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that makes the end of a murder mystery that attracted numerous attention in the area and through the country and cosmo dinardo charged with four counts of murder and his cousin sean kratz charged with three if convicted it's likely neither will live a moment again as a free man. friday night the big story on action news the confessions of two alleged killers, their victims the missing men in bucks county action news reporter dann cuellar is live in new hope just a mile or two from where the bucks county victims were buried and dann you have the end of the week update. >> reporter: that's right jim the gruesome and disturbing case involving drugs, murder and burials by two cousins on a sprawling farm has left many here in shock and disbelief and as much as some would like they just can't seem to stop talking about it. >> i feel they probably never know why it happened, all right, but it just makes you sad.

>> it's peaceful here and tranquil and not what you would think about it around here. >> shocked. >> i wouldn't want to be parents and feel so bad for the family. >> reporter: in cosmo dinardo confession is public and dined out with his 20-year-old cousin as accomplice arrested last night in philadelphia and he confessed and both charged with murder and related offenses and being held without bail and tells investigators on july 5 he agreed to sell jimi tar patrick four pounds of marijuana for 8,000 and drove into his families 90 acre form when patrick only had 800 dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead and shot patrick and used a backhoe to bury his body and on the 7th he agreed to sell dean finocchiaro and picked up his cousin and planned to rob him and gave kratz a 357 belonging to his mother and took him to the farm where kratz shot

him in the head also on july 7 dinardo meets up with tom tomasic and mark sturgis to make a drug deal and his car was left on the property on aquetong road and head to the farm where kratz is waiting and dinardo shoots him in the back and falls to the ground screaming and mark sturgis is shot and he runs him over with a backhoe and placed in a metal tank called a pig roaster on caught on fire and came back to bury it under ground using the backhoe and the motive for this. >> we won't know the answer. >> reporter: and they may never have found jimi tar patrick remains if they had not made the plea dial with dinardo. >> we found them where we were told we were to find him. >> reporter: the family showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring their loved ones hope. >> hope i'm never in their shoes but if i ever were i pray that i could handle this with the courage and the dignity that

they exhibited. >> reporter: now weintraub says dinardo and kratz confessions also led them to the two weapons that were being used in the killings and in exchange for dinardo confession he was spared the death penalty live in new hope bucks county i'm dann cuellar channel six action news jim. >> thank you we have been digging in court records for 20-year-old sean kratz and found he was actually due in court next week on outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. before these more serious charges kratz had twis been arrested in june 2016 and past february and in an unusual twist kratz was in court early yesterday morning for that second case little did he know that later that night he would be taken into custody for triple murder. a handful of people gathered to grieve together tonight at the garden of reflection in lower make field the memorial dedicated to 9/11 victims is

meant to symbolize light following evil and darkness but because of the weather forecast the full ceremony planned for tonight was postponed and so the community is now invited to a vigil of healing this sunday night at 7:30 still at the garden of reflection in lower make field. we are hearing tonight from the uncle of jimi tar patrick the first victim murdered, craig patrick lives in seattle and spoke with us on the phone, he disputes the idea that his 19-year-old nephew was killed on a whim simply over a money dispute. >> this is a thought out calculated chain of events, this is not something that happened because something or a drug deal went foul i don't believe in the death penalty and would like to see him grow old in a cage. >> reporter: university maryland where patrick finished his freshman year is planning a memorial mass when students return in the fall the university president released a

statement today saying as a community we are understandably sad, angry and confused. we will grieve support one another and continue to surround jim's loved ones in prayer and comfort. we will also find ways to celebrate jimmy's life and his memory. we have all the chilling details of this quadruple murder right now on the 6abc app you will also find video of today's news conference and we posted the court documents in this case and that is our big story. today's flash flood watch was well advised and the way it looked on shore road and, in fact, that flood watch remains in effect until midnight and jeff chirico will tell us about flooding and damage in south jersey and before bridgeton let's get an update from cecily tynan and accuweather. >> and jim double scan live showing our situation has improved greatly and we have nothing more than a few

