there was no answer at the bensalem home antonio and sandra dinardo the parents of cosmi dinardo theiller of four young help last summer. 20 minute drive away in 52 floors up the families his alleged victims spoke of their grief. >> nobody should ever have to deal with losing their child and not in the way he was taken. >> reporter: jimi patrick and dean finocchiaro 19, thomas meo21, and mark sturgis 22 slaughtered in a 90-acre bucks county corn field in july of 2017 say investigators. by 21-year-old cosmo dinardo and his cousin sean kratz will katz. the families of patrick, finocchiaro and meo gathered to mark the filing of civil lawsuits against dinardo, katz dinardo parents and construction related business. >> we hugged each other and i told them come home early and he said he would. he was the last time. >> i never thought i would feel this ever lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. thomas, everything. >> the suit filed this morning hone in on the alleged use bidil far dove his mother's 357 magnum handgun in the murders. a weapon the lawyers 11 the dinardo's deran

the delaware valley last summer, and new families of the three victims allegedly killed by cosmo dinardo and his cousin on a bucks county farm, have filed wrongful death suits. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live in the sat center with details on this case, chantee. >> reporter: all of the victims parents were in tears describing life after losing their sons, they believe more should have been done to prevent the accused killer cosmo dinardo from getting a gun. >> he told me he loved me. we hugged each other. and then i told him see you later. >> reporter: sharon patrick never saw her 19 year-old son jimmy patrick walk right back through the front door among four young men shot, killed, buried on a farm in solebury in bucks county last july. on monday, the attorneys for the families of dean finocchiaro, tom mayo and jimmy patrick announced wrongful death civil lawsuit against the killer cosmo dinardo, his parents, and his cousin sean kratz. family of the fourth victim mark sturgis filed a wrongl death civil suit last year, according to the complaint, sturgis was shot by a gun

dinardo sold pot say investigators.w he drew his alleged victims to the field where they died. >> that is not justification for a brutal, gruesome, horrible murder. not at all. >> reporter: the dinardo attorney says he'll comment on the lawsuits later this week. last year he said the dinardos are the victims of their son's actions. i'm jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> former trump campaign aid going off. he says he got a subpoena from the mueller russia investigation and he won't talk. problem he's talking to every tv reporter who wil ♪ gus, you are crushing it! just trying to shed those extra pounds. (giggles) me too. gettin' the beach body back... (sighs) is gonna take a lot of work. this will help you power through. one million dollar power payday, new from the pennsylvania lottery. yup, with top prizes of a million bucks. so, how do i look? like a winner. (they both laugh) keep on scratchin'! >> here's look at new castle county. good evening, wilmington getted roar fodder round of winter wet. we're keeping our eyes on the

cosmo dinardo confessed to the killings during a three-day spree. today, the victims families opened up about their loss. >> nobody should ever have to deal with losing their child and not in the way he was taken. >> i never thought i would feel this. and lose my son. >> it is devastating to our family, everything. >> cosmo dinardo confessed to avoid the death penalty. his cousin, sean kratz was also implicated in the killing. >>> another storm moves our way. >> the nbc first alert weather team is keeping you ahead of it all. >> that's right. we will see more snow and wind and everybody shaded in pink is going to be shoveling or snow blowing. we will break down your neighborhood after the break. >> an arena upgrade. >>> the wells fargo center about to look quite a bit different inside. >>> plus this. >> surprise, why this was a monday some area students won't soon forget. cancer challenges us. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy. see how we'

his cousin sean katz, dinardo parents and their businesses. dinardo is charged in the jul july 2017 brutal slayings of jimmy patrick and dean finocchiaro both 19, thomas me meo21 and mark sturgis 22 in his father's bucks county corn field and dumping three of the four bodies in 12-foot grave while attempting to set them on fire. >> i never thought i would feel this. lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. thomas, everything. >> the suit's filed this morning for the deaths of patrick finocchiaro and moeo all alleged dinardo used his mother's 357 magnum handgun in the killings a weapon the suit claims the dinardos deranged and violent son should never have obtained. >> to make sure that mentally ill individuals disturbed never ever have access to weapons to kill people. >> reporter: a lawsuit on behalf of victim mark stir jess was filed last year by another firm. investigators die dinardo sold pot and how he was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths in that solebury township field. >> that is not justification for a bruta

