the missing last july. today official word that a body found in the woods of luzerne county on october 31st was hers. "action news" reporter john rawlins is live in doylestown. many more questions than answers. >> reporter: they have a lot of information but need more. and there is a sense of urgency from the public today. her bail was reduced to $10 those and some think if she gets out of jail she could become difficult to locate. grace packer was reported a possible run away last july, her adoptive mother, sara, told police the teen took 300 there's and fled the house in abington and today it was disclose that grace's dismembered body was

found in rural luzerne county. mother sara is charged with obstruction and giving misleading information. without notifying police she moved to a house near quakertown. >> when someone goes missing we expect people are going to work with us to try to identify that person. to try to identify where she is. that didn't happen. >> while no one has been charged in grace's killing, authorities made it clear they continue to have questions for her mother sara packer. >> and we consider her a person of interest in the homicide investigation. >> on the abington street where the packers lived for about a year, neighbors say they rarely socialized. >> we didn't know them well they were in pretty quick and the kids were younger and not really my age. so i didn't really talk to them too much. >> authorities are asking for the public's help looking for

information about mother and daughter. particularly in those days before the daughter went missing. >> anyone with information is asked to call bucks county detectives and authorities hope that someone will remember something about the two women at some point in time here. da steele says no matter how insignificant it may seem it could be a link to solving grace's murder. >> thank you john. an suv ended up under a tractor trailer in an accidents in camden county and it happened just after 12:00 on the southbound i-76 ramp to i-295, the ramp has just been reopened and was closed much of the afternoon. the driver of the suv is take and to cooper medical hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. a 34-year-old woman was shot a home on river avenue near state street last night in camden and died just after

getting to the hospital. we are live at camden county police. jeff, what are the details here? >> reporter: jim, the woman's children were in fact home at the time and as if witnessing that was not enough we learn that a 27-year-old man was murdered in the same home just last month. with the killer on the loose police were out searching for clues door-to-door, at the village that saw their share of vie lengths lately. >> there are innocent children out here. the killing needs to stop. >> a 34-year-old woman shot in the head in her apartment and her children were at home. and this neighbor says that police lights caught her attention. >> i saw them taking a stretcher to the ambulance and there was a lot of cops and stuff here. >> the same unwhy it a 27-year-old man was stabbed last month and later died.

the killer of diane's son sean johnson is still out there. he was gunned down at the same housing complex. >> we should be celebrating christmas and instead we are planning a funeral, it's not right. it's not fair. >> camden's homicide rate is up 29% from last year and nearly half of the cases remain unsolved because in large part witnesses don't talk to detectives. peters begs for the public to help. >> people need to speak up they will continue to do it and someone needs to come forward and say something. >> reporter: investigators are not saying what the relationship is between the man who was killed in the apartment last month and the children, at this point the police have not identified the suspect or named a victim.

word today philadelphia is getting money to address concerns about led. state senator vincent hughs announced a $500,000 grant in overbrook today the funds goes towards led remediation and training, hughs plans to reintroduce legislation to create a $250 million fund to address led concerns in communities across the commonwealth. okay we are less than two and a half hours from kickoff tonight and the eagles are hosting the new york giants on thursday night football and the early tailgaters are setting up shop. "action news" reporter dann cuellar is live at the linc tonight. eagles fans would be flighted to throw a wrench in the giants playoff plans. >> reporter: oh absolutely that would be a sweet way to start the weekend for these eagles fans, never mine the crowd is

thinner but these fans say they are the real deal. how can you lose when you have santa claus on your side. and these fans are really in the holiday spirit. >> you brought the tree and everything. >> absolutely. >> we need a win, will santa bring a win tonight? >> we sure hope so. >> we'll do our eagles prayer. eagles! >> love it. way to go guys. >> you have to hand it to these die hard fans, the eagles lost nine of their last 11 games and the idea of going to the playoffs a memory. and they would love it if they kept the giants from reaching the playoffs tonight. >> i would like to see it. we'll find out where our boys heads are tonight. will they quit? >> or make a statement. >> we have to rattle eli manning, we'll win the game

today. 28-27. >> we have nothing to lose. >> giants will lose and say home come january. >> you heard it first from santa. >> reporter: yes, you heard it first from santa claus. these guys are looking for an upset against the giants tonight and we'll see, game time 8:25, live with the tailgaters, a real party going on. back to you. >> thank you. three philadelphia letter carriers were honored for reaching a major milestone. and they were awarded the 100 million step award, these carriers walked their routes and have been accident free for 30 years or more. >> highway patrol motorcycle police officers shared a meal at the sunny brook golf club and got on their bikes and drove toot families of fallen