sprinkles moving to wilmington but that was not the case earlier this afternoon. we had a parade of storms moving southeast across south jersey and this shows the rainfall totals and you will notice salem 2" many areas in cumberland county 2-3" millville 2.1 you may think 2" is not much but that fell in less than 25 minutes so that did cause a lot of flash flooding a lot of streets in millville and bridgeton were flooded and quarter size hail and phoenixville this afternoon had winds that brought down trees and power lines and wind damage and windows damage in west chester and toms river a gas line was struck by lightning so we had some pretty vicious storms the reason why the dew points the air is loaded with moisture dew point is still 70 in philadelphia however this front has passed, lower humidity through the weekend looking to be a very nice weekend near normal temperatures plenty of

sunshine. next week things change and we will talk about that in the seven-day forecast jim. >> thank you live to bridgeton to jeff cher cow and you surveyed south jersey what is you found. >> some flash flooding you talked about jim happened on north pearl street and down there several cars were stranded this afternoon this was all part of that fast moving storm that left its mark from here to shore. >> it was really calm and it just got crazy out of no where. >> reporter: this was the scene in the city torrential rain turns streets into rivers and folks waded knee deep and the paddle border had the right idea but the guys in this car didn't and got stranded in the flooding and had to be pushed out the rising waters were no obstacle for this pizza delivery guy however and further west in millville strong winds knocked over the tree on south second taking down power lines and blocking a portion of the road for hours and nearby and it

caused this yard to flood and the front of several other homes were not spared either. meanwhile in bridgeton crews worked late clearing a mudslide after part of north pearl street flooded this viewer photo shows cars that became submerged and told the drivers got okay but the cars had to be towed. >> we all went down to look and there was three cars stuck down in five feet of water all the way up to the windows yeah it was crazy. >> reporter: and crews spent much of the evening clearing the mud from the roadway and the crews will be out the next couple of days to shore up the embankment so it doesn't happen again bridgeton jeff chirico jim. >> action news at the scene of a drug raid at a home on 28th in grays ferry in philadelphia where they say they uncovered a heroin lab, that is what police are telling us. investigators had to wear full hazmat gear for fear the drugs

contained fentynl which can cause an overdose if it just touches the skin several children were inside the home and had to be taking to chop as a precaution and police say they have not identified a motive here and will not tell us is anyone has been charged. new jersey troopers say a pedestrian was killed when he saw a police car and started running away. he ran into traffic, the deadly accident shut down route 42 westbound at college drive in gloster township authorities have not publically identified the man or why he ran from police. burlington authorities are asking for help to solve the apparent slashing death of a woman behind a strip mall last night and happened 8:45 in browns mills at the intersection of julius town in pemberton and browns mills road a pedestrian called 911 after hearing screams, police found

29-year-old diana still well who suffered severe cuts and detectives do not have a suspect or motive and president donald trump is back at his golf resort tonight after celebrating bastille day in paris. ♪ trump was the guest of french president emmanuel as both bands and military vehicles paraded down the les-invalides and the two handshakers in chief set a record with a 30 secondhand shake and said a very warm good-bye but trump returned to an expanding controversy surrounding his son don's meeting with the russian lawyer and man fort and go between rob gold stone and now turns out that a prominent russian american lobbyist who was a soviet military officer was also at that meeting.

and has been reported to have ties to russian intelligence and according to a broadcast report tonight there were two other people attending that meeting who are still unidentified. still to come on action news tonight breaking images of a high rise fire in hawaii with reports of people trapped and ground giving way we have the remarkable video and the latest details of the sinkhole swallowing homes in florida. and horror show you will take you to the annual tradition in chester county known as the blob fest. >> well the blobs on radar have moved on and tracking a dry comfortable weekend and heat wave five is waiting in the rings and details this the forecast. doctors at the children's hospital continue to investigate what is causing a sudden paralysis in some kids and if a virus that is common during the summer is to blame the story is coming up, on health check. we have highlights and low

lights from the phillies game out of milwaukee and jeff skversky with the sixers taking on the bulls when action news continues tonight.

