case, two, is an investigative tool. >> reporter: a source confirms to nbc 10 brendan's aunt, 20-year-old sarah jessica creato testified monday before grand jurors. she is the father's sister, who created a college documentary that featured brendan, a boy who went missing and later died. her attorney has said the film is irrelevant. >> any prosecutor, any investigator is going to get, you know, their antenna up over that. >> reporter: but he imagines it is being discussed. >> it's highly coincidental at the least this woman makes a film with this young child portraying a child who ultimately disappears and dies. and then, you know, fast forward and that actually happens to the child. >> reporter: he says sadly brendan creato case reminds him of the jonbenet ramsay murder, a case some 2,000 miles away from here in new jersey and in 2016 it marks 20 years unsolved. >> jonbenet didn't wander off, but there was a dead young child with no real clear cut indication of who was the perpetrator or how it happened. >> reporter: one attorney who represents the boy's father d.j. told us today he has no comment on any gra

people in hadden township are still waiting for answers about how brendan creato ended up dead lying in the woods nearly three weeks ago. in the midst of the tragedy parents tell nbc 10 that they wanted to allow their kids to get out tonight for halloween. they're wondering if someone still on the loose could have been responsible. still, people didn't let the unease stop tonight's tradition. >> a couple of weeks ago i may have felt like that, but i've settled, you know. i have faith in the camden county prosecutor.

. >> reporter: william brennan is the attorney for three year old brendan creato's aunt jessica and her parents. he spoke to us about a video sarah created in college that bears a remarkable resemblance to brendan's case about little boy who goes missing and is found dead. it was posted online but has been remove. brennan says the class assignment was based on book. >> it is uncanny coincidence that that's the book that was chose season but i don't believe there's any conclusion or any nefarious connection between the two. >> reporter: meantime neighbors and community members say life is far from back to normal after brendan's body was found in the woods near his hope last month. hours after the little boy was report missing by his father. an autopsy failed to find a cause of death much police say the child was not sexually assaulted and there's no evidence anybody forced their way into the home where the little boy was staying. the lack of anything concrete has left many here on edge. >> with them not being able to find any answers or anything like n you just don't know. you don't know

his clients are innocent and had nothing to do with the death of their own grandson, 3-year-old brendan creato. >> trying to survive day by day, trying to support their son, brendan's father, trying to go on with their lives and trying to grieve. >> reporter: the long-time philadelphia criminal defense attorney spoke to us on the family's behalf today, sharing their reaction to the fact toxicology tests came back negative with no traces of drugs, poison, or anything in brendan's system. it was the test so many close to brendan were counting on after autopsy results proved inconclusive. >> i believe they are, in a sense, relieved that apparently there's no obvious foul play, but you're still left with that openness, there's no closure here, and it's very frustrating. >> reporter: in a bizarre twist -- >> i'm aware of the video. >> reporter: he did watch a homemade documentary brought to investigators attention produced by brendan's aunt in which the little boy played by brendan went missing and was later found dead. >> i don't know how much it brings to the table with regard to finding out what

attorney bill brennan has been holding his breath on the death investigation into 3-year-old brendan creato. he is representing the little boy's grandparents, dave and lisa creato. brendan learned late monday toxicology and lab results came back negative, adding to the mystery of what happened because brendan's autopsy is also inconclusive, it shows no cause or manner of death. >> one would hope that if there was a poisoning, as you bring up, that would show up and you'd know, but apparently that's not the case here. >> reporter: it would show poison or drugs? >> you would think, sure. that's the purpose of running a tox screen. >> reporter: he says the creato family has every confidence in the investigators but says for brendan's loved ones the looming they maneuver a difficult process of trying to support their son, brendan's father, and grieve a tremendous loss. do they feel as though they are under a cloud of suspicion? >> i don't want to speak for how they feel, but i think it would be foolish to disavow the fact that there is a cloud of suspicion, there's an investigation going on. >>

