three-year-old son was found on october 13th about a half mile away after vanishing from his father's home. tonight "action news" reporters john rawlins and dann cuellar are covering this break through. first, john rawlins live at the camden county prosecutor's office. john. >> reporter: jim, the prosecutor's office is not saying much beyond that the father was indicted and arrested today. it's not indicating how or where let alone why the alleged murder occurred citing rules of judicial conduct the spokesman said the prosecutor can't say anything outside a courtroom that might be prejudicial to the defendant. david dj creato at the haddon township police today was taken into can custody. authorities say he murdered his three-year-old son brandon last fall. it was 6:00 a.m. on october 13th when the 22-year-old father called 911 saying his little boy was missing from his apartment. >> i just woke up and he

wasn't in my apartment. i don't know if he what happened out or what happened. i don't know where he is. the door is locked. i guess he unlocked it and left. >> reporter: that call for help triggered a large scale and at times frantic search by residents and authorities but less than three hours into that search a sad discovery. little brandon's body was found in a wooded area in the cooper river park about a half mile from his father's apartment. it has never been clear how the little boy died. authorities announced the initial autopsy was inconclusive. it was later reported a drug screen slowed nothing unexpected in the child's blood. authorities volunteered little after that except to say there was no evidence of forced entry into the father's apartment. back in october, dj creato's attorney said his client was not considered a suspect. lawfully cooperating and was devastated over the loss of his child. >> he's crest fallen. he's very upset. i think that those words really don't even do justice to the feelings that he has. >> reporter: now, again that's video clip had you from

on this the defense attorney told us he intends to be at his client's side tomorrow at the arraignment hearing camden county. beyond that though he had no comment about the charges that have been lodged. live in camden, john rawlins channel6 "action news." jim. >> thank you john. let's switch live to "action news" reporter dann cuellar. dann you've been getting reaction from creato's neighborhood this afternoon. what have you been hearing? >> reporter: jim, shock and dismay among many here upon learning that the arrest. friends of the family finding it hard to believe that david creato has been charged in the mysterious murder of his son. >> it's just -- it's really hard to believe. hard to leave. parents, the grandparents are amazing people, you know. dj and sara since they were babies and just to -- it's -- i -- i -- i'm just praying it's wrong. >> reporter: friends of the creato family finding it hard to believe 22-year-old david creato has been charged with the murder of his own son but for some neighbors the news is

not surprising. >> when you really looked at it and broke it down it just seemed like it was kind of obvious. i mean i won't ever assume and accuse somebody but seems like the obvious choice to me. >> reporter: and yet others especially those with children of their home had been living in fear that the child killer may be on the loose here in haddon township. >> relief now my family and i and friends and neighbors can rest a little easier. >> reporter: now that somebody is behind bars. >> yes, absolutely. >> i'm shocked. i mean, i'm really shocked. i'm hoping it's not what, you know, they're charging him with to be honest with you. >> i'm praying for the creato family. this is -- this is just awful for everybody involved. i'm hoping for some peace. >> reporter: now if david creato did in fact kill his own son the question many are asking tonight is why. live in haddon township, new jersey, i'm dann cuellar, channel6 "action news."

>> thank you, dann. police need the public's help in finding a chester county church pastor wanted on rape and sex assault charges. investigators say jacob malone invite add 17-year-old girl to live with him and his family in exton. the girl told police that malone began molesting her after she moved in during the fall of 2014. malone has since moved to the 300 block of sout whitt ford ro. two bandits entered miss jessie's stop and shop this morning in south philadelphia. one of them came out under arrest, the other came outer out dead. chad pradellchad pradelli has t. the body of a dead armed robbery suspect was load need a medical examiner vehicle. around 8:32 suspects entered