. >>> the families of the three victims who were allegedly killed by cosmo dinardo and his cousin on a bucks county farm last summer has filed ongful death suits. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is on the and she joins us live from our satellite center with more, chantee. rents are in all victims describing life after losing theisons they believe more should have been dt the accusedr cosmo dinardo from getting the gun. today attorneys for the of dean finocchiaro, tom mayo and jimmy patrick wrongful death lawsuit. victim filed a wrongful death next year. they were filed begins dinardo dinaankrwers, their sean bodies were found last july, buried on a farmnolebury, count. now that farm is owned bynardo'd according to criminal complaints sturgis was shot with the gun owned by dinardo's mother, lawsuit claims his parents, neglect to safe guard their gun while knowing their son had serious mental health issues. >> at least so-so site can begin to change to make sure that mentally ill individuals disturbed never, ever have access to weapons to kill people. >> it is undescribable the

sean kratz , dinardo's parents and businesses. they say his parents created a play land to their son's illegal acts. denard he was charge in the slaying of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas mayo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this and he was my son. >> it has been devastate to go our family, thomas, every day. >> families of jimmy patrick and dean finocchiaro and thomas mayo are the won who filed the suit. they believe dinardo sold pot and how he was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. you may remember there were four men who died, fourth person filed their suit in december, so earlier then other three. >> yeah. >>> boy, here's footage out of new york city that reminds us how brave our fire fighters are. wow. building collapsed. fisod comes down on them. >> yes. >> we will tell you about how this turns out. >>> former president trump aid goes off in a series of tv interviews why he says he thinks special counsel robert mueller may have something on the president, and hear what he else he had

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so the reason why they are charging cosmo dinardo the family because cosmo dinardo himself, yes, he is >> no, he is 20. >> he is an adult but he doesn't have any money so they will get the two family and business. >> that is right. the parents are not normally liable for acts of their adult children you are not responsible for them, however now circumstances and facts may be different here. let me tell what you happened here negligence is cosmo dinardo had severe mental illness known to the families. that is an important point. he had violent tendency, threatened people in the past that was known he was involuntarily committed to a mental institution banned from his high school and college because of that violent behavior and arrested for having a shotgun possession after he was committed, he had access guns and access to construction equipment, now in light of all these circumstances and thinks important his parents had a duty to exercise reasonable care so they had duty to put these firearms away because of all of thighs violent tendency and construction equipment that is basis of th

today in center city, the familieses announced a wrongful death suit against the parent of cosmo dinardo. the family's lawyers say dinardos didn't do enough to keep their guns out of their son's hands even though they suspected he was mentally unfit. today, family members talks about how much they are missed. >> there isn't a day that goes by i don't cry or think of jimi. >> i never thought i would lose my son or go through this. >> devastating on our family. >> tom was everything. >> cosmo dinardo confessed to everything and his cousin, sean kratz confessed to the killings. >>> the background of the suspect of the florida high school massacre. investigators say nikolas cruz had been bullied by his younger brother, zachary. he told them he when they were younger he and his friends bullied zachary he now regrets doing. he said he does feel somewhat responsible and guilty about the incident and could have possibly prevented this. cruz is accused of killing 17 teachers and students at douglas high school in parkland on valentine's day. >>> two of our local lawmakers are pushing for legislat