we have breaking news from hawaii tonight there are reports of people trapped in their apartments in a honolulu high rise fire? a live picture this image may go back to the deadly london apartment infor no for some but they say it's not the same most residents made it out and 80 people were killed in the london fire and several others here required medical treatment from choking black smoke and you can see that choking black smoke as we speak and began on the 26th floor and spread to 27th floor and more than 60 firefighters are currently battling this blaze in honolulu. that is one of two homes that was devoured by a sinkhole near tampa florida this morning tonight the sinkhole is still

growing and more homes being threatened and it opened up before 7:30 this morning and the families in the home were able to escape mere moments before it gave way. >> and i started crying and everything and we got the dogs out and we couldn't save anything else. >> two homes are gone, a third is in danger. nine families who live the surrounding homes have just been evacuated, nobody has been injured, experts are concerned that the sinkhole could merge with a nearby lake. a nationwide bridal dress chain with a store in cherry hill has shut down abruptly leaving countless brides to be frantic. many showed up today outside the alfred angelo store watching as employees were inside boxing everything up. they held up signs pleading for the employees to give them their dresses that they had already paid for. finally the employees did just that. passing the dresses out the door

and into the hands of worried customers. action news producer cheryl metindorf helped one whose bride's maids gowns were being held inside. >> here are your dresses. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: a note on the door tells customers that their merchandise may be shipped to them but another note directs customers to contact the company's lawyers. health check at 11:00 doctors at children's hospital of philadelphia are investigating what is causing sudden paralysis in some children a summer time virus is a suspected culprit but the exact cause is unknown and reporter and registered nurse gorman has one family's story and what parents need to know. >> reporter: a happy and determined little boy. at 20 months old he now depends on his standard to get around because he can no longer move his legs.

but these home videos show him just months before his first birthday taking his first step. >> good job. >> reporter: his mother dana says last september luke had what appeared to be a cold but quickly got worse. >> he woke up saturday morning completely lethargic really sick. i went to stand him up and his legs just buckled beneath him. >> reporter: at the children's hospital of philadelphia luke had acute flacidmilitis and sudden weakness in the arms or legs and can be permanent and we reported on the condition in 2014 when the c.d.c. started seeing a spike in cases nationwide and 120 that year, in 2015 there were just 21. but then in 2016 another spike, 144 cases. mostly seen mid to late summer neurologist sarah hopkins says at first there seemed to be a

link to a severe respiratory virus called entero virus d68 and luke tested positive for it and so did 7 of the 8 cases they saw in 2016 but nationally there was not a clear connection for the entero virus d68. >> we suspect it's a viral cause but have not been able to pinpoint for sure whether all of these patients have had the same virus or whether they are different viruses. >> reporter: she and other researchers continue to look for clues. the best treatments and why some kids may be more susceptible. it's an extremely rare condition and parents should not panic but should be aware. most kids are just going to get a cold and that is all that is going to happen or get a stomach virus and that is all that is going to happen. >> reporter: but she says if your child is sick with a fever and starts having trouble moving an arm, leg or their head get them to the emergency room. dana says what happened to luke

is devastating but his spirit makes the struggle bearable. >> physical therapy, occupational therapy and his determination he is going to go places even if he never walks again but i believe he will i do. >> reporter: again this is a rare condition and dr. hopkins says if it happens it's typically in kids younger than five and a possibility it could weaken respiratory muscles and affect breathing. parents and doctors should be on the look out just in case we see another spike this summer alley gorman channel six action news. >> pretty scary such and accuweather for the weekend. >> it's improving dramatically double scan live showing the second wave of showers and thunderstorms that move through after the first one of severe weather has now left the coast we are drying things out and going to keep a few sprinkles moving in nothing more than that but that first line of vicious storms created some pretty amazing looking photos. this is one of my favorite one alex passed this on facebook