colleagues to spread holiday cheer and delivered christmas meals to five families they say it's a small gesture to make sure the families know they were not forgotten. in chester police pulled of drivers not to hand out ticket but to give out turkey sfwlz a turkey for you and your family. >> thank you. i was scared he was following me to the side. i thought what did i do? >> the department and city counts wanted to do something special to lift is the spirits of local families during the holiday season and today they handed out 100 turkeys to random unsuspecting drivers. >> a rare opportunity for the community and police to come together and do something good for each other, and it's good for me to talk to them and receive from them and have contact with them and good for them to bring me a gift on behalf of the city. >> the evidence also supported a local business, the city brought

all 100 turkeys from the fair and square grocery store in the city of chest sneer -- the performance at the ballet allowed people to enjoy the show. it's going to be windy and cool at the linc and we are tracking a system bringing snow and rain out west that will impact our holiday weekend. we'll let you know how in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> and the holiday travel rush is getting underway that and more when "action news" continues tonight.

sky 6 hd focusing on it's philadelphia international airport a busy place over the next week or so. 6 million americans will be plying over the holidays throughout the united states. lets go live to the airport. gray hall is there. the biggest crush begins tomorrow but what it the situation there tonight? >> reporter: well jim it's the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and everyone has somewhere to go, and they want to get there quickly but millions of others are trying to do the same thing, looking at the philadelphia international airport the lines are not really long but don't let that fool you still need to arrive early. long lines and loaded suitcats, the crowds and rush and it's it's holiday season in all of its glory. >> we are heading to vegas baby. >> i go early.

>> preparation is the greatest gift to give yourself if you plan on flying, this holiday season over 103 million people will be traveling and of those an estimated 6 million people will take to the friendly skies, you have to come early and be mentally prepared to stand in line. and wait. >> parents say that traveling with small children can add to the holiday frustrations and if you are taking the kids on the plane for the first time you need to pack your patience. >> packed extra toys, phones and snacks and all of that. >> employees at the airport says read up on the tsa guidelines and before you spend all day wrapping the gifts keep that in mind. >> the tsa may ask you to unwrap a present, the bet toward bring an unwrapped present through and then there is no concern parents

deal with the headaches of traveling and the kids are focused on gifts. and grandmas are always waiting with open arms. >> every year we come off the plane she is somewhere around here. >> my grandpa is in florida, he lives there. >> that is before you are going? he lives the the beach. can i go? >> no. >> at least the kids are honest. check your airlines about cancellations and delays, check in with tsa we learned today that there are cake and pies and cooked turkey with the flight with you. live from the philadelphia international airport gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. santa claus got a head start on his christmas delivery thanks to the septa yule tide drive. they collect toys and games and bikes and dolls for children in

the need in the region. and just a few hours later santa claus himself handed out the toys in hunting ton park. >> one child went head over heels during his one-on-one time with santa. the nut cracker is a holiday tradition for families in this area. and this year even more were able to enjoy this timeless classic. ♪ ♪ this morning the pennsylvania ballet presented their first sensory friendly performance on the main stage at the academy of music and the atmosphere is geared towards children with sensory and learning and communication differences, allowances were made for families to move around the theater and even speak during the performance. the nut cracker in philadelphia today.

eagles have not won in the afc east this year. >> the eagles can play spoiler tonight but that is not their motivation, they just want to win a football game but nobody wants to see the giants clinch a playoff spot at the linc. jeff skversky is live with 'a preview. >> the washington red skins klinked a playoff spot here last year and now the giants can clinch in the eagles own house. it's a tough stretch of football and they have not won in five and a half week and eagles lost nine of 11 and some eagles have taken the field and they are getting set to take on the giants, on thursday night football, fletcher cox talking the new york giants and the eagles defense have to get to eli manning and this team must get a win. >> the bottom line is, we have to win a game. i know what the giants have at stake and you know they

obviously want to do the same thing. they want to win a game too, for their own reasons, but for us it's just a matter of going out and executes and playing our style. >> it's kind of exciting to be on national tv and on thursday night and something new and different and this point of the year it's good to mix it up and change it. it's been a quick week but a good week. >> eagles quarterback, carson wentz has taken the field here at the linc. starting his pregame routine warming up for the new york giants and getting off to a fast start is kiefer carson he has struggled early on in the first quarter of the games. helping carson out is lane johnson. they lost eight of the 10 games with lane out and they get darren sproles back from his concussion tonight against the new york giantses. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. to college football the