the corner store and announce add robbery. >> there was some type of struggle over a firearm at that point in time one of the male suspects was shot and killed. the other suspect was apprehended by police. >> reporter: investigators plan to tow away this vehicle and try and see if it was a possible getaway car. and detectives say two guns were recovered inside the store. >> still trying to determine who those firearms actually belong to. >> you just can't can come in enable many people neighborhoods and think you going to stick them up and take something. not in this one. >> reporter: louise hannibal has lived here for 70 plus years. he described the store owner as a good guy who recently turned the corner property into a store. >> his wife and all them was born and raised in this neighborhood. been in this neighborhood all they life. >> they missed with the wrong guy, hm? >> no, they came in the wrong neighborhood. >> reporter: and schools in that immediate area of south philadelphia were placed on

lockdown. that lockdown was lifted about an hour after the shooting. again, so far no one has been charged and no names have been released. outside of police headquarters, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> philadelphia police are taking new precautions tonight in the wake of a possible threat. an unidentified woman told police that a group of radicalized muslims may be targeting the department. she claims the group consists of foremen including edward archer who was accused of shooting officer jesse hartnett in his patrol vehicle on thursday. archer allegedly told police he did it in the name of islam. police commissioner richard ross said officers have been patrolling in pairs for extra precaution. >> it started with the shooting but as a result of the tip we're going to extend it for as long as we think it's necessary. >> officer hartnett is recovering from three gun shot wounds to his arm. archer was charged over the weekend with attempted murder.

an early morning fire destroyed a bucks county chinese restaurant today and damaged other stores containing wedding and prom dresses. the blaze broke out in the kitchen of the hong kong king buffet on bustleton pike in feasterville. smoke and water damaged neighboring businesses including david's bridal and the company has promised to fulfill any orders due in the near future. and is in the process of reaching out to the affected customers. another shop, vip fashion, was assessing the possible damage to prom dresses that were inside its new location directly next to the fire. >> i wanted to let the customers know that we are -- we'll take care of every can customer that ordered a dress. nobody is going to lose their money or anything. >> the fire marshal has yet to determine the exact cause. fortunately nobody was injured. "action news" has learned that pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane's lawyers have filed an emergency petition asking the pennsylvania supreme court to reinstate her suspended law

license. a hearing date on that emergency petition has not been set. a senate committee will hold its final hearing tomorrow to discuss kane's possible removal. new jersey governor chris christie and state lawmakers have reached a compromise that could expand gambling into north jersey. under the agreement announced today, there will be a referendum on the ballot in november asking voters weather to approve two new casinos. the new bill would also give existing atlantic city casino operators six months to propose projects in north jersey. they have to have a guarantee of a billion dollar investmen investment. >> but the most important thing in my view was to bring resolution to this issue and to give the voters their opportunity this november. >> the bill still needs to be passed by a three-fifths majority in the new session which begins tomorrow. governor christie will likely comment more tomorrow during his state of the state address.

coming up on "action news" tonight, the music industry has lost a legend. we remember david bowie and his special connection to philadelphia. and a buddhist monk tries to buy lottery tickets in south philadelphia but instead of finding luck he finds himself chasing after a robber. >> what difference a day makes. it feels more than 20 degrees colder than yesterday and now i'm tracking a first taste of snow on the way. i'll have all the details in the accuweather forecast. >> philadelphia eagles talk to former giants coach tom coughlin about the eagles job. ducis rodgers has that story when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪

>> rock legend david bowie lost his year and a half battle with cancer yesterday at the age of 69. and if you followed bowie's career you know that the philadelphia area was really important to him. "action news" reporter david -- vernon odom rather has the story. >> lalawhe was a plan of the wo. >> reporter: philadelphia deejay john debella interviewed many times over the years. he had the opportunity to interact with the show business legend during his heyday. >> you go into an interview with david bowie expecting all right there's a very heavy man he's got heavy thoughts he's going to be -- and then all of a sudden in the middle of it he'll become very comical. >> reporter: philadelphia was one of bowie's favorite places. he opened p.m. tours at the tower theater. of the dozens of albums bowie recorded young americans was a