attorneys announcing their long expected civil lawsuits again the confessed killer cosmo dinardo his cousin sean katz, dinardoss parents and businesses. dinardo charge charged in that y july 2017 brutal slaying of jimi patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas meo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this ever, lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. tom was everything. >> investigators believe di far dode sold marijuana that was how i was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. he can treatmently close call for a firefighter in bucks county. he had a scary fire in a house fire this morning oh tonight we're hearing from his mom thankful he was able to escape without any injuries. let's get out to our shawnette wilson live in the trevose fire company tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: iain, he was more than lucky. his mom calls eight miracle from god. he wasn't hurt. not even a scratch. >> i had the call from the hospital that he's there and what happened, my heart start beating fast. >> reporter: allah priest is relieved to see her son back at work tonight a

the bodies were discovered and dinardo confessed during a three day spree. today, the victims' families opened up about their loss. >> nobody should ever have to deal with losing their child and not in the way he was taken. >> i never thought i would feel this, and lose my son. >> devastating for our family. tom was everything. >> he was a lot of fun. >> the lawsuit also targets the dinardo's various real estate companies and various business partners. >>> a bucks deputy sheriff could spend time in jail after pleading guilty to indecent exposure. deputy steven springfield was off-duty when he exposed himself at a parking lot. it happened in october at silver lake park in bristol. she said springfield offered her candy when he was sit ing his truck and she said no he exposed himself. he will likely get probation. >>> uber is being sued after failing to notify its employees over a data breach, against the law. they new heart attacks had stolen the personal information of drivers and didn't say anything for a year. instead, uber paid hackers to delete the data

men who were all killed and buried on a bucks county farm last july are suing the parents of cosmo dinardoe man who confessed to the murders. the families of dean finocchiaro thomas meo and jimi patrick filed their suits yesterday. the family of the fourth victim, mark sturgis, filed a similar lawsuit in december. they all claim that dinardo's parents should have denied him access to guns and the construction equipment he used to dig the graves. >> sunoco pipeline project being blamed for sinkholes in chester county. over the weekend a sinkhole developed on the 400 block of lisa drive in west whiteland township. a few doors down there's a sinkhole the size of a swimming pool. look at that. sunoco released a statement saying in part "we injector an approved liquid concrete mix sometimes referred to as flowable fill into holes that were created by soil movement. this action has been completed and all areas have been secured ." >>> this in from our delaware news room. lawmakers introduced a bill to lower the legal limit for drinking and driving. the blood alcohol threshold would drop from .08

, their parents, business as well as his cousin accomplice, sean crafts, dinardo's charge in the july017 brutal slaying of the jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas mayo and mark sturgis. investigators say he lured them to his death. >>> in montgomery county bill cosby will be back in court today, day two of the pretrial hearing lets get to lauren johnson, lauren. >> reporter: hey, karen good morning to you. remember first jury dead lock and as soon as it was over prosecutors announce we will go after bill cosby again but before they do they want to make changes and that is why we are having this pretrial hearing that started yesterday and continue today. they want to change how things go this time around. they are asking the same judge to allow more women to share their tails hoping to show bill cosby was a predator, 80 year-old says he is not guilty of sexual assault begins those with men or only woman to file charges andre constand he says encounter between those two was consensual. his new and revamped defense says her dates on when she assaulted was off and falls out side the s

families are suing accused killer doses cosmo dinardo, parent and huskies inch sean kratz.hey claim his parent didn't do enough from keeping guns from him. marge sturgis filed a suit last year. >> and philadelphia police are investigating a brazen armed robbery in west philadelphia caught on camera. this happened at the i and s market on the 20000 block of jefferson street last monday. suspect barged into the store armed with handguns and shotgun. roughed up employee and forced him to empty the cash register police say the sus make made offer with go $1,200. >> and philadelphia sergeant facing serious charges this morning, 42 year old steven postell charged with exposing himself annex pat g -- us a at you go. one accused him of indecently assaulting her when on assignment together. charged with indecent as exposure and assault. >> terrifying bus ride for mother and young daughter they came under attack by a woman wield ago knife. this happened on greyhound bus headed from las vegas to oakland, california. eyewitnesses say a woman acting irradically grabbed a three year old

