that victim has been identified as 85-year-old regina bruener. this morning neighbors called police expressing concern that they hadn't seen miss bruener since yesterday and her car was missing. police arrived to find her dead in her bedroom and now the search is on for her killer. investigators are also searching for her vehicle which looks a lot like this one, a 2007 silver toyota corolla with black duct tape covering a few section of the vehicle with pennsylvania tags p d-1 402x. leon king who lives across the street says it's that much more painful to him because he and his family made eight-point to make sure regina was okay. >> we would keep track of regina and i usually see when there's people going over there -- i've gone over there myself a couple times to figure out who you are why are you here a quarter 8 o'clock at night. >> reporter: investigator say the home does not appear to be ransacked and they found no signs of forced entry. in the end captain clark says this amounts to another case of senseless violence. >> she was inside of h

officers found regina bruener's body this afternoon with her throat slashed. she was inside her home on rumford road in the mt. airy section of philadelphia just off stenton avenue. nbc 10's harry hairston is joining us live with late details. >> reporter: right now the crime scene unit is inside this house, processing the scene, trying to find any clues they can to help find the reason as to why this happened and who did it. meantime, neighbors here are trying to wrap their head around it to understand who would want to attack a defenseless 85-year-old woman. some neighbors say they never thought the news of a murder would reach their neighborhood. >> i am absolutely devastated and very shocked. >> reporter: but it did. police say they found 85-year-old regina bruener about 11:00 this morning beaten and stabbed in her home, her throat slashed. >> if anyone saw anything please contact the homicide unit. >> reporter: at this hour police are looking for bruiner's 2007 silver toyota. they believe the person who took it knows something about the crime. a neighbor

that victim has been identified as 85-year-old regina bruener.called police expressing concern that they hadn't seen miss bruener since yesterday and her car was missing. police arrived to find her dead in her bedroom and now the search is on for her killer. investigators are also searching for her vehicle which looks a lot like this one, a 2007 silver toyota corolla with black duct tape covering a few section of the vehicle with pennsylvania tags p d-1 402x. leon king who lives across the

a neighbor said he noticed something strange over the weekend about bruener's car. >> i noticed her car was in the driveway like saturday or sunday. her car's never in the driveway. she always puts it in the garage. >> reporter: cops tell me there is no sign of forced entry. no sign the home was ransacked. right now, not even a clue to a motive. but neighbors say what is certain, the complexion of this quiet quaint neighborhood has changed. >> i'm just scared. i have an alarm system. but i'm really scared that -- i don't know. what's next. >> reporter: neighbors describe bruener as a very kind woman who would often walk around the neighborhood and even fill out puzzles in the paper, and was just a congenial person that would do anything for anyone. harry hairston, nbc 10 news. >> you mentioned that missing car. it has a pennsylvania license plate marked disability on a 2007 toyota corolla similar to this one. the plate number is pd-1402x. pd-1402x. call police if you see that car. >>> new at 6:00 our first look at a police sketch of a man wanted for sexually assaulting a woman behind a

virginia bruener's son found her body inside her mount airy home yesterday morning. police say her killer bludgeoned her in her bed and slashed her throat. detectives are checking to see if anything is missing from the home. >> it's very upsetting to see even in the safest neighborhoods that something like this can happen. >> it's just terrible. a defenseless 85-year-old woman. >> this morning, bruener's son is helping police with the investigation. if you happen to know anything or spot the missing car, you're asked to call police. it's a toyota corolla and the pennsylvania tag plate is pd-1402x. we'll continue to follow developments in this case monitor it and we'll bring you information as we get it. live in the digital operations center, vai sikahema, nbc 10. >>> today philadelphia mater michael nutter will announce the members of the commission on universal prekindergarten following their first meeting at city hall. their focus is on pre-k funding. education advocates say only about one in six preschoolers has access to funded pre-k. those advocates want that ex