. >>> new details in the death of brendan creato. sources confirmed the grand jury subpoenaed 20-year-old sarah jessica creato, the sister of brendan's father dj. a year ago she made a video for a college project about the death of a young boy. her nephew portrayed the boy in that video. her attorney says it's just pure coincidence. >> it's a red herring. i would encourage people not to focus too much on it. i think it's a waste of time. >> five weeks ago, brendan creato's father reported him missing from his home in haddon township. the boy's body was found in the cooper river park about a half mile away. autopsy and toxicology tests provided by n provided by no clues about how he died. >>> a man is in the hospital after police say robbers shot him outside a family dollar store in delaware county. skyforce 10 flew over the scene in sharon hill last night. investigators say the victim was sitting in his car outside the store when two men robbed and shot him. the search continues for the robbers. >>> firefighters quickly contained a f

a toxicology test now says on 3-year-old brendan creato has come back negative. night, how the little boy died still remains a mystery. brendan's body was found three weeks ago in the woods near his father's house in haddon township. his father reported him missing hours earlier. no charges have been filed in this case. much more on this story. >>> in the meantime, though, you might have heard about this, oxford avenue in fox chase still shut down with a septa bus collided with a tractor trailer. >> and that bus was just removed in the past hour and crews are still working at the scene trying to figure out what caused the crash around 12:30 today. lauren mayk joins us live at the crash scene with the latest. lauren? >> reporter: yeah, the avenue is still shut down here, but they are making quite a bit of progress. the bus has been removed and right now they are working to get the tractor trailer out of here, as well. the side of it just sort of crushed as the bus slammed into it. and i learned today that this is the kind of thing some people were worried about. >>

time to even focus on that. >> reporter: william brennan is the attorney for three year old brendan creato'st a video sarah created in college that bears a remarkable resemblance to brendan's case about little boy who goes missing and is found dead. it was posted online but has been remove. brennan says the class assignment was based on book

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a according to philly.com there were no drugs or chemicals found in three-year old brendan creato's system. investigators still tell the paper that they are trying to figure out whether happened to the boy no arrests have have been made. brendan's father reported him missing hours before the boy's body was found. >>> a foul odor brings police to a home in wayne, pennsylvania. the home on marlins circle had the worst case of hording they have ever seen. the owner, 80 year-old leighton fireng says he is a licensed fires arms dealers. investigators called in the bomb squad after finding weapons and ammunitions. police found 20 dead cats, containers of nitric acid buried in the backyard. the the owner says he has done nothing wrong. >> messy is not unsafe. messy does not explode. messy is just messy. this is a waste of money. they should be doing things for their protecting people who are doing something. the this is nonsense. >> never been in his house and never would wanting to in his house. he does not the keep his house, and it is always been a concern from the neighbors. >> he was told to

people in hadden township are still waiting for answers about how brendan creato ended up dead lying in the woods nearly three weeks ago. in the midst of the tragedy parents tell nbc 10 that they wanted to allow their kids to get out tonight for halloween. they're wondering if someone still on the loose could have been responsible. still, people didn't let the unease stop tonight's tradition. >> a couple of weeks ago i may have felt like that, but i've settled, you know. i have faith in the camden county prosecutor. i'm sure they'll get to the bottom of it. we xr a good police force. >> reporter: hadden township police asked parents to walk with their kids once it got dark but there were no major issues. >>> a halloween tragedy tonight in new york city. police say a car plowed into a group of trick-or-treaters, killing three people including a 10-year-old girl. four others were hurt, including the driver. witnesses say that car went airborne after leaving the street and ended up in the front yard of a house. >>> new information on a russian passenger plane that crashed this morning i

a toxicology report on three-year-old brendan creato has come back negative. that means there were no foreign substances in his system. that's according to the attorney representing the child's father. brendan was found last month in the woods about a half mile from his father's home. david dj creato has been questioned by police but his attorney says they're still waiting to get more information. >> we don't even have that information from the investigators yet that someone had something to do with this boy's death. we have no answers about what happened to this boy and after today we have one answer that just really leads to more questions. >> the autopsy report is still pending and the prosecutor's office will not comment on the toxicology report. >>> the philadelphia school district will take out a loan now of a quarter of a billion dollars to keep classes running through the end of 2015. today the school reform commission approved the borrowing of $250 million. philadelphia is among dozens of districts in the state seeking loans to make ends meet in the ab

the attorney says the report came back negative meaning there were no foreign substances in brendan creato'stem when he died. brendan's father reported the child missing from his haddon township home. brendan was found dead several hours later about a half mile away. police are not saying how the boy might have died and have not made any arrests in the case. >> it is 5:06 and it's election day in pennsylvania and new jersey. you should vote anyway but here's a lure. one lucky philadelphia resident could win a $10,000 payday just for voting in the mayor's race. both mayoral candidates spent yesterday reaching tout voters. democrat jim kenney had lunch with immigrant restaurant owners south philadelphia and we caught up with republican melissa murray bailey at her campaign office. >>> polls open at 6:00 a.m. in new jersey, 7:00 a.m. in pennsylvania. they close at 8:00 tonight in both states. "action news" will have complete coverage. stay with 6abc.com for realtime results as those votes are tallied and off and on into "action news" at 10:00 and 11:00 for reaction from the winners and losers.