the fourth sd wrongful death last year, according to the criminal complaint, sturgis wasa gued owo dinardo's mother. >> both sides of the bill cosby sexual return to montgomery county courtroom today. lingering issues ahead of next wanth'o call 19 accusers to the witness stand as evidence of prior bad acts. g the other women testify. cosby is accusedn g and sexually assaulting andrea ntual.nd, he says the >> member of philadelphia's sheriff's offers after ng deputy sheriff and assaulting her. forty-two year old steven, say t complains about in october accusingeceny opposing, said also sexually assaulted her at work on he's charged with indecent expose your annex as is all the. >> philadelphia police are investg robbery in west philade. it was all caught on camera. this market on the 5200 block of jefferson street last m sy.pecte store, armed with handguns, and a uemployee and forced him to empty the cash register, police say the suspte about $1,200. >> police in camden county say these three men stole $1.3 million from a investigators say family members sean ronald zale were if running a fun

. >>> in the meantime the parents of bucks county murder suspect cosmo dinardo are now the target of a new wrongful death lawsuit. the families of three of the victims dean fin caro thomas mayo and? immee pratt trick filed that suit today. they say due to the documented mental issues his parents should have prevented his access of guns and the company owned construction equipment used in the killings. >> had he not had access to the gun, the backhoe, the pig roaster and the farm itself this crime could not have been committed. >> now, during today's news conference in center city philadelphia we also heard from the families of those three young murder victims. it was the first time that some of the distraught relatives spoke publically about their loss. >> we miss jimmy every day. there isn't a day that goes by that i don't cry or think of jimmy. >> "action news" has reached out to dinardo's parents fortune but have yet to hear back. they're named in a previous wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the fourth victim sturgis. >> a montgomery county firefighter recovered from i

according to the criminal complaint, sturges was shotith a gun owned by dinardo's mother. >> bill cosby back in court today hashing out issues before his trial next month. prosecutors want to call 19 accusers to the within the necessary stand as evidence of prior bad acts. cosby's lawyers oppose letting the other women testify. cosby is accused of assaulting and drugging andrea constand in 2004. he says that encounter consensual. both sides return to court for more arguments. >> this surveillance video shows the suspects armed with handguns and a shotgun. this happened last monday night around 8:00. police say the suspects made off with about $1200 in cash. >>> these three camden county men are accused of stealing $1.3 million from a morristown funeral home. investigators they were in charge of running the funeral home. according to the authorities from 2008 to 2016, the men diverted payment for funeral services until their personal bank accounts. >> police in mercer county have arrested a teenager for a deadly hit and run that killed a gas station attendant last month. an 18-year-old i

according to the criminal complaint, sturges was shot with a gun owned by dinardo's mother. >> bill cosby was back in court today hashing out issues before his trial next month. prosecutors want to call 19 accusers to the within the necessary stand as evidence of prior bad acts. cosby's lawyers oppose letting the other women testify. cosby is accused of assaulting and drugging andrea constand in 2004. he says that encounter was consensual. both sides return to court for more arguments. >> this surveillance video shows the suspects armed with handguns and a shotgun. this happened last monday night around 8:00. police say the suspects made off with about $1200 in cash. >>> these three camden county men are accused of stealing $1.3 million from a morristown funeral home. investigators say they were in charge of running the funeral home. according to the authorities from 2008 to 2016, the men diverted payment for funeral services until their personal bank accounts. >> police in mercer county have arrested a teenager for a deadly hit and run that killed a gas station attendant last month. an 1

three bucks county men murdered last lawsuits.e filed wrongful they are suing suspect killer cosmo dinardois parents, families, and as well as cousin sean kratz. july 2017 broughtal slayings of jimmy patrick, deanhio, thomd mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this and lose my devastatir family. >> so sad. they are broken hearted, the suspect he lured his victims to their death. >>> in montgomery county bill cosby will be back in court prel hearing on these charges. lets get right to lauren johnson in lauren. >> reporter: so with the jury dead locked unable to make a prs are having their second shot of bill cosby's freedom all playing outetal hearing. so yesterday, lawyers from bet side gathered here and basicalle trying to paint picture of the 80 year-old as one of theredaton hollywood just recently made aware of sexual aware during meo movement. lsosecutors want 19 accusers of being drugged and attacked but cosby's lawyerser argued the dead, their families are shot or lost. judge stephen o'neill said wow not rule to whether allow end oe hearing call it a weighty issue and needs