key break through. it was recorded at the legendary sigma sound studios on 12th street. the bowie in philadelphia chapter will be part of a documentary being produced now on the impact this studio had on pop music. >> there's a few artist that is when you hear them for the first time you just go oh my gosh, what was that. >> reporter: center city bar owner patty brett is in shock and grieving today. she's been a bowie devotee since she was a teenager. this was brett at sigma sound studio when bowie was recording young americans. he followed his tours attending more than 150 bowie concerts from coast to coast. >> he made it okay for everybody to be who they were. by being who he was. >> reporter: david bowie a legend who passed this way on his way to great heights. one fan today called his persona mystical. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news in upper darby. >> our coverage of the story

continues on 6abc.com. there you can see reactions from the music industry to bowie's death. we've also posted video and photo tributes and we want to know your favorite memory of david bowie. share it to us by going to our facebook page at 6abc "action news." police released surveillance video of a buddhist monk trying to stop a thief at a south philadelphia gas station. in the video you can see the suspect actually grab $350 right out of the monk's hand while he was buying lottery tickets. the 61-year-old victim ran after the suspect and confronted him in the parking lot but the suspect was able to get into a car and drive off. the incident happened january 3rd at the sunoco in the 800 block of south broad street. police are still looking for the suspect. lady luck visited a store in north philadelphia. wilson's check cashing on susquehanna avenue sold a powerball ticket that matched

the five white numbers drawn on saturday night. 16, 19, 32, 34 and 57. but it failed to match the red powerball which was 13. whoever bought it will get a million dollars. nobody hit the big jackpot which rolled over to a record $1.4 billion. it could higher before the drawing on wednesday night. you can see the winning numbers during "action news at 11:00 and on 6abc.com.

>> the search continues with an interesting candidate today. >> yeah, tom coughlin was in for an interview today. he certainly knows the division very well. tom coughlin is the fifth candidate the eagles have acknowledged interviewing. he might be the most intriguing one. coughlin spent 12 years with the rival giants before stepping down last week he missed the playoffs the past four season but he does own two super bowl titles. this would be a dip into the past if he's hired. coughlin was the eagles receivers coach in the mid

1980's. espn analyst ron jaworski examines possibility. >> i know people are going to say he's 69 years old but tom coughlin still shows up at 5:00 in the morning works until 11 o'clock at night. here's what i like about tom coughlin and i've known tom since he coached the eagles here in the early 80's. he cares about people. you're not just a football player. you're not a disposable product that when you can't help us win any more i'll see ya'. >> college football's national championship will be decided tonight. number one clemson against number two alabama. glendale arizona is there site for this year's title gam. alabama is a six and a half points favorite. nick saban will be looking for his fourth title at the school. >> the outcome of the game is going to be determined by all of the same factors that every other game that you played in but -- and you can't let the significance of the game sort of overshadow that. >> the stakes are higher. a local high school now has a little penn state in its blood. it's good for the school and it's new coach.

jaime apody explains. >> dan connor. >> when you think of dan connor you think penn state. the two time all american is still their all time leading tackler but couldn't there are no is about to tackle a brand new challenge. >> [inaudible] >> meet dan connor head football coach archbishop carol high school. >> i always wanted to be a coach. it was always in the back of my mind. as my career started winding down i started keeping a coaching notebook with one of the coaches i had that were really good and i started writing down what they did and flu i wanted to make that trance. >> he played seven season in the nfl but his career was cut short by injuries. he took a job on the staff at west chester university and found his niche. >> i'm a football junkie so coaching has brigid the gap from that nfl, you know, to your career. i don't think i could be a salesman. i couldn't, you know, sell insurance.

i'd be terrible at it. >> you would think with all his connections he would want to be the head coach at penn state one day or maybe in the nfl. no he says walking the halls of a high school is where he feels the most comfortable. >> i have a family, you know, two kids and a wife. we want a situation like this, some stability and a chance to set roots down and start that second career, you know, something where you can build some really -- from real the ground up. lot of guys spread out. >> in radnor pennsylvania jaime apody channel6 "action news. >> he can impact a lot more kids being a high school coach. >> thank you ducis. cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue -- did you say snow. >> snow. >> when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪

>> just a little bit. >> it's a clipper. i think a bigger deal is the cold air to follow it on wednesday. so kids do your homework. you're going to school. just a little bit of snow on the way. storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we had dry conditions out there right now but wow, what a difference a day makes. the accuweather highlights will show you that, yes, we had a big change with our temperatures since yesterday. yesterday 65 degrees. record warmth. today when you factored in the winds the wind chill this afternoon 25 degrees, so it feels 40 degrees colder today than this time yesterday and then that clipper that i'm tracking tomorrow as far as where we could see a grassy coating we're looking at the far northwest suburbs, northern chester, upper montgomery, bucks county and areas to the northwest and again mainly on the grassy surfaces. in philadelphia probably just

a few flakes that will melt when they hit the pavement. right now 33 degrees in philadelphia. it's cold in allentown, 26. the poconos making snow up there, 17. millville 28. trenton 30. and wilmington 29 degrees. and then you factor in the winds. the wind chill makes it feel like 25 in philadelphia. feels like four in the poconos. feels like 22 in trenton. the winds will be diminishing tonight and then satellite6 along with action radar slowing the system i'm tracking for tomorrow night. it's a clipper. it's fast moving. it's bringing a couple inches of snow to chicago. the main row moves up to the north. it swings a cold front our way. tonight a dry night clear night and seasonably cold, 25 in philadelphia, 16 in allentown, 21 in trenton, 16 in millville and 22 in wilmington. future tracker showing tomorrow morning no problems at all. good amount of sunshine. some clouds in the lehigh valley. temperatures seasonably cold. as we led into th we led into tn it clouds up around 1 o'clock, some snow showers in the poconos and the main event

will be during the evening commute. 6 o'clock you can see some of the wet snowflakes around philadelphia but the high 38 degrees so melting when they hit the is your families it's out of here by 9 o'clock and then we dry out but on wednesday it gets very cold so expect the snow. again just some snowflakes in the air along the i-95 corridor south and east and then a coating of snow on the grassy surfaces possible in the northwest suburbs. behind this s & p that low pressure really deepens on wednesday so what this means we've got an arctic blast on the way. temperatures only in the 30's. wind chills in the teens and we're talking about wind gusts more than 30 miles per hour on wednesday so really the cold air behind this system is a bigger deal than the actual snow it will bring. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, tomorrow we wake unwith sunshine. it clouds up some of those afternoon and evening snow showers. the high 44 degrees. but then temperatures make a big drop on wednesday. 31 degrees. wind chills in the teens with winds gusting more than

30 miles per hour. but this is really only just a one day shot of that cold air. by thursday temperatures rebound back up near normal, 39 degrees. and then we warm up as we led into the weekend. on friday, 48 degrees, morning clouds giving way to afternoon -- morning sun i should say giving way to afternoon clouds and saturday our next storm system cuts to the west. so what that will do is bring us a flow of very mild air, the high 52 degrees with periods of rain. behind that system chilly with a high of 40 and martin luther king day of service dry and 36 degrees. we'll have an update on the possibility of snow on "action news" tonight at 11:00. >> cecily, thank you. the eagles and employees of verizon teamed up for their annual packs for pride event today. defensive end brandon bear along with eagles mass scott swoop helped hand out hundreds of back packs at the linc. the bags went to kids staying at local domestic violence shelters and safe houses.

they were filled with toys. the bags were personal items and winter clothing. world news tonight with david muir is next on channel6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl17 with brian taff sharrie williams, adam joseph and ducis rodgers and then police join us for "action news at 11:00 on channel6. for cecily tynan ducis rodgers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. >> ♪

breaking news tonight. the stunning new video. for the first time, we take you inside the intense shootout. the dramatic effort to capture el chapo. the gunfire, the grenades. about tonight, sean penn breaking his silence. how he explains his meeting with el chapo. tonight, we remember david bowie. and the secret he kept in the end. ♪ his 18-month battle with cancer, and his final message. the battle for iowa. and this evening, the revealing new numbers. hillary clinton suddenly in a fight to win. and what another new poll reveals about donald trump tonight. the deep freeze. the system sweeping across america, from the dakotas, all the way to new york. the female bandit, accused of stealing millions in jewelry across several states. and 28 people missed the powerball this weekend by one