. >>> we have breaking news right now in the mysterious case surrounding three-year old brendan creato. attorney for creato's father tells "eyewitness news" that the camden county prosecutor's office told him late this afternoon that long awaited toxicology report came back, negative. brendan's body was found in the wood three weeks ago in haddon township. his autopsy was inconclusive. "eyewitness news" has reached out to the camden county prosecutor's office for comment and they would not confirm or tea any the results of the toxicology report. we will have more at ten and 11:00 o'clock. >>> a new jersey man is facing charges for halloween candy scare. police say he lied about finding a needle in the snickers bar. this case comes as police around the region investigate reports of the tainted candy. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has more from the gloucester county police department rahel. >> reporter: police say dad reported biting into some chocolate and finding a needle in it. ultimately they have decide that had was a fakery. but when they asked him why he lied, he report

detectives found three-year old brendan creato's body near his father's haddon township home october 13th. investigators say there was no sign of forced entry and visible trauma and his autopsy came back inconclusive. camden county prosecutor's office says the the investigation continues but attorney for toddler's grandparents complain that they are not being kept in the loop. >> we respect the fact that the prosecutor's office and the detectives have to do their jobs but my god, when the negative my phone should have been ringing off the hook. >> the attorney for brendan's father says his father is innocence of wrongdoing and is now looking for answers. >>> happening today, pennsylvania attorney general, kathleen kane, is heading to court for questioning in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse investigation. sandusky's lawyer will question kane over comments she made about grand jury leaks involving the judge. the hearing will take place in harrisburg. sandusky, a former penn state assistant fat ball coach, is a appealing his 45 count convictions. >>> and it is back to work for jury d

today marks three weeks since search teams found brendan creato's body along the cooper river. a lawyer for the boy's family spoke to us today, sharing the boy's family reaction to learning prosecutors are no closer to solving the case. >> because it's an ongoing investigation, there is no duty by the prosecutor or law enforcement to share anything with us, and we understand that, we respect it. on that issue i don't know my clients are too happy with that. >> toxicology reports came back negative this week, that means there were no traces of drugs in brendan's system. autopsy results also proved inconclusive. >>> the next time your power goes out, you can get a text message. peco reveals a new texting program, you can report power outages and receive updates on your cell phone. customers must register their cell number with their account. >>> tonight, julie wollman will become the tenth president when she started in president, currently the president at eden bureau university of pennsylvania. >>> quentin tarantino is speaking publicly about controversial comments he made that

search teams found the body of brendan creato on the cooper river in haddon township on october 13. a lawyer for the family spoke to nbc 10 on tuesday, he shared the family's reaction to learning that investigators are no closer to solving this case. >> because it's an ongoing investigation there is no duty by the prosecutor or law enforcement to share anything with us, and we understand that, we respect it. on that issue i don't know my clients are too happy with that. >> toxicology results came back negative, no traces or drugs or anything harmful in brendan's system. autopsy results also proved inconclusive. >> how about this effort by some temple students. and a philadelphia youth group. they spent the night outside. >> they did it to raise awareness about youth homelessness in the city. members of the chapter and the bright hope youth coalition rallied before the sleep out in north philadelphia. they set up card board boxes, used those as beds, symbolizing the challenges that homeless young people face every day. >> we sleep out here for a couple of hours to simulate what it wo

. >> reporter: philadelphia attorney richard, says the case of brendan creato is a mysterious one. and he's even more confused after he says brendan's toxicology report came back negative. >> i call the prosecutor's office. i spoke to the individual i've been dealing with there. they confirmed for me that the toxicology reports have come back negative. >> reporter: the three-year-old's body was discovered not even half a mile from his dad's apartment in haddon township. about 9:00 o'clock in the morning on tuesday octobe october 13th. three hours before his client dj was on the phone with police. >> you didn't hear anything or see anything, nothing like that? >> no. i just woke up and he wasn't in my apartment. i don't know if he wouldn't wandered out or what happened. >> police on facebook and tumbler and twitter, they seem to have a real vent that mr. creato my klein has something to do with this. >> reporter: but he said that's not the case. didn't j creato is grieving father. one who wants to know what happened to his son. i reach out to the camden county prosecutor's office to

