for more than 31 year, parents of the barbara ruann have have endured agony of their daughter's murder wondering who could have killed their 14 year-old only child, and why. now, police say, they have cracked the case, arresting george shaw a former neighbor for whom the victim occasionally baby sat, and, robert sanders charged with helping dispose of barbara's body which was found 13 days later after she disappeared not far from her home. >> the the members of the district attorney's office notified barbara ruann's parent were still alive in bensalem township that there is closure in the case. >> reporter: fbi lab tests on tape, used to bind the victim's body, as well as non-stop investigative work by assigned detective chris mcmullens and his team, eventually led to unraveling what they called a web of lies, from sanders, who appeared before a grand jury. >> i'm just glad we got to this point. this is about barbara and her family. >> reporter: police believe shaw, now under arrest in florida, is in fact, a serial criminal. suspected in other crimes. they say two months after barbara'

"eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has that story. >> reporter: for barbara ruann at last is there justice. thirty-one years, after searchers found the the 14 year-old raped and murdered, her parents, told that now, two suspects are now charged in the killing. have of their only child. >> detectives and members of the district attorney's office notified barbara ruann's parents still alive in bensalem town ship that there is closure in the case. >> reporter: police say accused kill are george shaw, invited the victim to baby-sit his young daughter, robbing, assaulting and murdering her, as her desperate father income on the door demanding to know if she was there. >> part of what makes it possible to these crimes and prosecution about so many years after the fact is just keeping, pecking away. >> reporter: shaw, police say, a suspect from the very beginning, but it took years of unrelenting investigation, by a team led by detective chris mcmullens, before saunders, his a a linked accomplice implicated him. >> i'm glad we got the to this point. this is about barbara and his family. >

. >> reporter: after 31 years there is at last justice for family of barbara ruann, raped and murdered in this bensalem neighborhood in a august of 1984. i'll have the the store friday bensalem, coming up. >>> good morning to you, it is, let's sigh october 3rd. we're in october already. we are dealing with some after effects of this storm. lauren casey is here to tell you there is hope on the way and it will get better, right. >> it will get better. we have good news in the the forecast. maybe not so much for weekend but in the tropical department we have some great news, in respect to hurricane joaquin, latest track, well off shore, kind of a category three storm still a major hurricane besides bohamas, wind up around 125 miles per hour, this is the last track from the national hurricane center, models finally coming into alignment saying this system is heading out to sea, will not make u.s. land fall. will not make u.s. impact, say for the the fact that we will see some strong rip currents in the next several days, and also, dealing with wind speeds that are elevated, this is not jus

barbara ruann difficulties a appeared in 1948 at the 14 years old. police say george shaw, who was a arrested in florida, kill the keep after inviting her over to baby-sit. a second suspect robert sanders is accused of helping shaw difficulties powe of her body. he was arrested in the poconos. investigators say they never gave up. >> detectives and members of the advertise trick attorney's office notified barbara ruann's parents still alive in bensalem township that there is closure in this case. >> i'm's just glad that we got to this point. this is about barbara and her family. >> police say tests by the fbi of wiretaps led to the arrest. just horrible. >>> 6:36. a judge sentenced former eagles wide receiver irving fryar to five years in prison for his rel in the mortgage fraud scheme. prosecutors say fryar and his mother tried to steel a million-dollar by illegally obtaining six different loans on the home. she was sentenced to three years probation. fryr a. r played for the eagles in the late 90's. >>> we are learning more about the victim shot an

. >> detectives and members of the district attorney's office notified barbara ruann's parent still alive in bensalem township that there is closure in this case. i'm just glad that we got the to this point. this is about barbara and her family. >> shaw was arrested in the state of florida and sanders in the poconos, both men, await extradition to bensalem to face charges. >>> a deadly crash involving several vehicles including a school busies under investigation in wilmington, delaware. the crash happened just before 7:45 this morning, on the 1,000 block of south market street. police say that 57 year-old dorothy pierce was killed in the chain reaction crash, involving two suv's, a dart bus, and a empty school bus. two others were hospitalized with minor injuries. >>> well, vatican is talking about the pope's so-called meeting with kim davis, kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. >>> next up on "eyewitness news" what the holy sea had to say about the the encounter and how local catholic leaders are responding tonight, kate. >>> heavy rain and wind, th