francis mulholland is dead. he died of an accidental drug overdose 18 months after the murder. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >>> turning to accuweather we are in the middle of a rare winter warm-up with temperatures reaching into the 50s today across the region. wait until tomorrow. as we look live at sky 6 hd showing you the view of center city at this hour. meteorologist, david murphy, joins us now from the accuweather big board with a first check of the forecast. this is the day we are waiting for we have cloud cover out there. there is sunny breaks. as we go through the next several hours. and the big story is the temperature profile 60s in philadelphia and some spots south jersey and delaware and in the airport in d.c., 57 in dover and 48 in philadelphia. that is already 8 degrees above average and 47 if in allentown and reading. winds are calm and get out and get stuff done and it's dry and winds are not all that bad and things are not that good. temperatures continue to rise and 6:00 up to 49 degrees and 49 by 8:00. and you see how we march our way to 53 degrees

. >> francis mulholland was paid a sum of money to kill april kauffman. >> reporter: he was motivate d y greed. >> he was give free prescriptions for opioids to those september to his practice. >> reporter: april kauffman threatened to expose her husband's illegal enterprise u at the onset of their divorce. >> her desire to divorce james kaufman, he was intent to rather have her killed as opposed to losing his financial empire. >> reporter: he was the one who led kaufman to a hit man. in total eight people were arrested today. kaufman was 47. she was a well-loved radio host and advocate for military vets. she was killed may 10th of 2012 suffering multiple gunshot wounds. a worker found kaufman lying on her bedroom floor. the beginning they did not believe the killing was random. he attended the funeral, but in the months ask years since her death, he remarried. the victim's daughter sued her stepfather in federal court aimed at stopping him from collecting on any insurance policies. documented evidence from his home and medical office. it's also important to note that the man who pul

kauffman enlisted the help of ferdinand augello, they allegedly hired a man francis mulholland after she threatened to divorce her husband and expose his enterprise. >> he was intent on having her kills as opposed to losing his financial empire. >> and neighbors say it's hard to believe that a physician could allegedly do something so is sinister. >> it's not something you think a professional person a doctor or lawyer. anybody for that matter but anyone r anybody that is a professional. >> his business endured for five years after april's death. >> this captured the scene after he was arrested on weapons charged last june and six people are also arrested facing racketeering charges linked to the case. >> shock that someone can do something like that. nobody can plan the perfect crime. nobody. >> the first court date for the people arrested in this case, including kauffman and augello is scheduled for tomorrow. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> based on the decision today pennsylvania will keep its congressional map. a federal judicial panel ruled against a gro

officers found francis mulholland at his lower township home dead lying to syringe an packet marked pitbullhat tested positive for her heroin. dr. kauffman plotted to kill his wife to protect a pill mill he was running he's facing murder charges senseless attack on septa bus instead of charging the teens involved one local chef believes he can help these young people get their acts together. roll out the red carpet. president trump handing out fake news awards online tonight. given to those who the president says got their coverage his administration wrong. the top winners are the new york times. c new jersey new jersey, a. bc and the washington post. ♪ >>> philadelphia joining dozens of communities suing the makers of opioids. the city has turn to its private legal community to wage the battle in return for a payout if they win. help for city residents. the health commissioner says 1200 people died from overdoses in 2017. so to put that in perspective that's more than the peak of the aids crisis. seeing some of the worse abuse problems in our city is kensington. >> i've been shooting heroi

. >> francis mulholland was paid a sum of money to kill april kauffman. >> reporter: he was motivated y greed. >> he was give free prescriptions for opioids to those september to his practice. >> reporter: april kauffman threatened to expose her husband's illegal enterprise u at

he's unrelated to francis mulholland. first degree racketeering. glen sealer, 37, sanford, north carolina, first degree ra racketeering. paul pagano, egg harbor township. and sheryl pete is a, 36, nar e row -- narrows inlet. this was a multijurisdictional operation. i want to thank those fbi agents and other agencies in south carolina and north carolina and florida for assist iing us with rounding up these folks and interviewing them and we are very excited today because this is gone on for far too long. but it is the conclusion of an intense i-investigation, which we hope will bring closure to the family of april kaufman and to the many friends and supporters of april kaufman. so thank you. >> you are listening to a news conference regard iing the deat of april kaufman six years ago. james kaufman has been accused of killing her. it happened inside thundershower home in new jersey back in may of 2012. she had been shot multiple times. a lot of details coming out from the news conference. >> a lot to unpack here. murder for hire scheme alleged by p

investigators say with kauffman they hired francis mulholland to shoot and kill kauffman in the family home and a member of the pagans tried to have kauffman killed in jail fearing he would flip. >> every time is he out he attempts to murder people. >> and they allegedly ran the operation with six others, two of them joseph mulholland and chapman had their hearing today and both could be released. >> the investigation continues. to this day. so you know as far as any other charges that come down in the future -- >> james kauffman has been in jail since june after allegedly pulling a weapon on police when they went to serve search warrants at his office and is now at a different facility for his own protection. annie mccormiccormick, channel "action news." >>> and now prosecutors are getting ready for the second sex abuse trial against bill cosby. and they want to call 19 accusers to testify against him and they want to show prior bad acts spanning 50 years and his last trial ended in a hung jury in june and only one accuser was allowed to testify. >>> upper darby police are asking for

joseph mulholland 52 of pete villas, unrelated to francis mulholland but on first degree racketeering charges. >> we are listening in to the atlanta county prosecutors damon tyner for what sounds like an elaborate furred for hire case. james kauffman against his former wife april kauffman. we hear two arrests. two arrests, james kauffman and ferdinand both now charges with murder. one kauffman, the former radio host that was found murdered in 2012. authorities are saying that april kauffman was killed according to them by her husband, because she knew of illegal activity involving illegal drug sales at his doctors office. this is elaborate as we were just listening in a lot of people involved in this but it sounds as if the da in atlantic county feels he has nailed down who he believes is responsible urder of april kauffman. we are following these details and have a live report coming up on "action news" at 5:00. and details unfolding on our website at website. >>> in the meantime. federal investigators are ough leftfurnt row home searching for t people. one died was philadelphia fire