. >> reporter: philadelphia attorney richard, says the case of brendan creato is a mysterious one. and he's even more confused after he says brendan's toxicology report came back negative. >> i call the prosecutor's office. i spoke to the individual i've been dealing with there. they confirmed for me that the toxicology reports have come back negative. >> reporter: the three-year-old's body was discovered not even half a mile from his dad's apartment in haddon township. about 9:00 o'clock in the morning on tuesday octobe october 13th. three hours before his client dj was on the phone with police. >> you didn't hear anything or see anything, nothing like that? >> no. i just woke up and he wasn't in my apartment. i don't know if he wouldn't wandered out or what happened. >> police on facebook and tumbler and twitter, they seem to have a real vent that mr. creato my klein has something to do with this. >> reporter: but he said that's not the case. didn't j creato is grieving father. one who wants to know what happened to his son. i reach out to the camden county prosecutor's office to

search teams found brendan's body back on october 13. creato'sme made documentary in which brendan portrays a child who went missing and later found dead. the clip has been removed from youtube. an attorney for the family calls the video a red herring. he went on to share the family's reaction to learning that investigators are no closer to solving the case. >> because it's an ongoing investigation, there is no duty by the prosecutor or law enforcement to share anything with us, and we understand that, we respect it. on that issue i don't know that my clients are too happy with that. >> toxicology reports came back negative that means there were no traces of drugs in brendan's system. autopsy reports already proved inconclusive. >> from our delaware bureau federal researchers released findings how wilmington can reduce the number of shootings and violent crime. there was a study that identifies risk factors for gun violence in wilmington. the cdc suggesting that state agencies need to do a better job of sharing data to identify those at risk for

. >>> today, one month since k-9 team found body of the three-year old brendan creato in haddon township. brendan was found near the woods, just hours after his father dj reported him missing. there have been published reports that the grand jury investigation is underway and video made by brendan's aunt has surfaced. >>> what do you think of this, it shows a movie trailer about the the death of the young boy played by brendan. the family says it was just a school project. >> it is a red harring and i think it is a waste of time to focus on that. it is uncanny coincidence that is book that was chosen. >> erie coincidence. brendan's 20 year-old aunt testified in court in monday by the way. the family says fear of the lack of answers has pressured police to make an arrest guys. >> what happened to that little boy? my goodness. 6:05. >>> police finalrily released new surveillance video they say showed a man stabbed another guy to death back in september. >> this was during the pope francis visit, steve keeley. >> reporter: right during world meeting of families right outside convention cent

. >>> today marks one in month since k-9 team found brendan creato in haddon township. brendan was found in the woods just hours after his father dj reported him missing. police are still no close tore finding out how the toddler died. there have been publicity reports the that the grand jury investigation is underway ape video made has surfaced which shows a movie trailer about the death of a young boy played by brendan. the family says that it is just a school project. >> it is a red harring, it is a waste of time to even focus on that. it is an uncanny coincidence that is the book that was chosen. >> uncanny coincidence, another way of saying it would be erie coincidence. brendan's 20 year-old aunt testified in court by the way monday. family says fear of a lack of answers has pressured police to make an arrest. we will see. >>> coming up on 5:37 an explosion and tirade in the locker room of the dallas cowboys by dez bryant. >> unaudible. >> this is what happened when you lose six straight, next howard eskin explains why bryant went off. >>> good morning, i'm howard e

there were no drugs or chemicals found in three-year old brendan creato's system. investigators say no arrests have been made. brendan's father reported him missing. >> and the autopsy didn't have any answers, either. >> is there no sign of any breaking an entering in the home. >> police need your help locating a teen missing since halloween. this is 16 year-old mekhi camaro, she left her home on saturday night to go to a halloween party. >> but she never came home. nikkei lived in the 1200 block of south 57th street. anyone who may know where she is should contact the the police. if you know anything. >> finally lets get to this uber story. >> cameras captured this attack on a uber driver. >> this isn't particularly easy to watch. the guy is in the back drunk. >> yes, passing out in the back seat before you see this attack. this friday happened in newport beach, california, it was posted on line. watch as this passenger, unleashes this beating on this poor driver, 23 year-old driver edward caban says the the minute the man got in the car he was belligerent. he was

