primed to have more success in philadelphia than he had in new york. >> there is not as much pressure to do everything. he always had a pretty good running game. >> the most important thing is to eliminate the mistakes that happened then and i think coach kelly will put me in a good position. >> he is in position to put this team in the playoffs. and what happened in the past is in the past. >> for more on sanchez we turn to espn analyst, ron jaworsky, why are eagles fans so excited for the backup to get into the game. >> have no idea, why the fans think they are getting joe namath, nick foles is a very good quarterback and he is the quarterback of this team and the quarterback of the future.

there is a reason he was released from the new york jets, and was available because nobody wanted him. i don't see it, for some reason fans like change, i don't like change, i like things consistent, my same old quarterback lining up every week. >> we are teaming up with phl 17 to bring you the eagles-pan thises game when have a count down to kickoff it all starts monday night at 8:00 on phl 17. the sixers and magic played an exciting one but the results for the sixers was the same. a scare in the third quarter, nerlins noel sprained his left ankle, no word on how much time he might miss, toebias harris

beat the buzzer. and finally the nfl record for long of the field goal is 64 yards, are you about to see a high school kid come close. zach higbee, from wisconsin, a 61 yard attempt to end the first half, 61 yards, it's good. this breaks a wisconsin high school state record. >> why did the coach try that because he hit a 56 field goal earlier this season. because he hit a 56 field goal earlier this season. >> cecily tynan has merry christmas! thanks but this gift, it's kind of half-fast. what's wrong? we still have cable internet, so our uploads are half the speed of our downloads.

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wet and raw today. what about tomorrow? >> windy and cool tomorrow. >> that is the forecast in a nutshell. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we still have showers lingering along the coast. the severe thunderstorm i was talking about at 5:00 has moved off but we have a pretty good heavy downpour right over lbi right now harvey cedars and surf city and the gardidn't state parkway things are wet. but we are going from a cool and wet thursday to a wind whipped friday. temperatures today never made it out of the 50s, 56 was the high an half inch of rain, philadelphia lets than that, .4-and atlantic city .52, and tomorrow the big weather problem is the winds, and future tracker showing wind gusts at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon close to

35 miles per hour and i wouldn't be surprised if some areas during the day reported wind gusts of 40 miles per hour. the good news is clears things out. the fog is developing and the visibility is the lowest and lancaster down to a third of a mile and reading 1.5, and later on tonight this will mix up the atmosphere when the winds pick up so the fog will not be a problem for tomorrow morning. philadelphia dropping to 48 degrees and trenton 50 and wilmington 54 and sea isle city 54 degrees. it's a cool and damp night and satellite 6 along with action radar showing the bulk of the moisture has moved offshore but what is going on there is a low pressure near us and one in the midwest and they join forces and intensify as they move over new england tomorrow, they will see snow in parts of new england and this is a similar setup to last sunday and this is developing up

to the north and high pressure to the west, so we get the wind tunnel affect and lots of clouds and generally dry and high of 53 degrees and cooler than today and wind gusts up near 40 miles per hour, windchills most of the day are in the 40s. you definitely want to bundle up, the good news is, by saturday the low pressure is away from us and high pressure is building into the atlantic, it will be a cool day, the high only 50 degrees, we'll see a good amount of sunshine and clouds moving through in the afternoon ahead of this front, it looked like the front will move through dry and it brings us cloudy conditions for your saturday evening, the call from accuweather for tonight, early fog and drizzle and the winds picking up late tonight around midnight, 40 is the low in the suburbs, and 45 for center city. it's a seasonably cold night and the exclusive accuweather forecast, gusty winds tomorrow and 54 degrees and on saturday, the wins diminish, a cool day

and high only 53 degrees and son sunday looking good and 57 degrees, on monday 61 degrees and lots of sunshine and nice for the eagles game but the temperatures in the upper 40s by the end of the day and veterans day 65 degrees and wednesday they drop down and wednesday the high is only 45 degrees, could be the beginning of an extended cold snap. don't get used to temperatures in the 60s. >> you get what you get. some local companies joined forces to show appreciation for americas's armed forces. they donated food for families of armed forces, they collected toiletry and gift carded and books in 20 buildings in

philadelphia. abc's world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, and ducis rogers and join us for a special report on "action news" at 11:00, right here on channel 6. >> i'm brian taff, you arm your home security system, use password protected devices and carry a license with your credit card, but is that enough? >> i did not think it would be a point where they got my personal phone number. >> so you need to get creative with how you protect yourself. where are you most vulnerable and what safe guards are out there. a special report at 11:00 that will help you avoid digital sabotage. >> i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us at 11:00. ♪ music

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welcome to "world news tonight." the swirling storm. the monster waves up to 60 feet. and the frinld air about to sweep in all the way down the gulf. 30 degrees below normal. also, the gusting winds and the dangerous landing. the pictures coming in from chicago. the dramatic rescue. the nursing student abducted in 30 seconds. tonight, saved in another state. how the gps saved her life. some of america's power grids hacked? tonight, why authorities believe the russians may be behind it. could they shut the power off? and the news crew car jacked. the chase that follows. and that moment at the gas station -- >> get on the ground! >> as they race to catch him.