from bethenny beach and it's a shelf cloud from the up and downdraft from a squall of thunderstorms and as that line worked in it brought vivid lightning heavy downpours and some areas reporting hail but the weekend is going to be much nicer the cold front that brought the storms in south jersey primarily behind it we have a drop in humidity and you will feel the difference in the air mass tomorrow with a dry warm weekend and stormy more humid weather returns next week and still humid and warm and philadelphia 73 degrees our high only 79 but the clouds and showers heat wave is officially over allentown 73 and close to the dew point temperatures and still have a lot of moisture in the area dew point in felt is 74 in atlantic city if you look to the north allentown the dew point is 68 degrees and poconos

65 and slightly drier air will move in and stick around and dew points in the 60s and better and the humidity will increase as we head into next week and satellite and radar showing the storms moved on and when you wake up tomorrow could be a few clouds hanging on the coast but generally the sunshine will return and july and philadelphia 87 seasonably warn and allentown 85 cape may 84 and trenton 85 degrees if you are down the shore tomorrow 69 the ocean temperature and less humid and you will get a land breeze not a sea breeze and 86 on saturday, sunday 84 the poconos really a gorgeous weekend and in the 70s and lower humidity and plenty of sunshine and the accuweather seven-day forecast pretty nice weekend and not stormy and sunny tomorrow lower humidity great weather for the union game 87 degrees sunday very warm 90

degrees and humidity is in check and monday getting more humid 90 degrees and then on tuesday it's humid and with the humidity and with the heat with temperatures near 90 could have some isolated thunderstorms, wednesday we do it again, thursday we increase the heat and humidity 93 some thunderstorms and friday again mostly cloudy with some thunderstorms and still hot with a high of 91 degrees so we have one day dropping into the 80s and the next six days and seven days back to the 90s. >> cecily. >> a classic movie scene was recreated tonight in the very location where it was filmed. the announcer warns run don't walk and the movie trailer for the blob and that is exactly what they did at the colonial theatre in phoenixville this is the start of the theatre annual blob fest the film most famous scenes showing movie goers fleeing the blob this was filmed at the colonial theatre and other parts of the movie shot

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disaster second inning and it looks like a completely different team in powder blues and franco the rbi single and four batters reach base and 2-0 lead and starter nick comes out on fire too and he starts the game with four straight strike outs but then has a meltdown, the next eight batters he faces all reach base orlando see you later three run shot. later in the second ryan braun with bases loaded grand slam and eight runs and nine total and phillies lose 9-6 and dropped six of the last seven games sixers number one pick fultz is feeling better and taking jump shots and taking threes at the summer league this morning but what are we talking about practice come on let's talk about a game and fultz out for the is iksers summer league finale against the bulls in las vegas and first the steal, is lam and 22 points and former

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plans to stick around fargo south dakota after heading to training camp when the rookies are due to report next sunday and by the way he can't wait. >> i'm ready to go and last year this is all coming fast so last year was definitely a whirlwind and this year i'm pretty much ready to go. >> eagles coach trying to open

champaign and play golf and he shoots 82 today tied for 43. charles barkley well he plays much much worse the former sixers star has the worst round and he is in dead last 89. finally connor mcgreger getting in the face of flood mayweather in london and grabs his head that is a no no and more yelling and screaming and carrying on as they promote their fight coming up, in six weeks and how about these verbal jabs. a little close there, they are close talkers. all right. loud talkers too jimmy kimmel live next on channel 16 6 followed by night line and we continue at 5:30 with gray hall for cecily tynan jeff skversky who always puts a seinfeld reference in when he can and ducis rodgers the entire action news team i'm jim gardner have a good night and have a great weekend. action news brought by barbara

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