regina bruener's missing car was found in north philadelphia.the 85-year-old was found with her throat slashed yesterday in her home. two police sources confirm to nbc 10 that someone tried to use her atm card twice on sunday. >>> we now know where pope francis will be making public appearances during his visit to philadelphia. the pontiff will celebrate mass saturday, september 26th at the cathedral basilica of ss. peter and paul followed by a visit to independence mall. the grand finale of his visit is sunday with a mass on the ben franklin parkway. >>> new jersey governor chris christie wants his next job title to be president of the united states. christie announcing his plans to run today during an event at his old high school gym in livingston. christie says both political parties have failed our country and is calling for more compromise. >>> a pregnant woman remains in critical condition this afternoon after she was shot in philadelphia's west oak lane section last night. her unborn child did not survive. this happened just after 10:00 l

moments ago, police identified the 85-year-old woman as regina bruener.olice say they notified her son who met them here. the son is down at police headquarters helping with this investigation the best that they can. also new take a look at this. this is the license plate to bruener's missing 2007 silver toyota corolla. the plate number is pd-1402x. police want to locate that car. they need that car to help with this investigation. cops tell me about 11:00 this morning, bruener was found by police this morning beaten around the face. there was no sign of forced entry but she was also beaten in the upper body her throat slashed. moments ago i talked to the captain of homicide. >> nothing sadder than seeing an 85-year-old female that cannot defend herself. she's inside of her house, someone either was led in or forced their way in and beat and stabbed her to death. it's very sad, very tragic. we hopefully will get to the bottom of it very quickly. >> reporter: police also say they do not have a motive and it does not appear as though the home was ransacked.

regina bruener's son found her body inside her mt. airy home yesterday morning. investigators say there was no sign of a break-in and the home was not ransacked but her car was gone. detectives are looking for the vehicle, a toyota corolla. >> it's very upsetting to see even in the safest neighborhoods that something like this can happen. >> it's just terrible. a defenseless 85-year-old woman. >> investigators believe robbery was the motive in the crime. this morning bruener's son is helping police with that investigation. >>> the deadline for pennsylvania's $30 billion budget proposal is due at midnight as senate republicans gear up to vote on their budget. governor tom wolf is threatening to veto it. they said they want the influx of cash to come from selling state-controlled liquor stores. wolf wants to impose a new tax on natural gas drilling to help pay for public education. >>> meanwhile down in delaware lawmakers are preparing for a marathon session today. a $3.9 billion general fund still needs a vote as does a capital spending plan. the proposal contains

. >> reporter: today investigators confirmed that spun triedomeone tried to use regina bruener's atm card twice on sunday. they are looking at surveillance video from those areas. we also learned a neighbor found her car in north philadelphia. she thought this silver toyota corolla looked familiar. she checked out the plates then alerted police. officers arrived a short time later, checking that car for evidence. the 85-year-old victim was found in her east mount airy home yesterday morning. police say she had been beaten, stabbed and her throat slashed. the victim's car was towed to a police facility where detectives are looking for dna. reporting in the digital operations center jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >>> heads up for anyone who rides patco. expect several special train schedules thursday friday and saturday. thursday, more trains will run in the afternoon as people get a jump on the july fourth holiday weekend. fewer trains will be running friday because a lot of people will have the day off. and extra trains will run on saturday night because the fireworks and concert on

regina bruener was found in her west mount airy home. she may have been caught off guard. she had been beaten stabbed and her throat was cut. neighbors became suspicious something was wrong. those fears confirmed with the discovery of her body. >> what goes through my mind is that's somebody's mother and grandmother that they slit the throat and why? the woman is 87 years old. whatever you wanted you could have took from her and left. but you had to kill her. i just feel so bad for her family. >> the car has been towed to a police facility where detectives are looking for dna and other evidence. they will also be looking at surveillance video from the two places someone tried to use the murdered woman's atm. >>> a pregnant woman is still in critical condition after getting shot in philadelphia's west oak lane section last night. her unborn child did not survive. police say she and a man were shot just after 10:00 last night on thouron avenue. she was four months pregnant. witnesses say they heard an argument before the shots were fired. no word on a suspect. >>> the republ