. >>> lawyers for families of the three of the victims murdered by cosmo dinardo and his cousin, seanratz are announcing a major development at a press conference this morning. we will have a camera there. so the three of them, four victims in all, found buried in a bucks county farm last summer. this news conference will start at 10:30 this morning. very interesting. we will have a camera there. >>> president trump will host israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu for an official meeting at the white house. netanyahu's facing a political fire storm back at home after israeli police say they had evidence to charge him with bribery fraud and breach of trust, prime minister has denied those allegations. >> won't that be an interesting meeting. >>> big oscar night last night , yeah, what does that do with the eagles? mccauley caulkin boycotted going to the oscars but tweet ed through the whole thing. best original score of the year was new england 33, philadelphia four is. >> yes, mccauley caulkin, i agree. >> i bet eagles fans are like what is his connection, is he in philadelphia righ

lawsuits allege that cosmo dinardo's parents should have stopped their son from having access to gunsis involuntary commitment to a mental health facility. >> the from the press of atlantic city the cape may may lewis ferry hiring, retails, maintenance, and it will be health in april. >> new pilot program at west chester university focused on helping students with intellectual disabilities attend college and prepare for employment. the real achievement matters initiative is seeing first participants to begin their college experience in the family. good for them. >> that's a look at newspaper headlines lines around the delaware and lehigh val ills. all right, jim, the dictionary just got bigger. merium webster added some words, so we have some of the words here, we will test jim's knowledge, because he's always so hip. >> i'm hip and happening. >> the first words is glamping >> like fancy camming? >> i knew would you know that. >> i like it. that's easy one. what's next? >> yorki poo? >> a two dogs put together,. >> i knew you would know these , but do you know what hate watch means? >

. >>> and the family of murder suspect cosmo din dinardo is now being sued by relatives of his four allegedocchiaro mark sturgis tim patrick. >> from our delaware news room lawmakers have introduced a bill to lower the legal limit for drinking and driving in delaware. the blood alcohol threshold would drop from .08 to .05. the bill is already receiving pushback from the american beverage institute which says the law would criminalize moderate responsible drinking. however, the national academies of science urged states to make this exact change months ago arguing it could save thousands of lives each year. >>> it is now 6:39. taking a live look at center city philadelphia. beautiful sunrise coming up lighting those buildings up but later on today we will be dealing with our second nor'easter in this early month of march. >> you know, karen, it looks so beautiful and clear when you look out right now. it's hard to believe just how different things will be in a little bit over 24 hours. >> we just got done with a big nor'easter on friday and comparing the two, the winds with this one will not

but boy, no waves, and remember the lasts time we were here, covered by chunks every ice, dinardo believeo still in the winter season, and all of that ice melted and floated away, and, again, gorgeous day, right before the storm like it usually is whole flock of birds, maybe came back up thinking the winter was over, then made u-turn, maybe flying south again, i can't really tell, jared what would you say that flock of seagulls over the light thing is there? are they going what direction? >> coming north. >> coming north. so they're coming north, you know, probably the lead bird probably going to get criticized, by the back birds going why did we come north? why didn't we wait for this last winter storm to pass before we came up smear. >> so, look, say, listening, look, now they're like yes, let's go, going back south, i don't think seagulls flying lie that. >> no, they're almost like starling, sparrows? >> they can be the endangered piping which feeds on delaware bay, crabs. if you follow new jersey wildlife. >> are they plovers. >> oh, that's magestic.& >> beautiful, almost calming. >>

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