temple owls are in annapolis, tuesday afternoon they face wake forest in the military bowl. >> lets go temple! >> the owls left campus this afternoon and got a nice standoff. a win tuesday will be their 11th of the season. their most wins ever in the program and this game cannot get here soon enough. >> it's finally here and we are ready to leave and we had great practices the last couple of days and we are lively and went in shirts today and didn't do much hitting and the guys are ready to go and represent temple and the city of philadelphia. the flyers visit the devils, they are just 3 points out of first place in the division, last night the orange and black took out the caps, it went to a shootout and wayne simmons put them ahead with this. and steve mason made sure it held up in the end. and once again flyers and devils tonight mason back in net

tonight. >> thank you ducis. >> a couple of familiar faces joined in a basketball game between a small chester county school and a local police department today. >> the green valley academy doesn't qualify for a typical sports league and instead they regularly play against east town. and that includes matt o'donnell and todd herriman.

there is going to be rain on christmas eve. not snow but rain. stormtracker 6 live double scan

showing no rain out there tonight. we have dry conditions and it's definitely on the breezy side. we are live with sky 6 hd taking a look at the rothman ice rink at dillworth park and they finished cleaning it up and the zamboni moved on. you will want to bundle up tonight. today was so degrees above normal and factor in the winds it feels like 37 in philadelphia and the same in trenton and 36 in atlantic city and 33 in wilmington and 35 in reading. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are had a fair amount of sunshine and a cloud deck moving through now and that is eroding during is the overnight hours and partly cloudy skies and temperatures a little cooler than last night. 30 in philadelphia and allentown 27 and wilmington 28 and cape may 33 degrees. friday looking fantastic if you have last minute shopping to do and traveling and high pressure

is to the south and that means lots of sunshine to start the day. and we see clouds streaming in late in the afternoon and temperatures cooler than today. 46 degrees and still that is about 3 degrees above normal. and pretty mild for late december, heading into saturday we get a weak disturbance pulling in and that brings us morning rain and temperatures still not that cold and 48 degrees, if you want to see any snow the best chance to will he in the poconos in the wee hours of the morning. around 4:00 ben the moisture begins to stream in, could have snow showers or a little bit of freezing rain in the poconos, but even in the poconos by 7:30, this is mainly a rain event that fills in across south jersey and delaware around lunch time. it's not an all day soaker but 4:00 the clouds are breaking for sunshine and overnight it clears out for santa and sunday christmas morning, 9:00 in the morning, loads of sunshine so it will not be a white christmas.

and actually i asked my facebook viewers when was the last time we had a white christmas in philadelphia. it was seven years ago, 2009 there were 8 inches on the ground, it didn't actually snow on christmas eve or christmas day but left over from the snow on the 19th, we got close to 12 feet of snow. but we are tracking rain and not snow. tomorrow a nice day and good amount of sunshine and late day clouds and a high of 46 degrees and saturday morning rain and moving out in the afternoon. so dry for the start of hanukkah, and dry for santa, 48 degrees and the sunshine is back in full force on christmas and mostly sunny and nice and 48 degrees. heading into next week, increasing clouds on monday and 50 degrees for the start of kwanzaa, a few showers monday night into tuesday morning, a weak system a big deal on tuesday is the temperature, look at this, 55 degrees that is 13

degrees above normal with winds out of the southwest by wednesday and winds shift from the northwest and we cool it down to 42 degrees and the next storm system on thursday yet again brings us rain and not snow, and the forecast disappoints snow lovers but makes it easy if you are traveling. >> we have plenty of time for snow. later in the winter. >> abc world news tonight is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues next at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff and sharrie williams, and adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. >> for cecily tynan and ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00. fios in the house!

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as we come on the air tonight, the holiday travel mess. delays and cancellations now building coast to coast as we now track two storms set to hit before christmas. the treacherous driving conditions. also break iing news comingn now of a new christmas terror plot just this warted. multiple arrests. and we have new video of that truck plowing into the christmas market. the your jet international manhunt. tonight, ivanka trump and her family harassed on a flight. meantime, the president-elect tweeting about building up america's nuclear arsenal. the consumer warning, just before christmas. the furniture tumbling over, killing children. and tonight, news of a multimillion dollar settlement. and the battery fears. this device blowing up on this bus. and america s