the attorney says the report came back negative meaning there were no foreign substances in brendan creato'system when he died. brendan's father reported the child missing from his haddon township home. brendan was found dead several hours later about a half mile away. police are not saying how the boy might have died and have not made any arrests in the case. >>> investigators continue to comb through the egyptian desert as they try to figure out what caused a russian airliner to break apart in midair and plummet to the ground. aviation officials are currently analyzing the plane's black boxes. nine bodies have been identified so far. all 224 people on board were killed. the metro jet plane crashed on saturday 23 minutes after taking off from sharm-el-sheikh airport from saint petersburg russia. some aviation experts suspect there was a bomb on board. >> it is election day in pennsylvania and in new jersey and you should vote anyway but here's a little bit of a lure in philadelphia. one lucky philadelphia resident could win a $10,000 payday just for voting in the mayor's race. both mayoral

philly.com reports that a toxicology report has revealed there were no drugs or chemicals in brendan creato'sody. haddon township boys body was found in the woods three weeks ago. brendan's father reported him missing hours before authorities made that discovery. so far there have been no arrests. the camden county prosecutor had no comment on the toxicology report. >>> a local vfw post the focus of a morning raid by authoriti authorities. the happenings inside investigators say broke the law. >>> five-year-old girl by herself with a loaded gun in an arizona desert. police say her grandfather wrestler there and when they found him, his explanation didn't make things any better. >>> high school football player says he was kicked out of a game for praying after a play. why game officials say he's only telling part of the story. >>> a local man proposes the love of his life but his future wife's answer wasn't the only answer he was waiting on. the question he had for the other special lady in his life. >>> and coming up a the at 62:00 men walk into a local store it mate not like they're together

. >>> new details in the investigation of the mysterious death of haddon township toddler brendan creato. source tells "eyewitness news" the boy's aunt met with members of the camden county grand injury think week. three-year old's body was discovered near woods near his father's home october 13th. so far an autopsy and toxicology tests both came back without any answers. no one has been charged. the attorney representing brendan's aunt and camden county prosecutor's office declined to comment about the grand jury proceedings. >>> developing right now, isis is claiming responsibility for two suicide bombings in beirut. at least 37 people are dead, nearly 200 more injured in one of the most deadly attacks in lebanon in years. the area is a strong hold of the shiite hezbollah group. isis has been fighting in syria and iran but until now has not had a recognized a filth in lebanon. >>> at the white house today president obama, awarded nation's highest military honor to a former army captain. he tackled a sued side bomb inner 2012 and was credited with saving many lives. cbs news corresponde

. >>> today marks one month since k-9 team found body of the three-year old brendan creato in haddon township. brendan was found in the wood near his father a's home just hours after his dad reported him missing. there have been published reports that the grand jury investigation is now underway and a video made has now surfaced. it shows a movie trailer about the death of young boy played by brendan. the family says that it was just a school project. >> it is erie though connection, perhaps. >> yes. >>> all right chris. police released new surveillance video showing a man that they say stabbed another man to death but this was back during the the pope's visit. >> now we have video so we can get an idea who this guy is, steve. >> reporter: has one you want to share a sidewalk with is this guy, a guy with the looking knife and short fuse. you don't want to share a subway train with him either. that is where this video was from. detectives were pouring over hours of the surveillance video from the septa system and all cameras throughout this system because they had no clue where this gu

the uncertainty has been unsettling for residents of this commune, they want answers and brendan's father, d.j. creatoe him alive and his his lawyer says he is as much in the dark as anyone else and there may never be a conclusive answer. >> looking at the circumstances and the environment plays a pretty big role in the death of this child. >> dr. mcdonald says that only two other possibilities may not show up, one is heart file failure and the other is suffocation. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. >> philadelphia police -- michaela was suppose to be going to south philadelphia, it's unclear if she actually made it there, she has never been reported missing before and they are urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. >> detectives are looking for two armed men that robbed a logan restaurant during closing time, this is surveillance video from the crab shack from north 15th street sunday night, the suspects forced an employee back into the store as he was trying to close the front gate, one went for the safe and the other went from the workers. none of the em