jacob sullivan and sarah packer had a sue said pack. sullivan left a note to his kids before he and packer overdosed. sarah packer was charged with hindering the investigation and efforts to find grace. she is out on bail awaiting trial. the d.a. when we talked with him last night, he says she is now a co-conspirator and says for us to stay tuned. live in newtown this morning, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> new this morning, philadelphia police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man at a nightclub. it happened just after 11:00 last night at the venue nightclub on mccallister street in feltonville. detectives were on scene throughout the evening investigating, but so far, no arrests. >>> families from this camden county apartment complex had to spend a cold night out of their homes after a fire forced them from their buildings. the fire started just after 10:00 at the lake view apartment complex on lower landing road in gloucester township. crews say it was difficult to put out the fire because gas was fueling the flames. peop

and a public defender will represent jacob sullivan, who is charged with raping and strangling grace. and when it comes to jacob sullivan sources say he's made a jailhouse confession to another inmate and that inmate could be a witness in the case according to court documents jacob sullivan has confessed his role in the crime to family members as well as hospital staff before his arrest. reporting live in lehigh county, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> philadelphia's district attorney has been hit with the largest fine in the history of the city's ethics board. d.a. seth williams agreed to pay $62,000 in penalties for failing to disclose sources of income and accepting gifts barred by the city's ethics code. he has six years to pay. williams will pay the city close to three grand, the value of the gifts he was not supposed to accept. in a statement williams said, these mistakes were my own and i accept full responsibility for my failure to do everything that was required of me as a public official. end quote. >>> president-elect donald trump will be sworn into office in three days. an

sycophancy by killing grace this past july. >> he kidnapped raped and murdered her and that's what jacob sullivan has been charged with doing. >> reporter: much of what was documented in the investigation is so disturbing we can't put it on t. a major break came on december 30th when sullivan and packer attempted to commit suicide together by a drug overdose at their home in quakertown. family members found them before they died. it was in the hospital that sullivan cracked and confessed to the motive. >> the motive to perpetuate wait the lie was for greed for the money they could collect because of her life and very existence. they took her to another home in quakertown. as you will vanned said the couple -- as you sullivan said y attacked grace and drugged her and strangled her. they kept her body in the attic. grace's mother reported her missing to the police. during the investigation, the couple became scared of being caught so they dismembered her body with a bow saw and dumped her remains in bear creek township. her remains were found in october. sarah packer has been charged along with her

jacob sullivan of montgomery county was charged with the murder. bucks county district attorney said sullivan and sara packer the mother of the 14-year-old victim conspired to kill the teenager for money. >> essence jacob sullivan conspired with sara packer, grace's mother to kidnap rape and murder her. that's exactly what jacob as you sullivan has been charged with doing. he did have a coconspirator. sara packer reported her adopted daughter missing july 9. she did that know full well the teenager was murdered the day before. in october, grace packer's dismembered body was found in bear township. >> we believe we'll approve this was a rape, murder, fantasy that was shared by jacob sullivan and sara packer. and they made this fantasy into a horrible heinous gruesome reality. >> weintrob did not say how they expected to profit from the teen's death. the mother has not been charged with murder. but weintrob said they heavy to solve that part of the case very soon. >>> take a look at this "action news" viewer video, 70 people spent the night in a shel

the court documents vibe how sullivan allegedly killed the 14-year-old girl. 44-year-old jacob sullivan here at the district court in newtown. he was arraigned after midnight. documents say he and her 14-year-old mother, beat, bound and gagged her and left her in the attic today. one poreport says he put her in the attic expecting her to die from the heat and the assault. grace's remains were found in a remote area of lieu certain county in late october. sarah packer was charged in november for hindering the investigation and efforts to find grace. she is out on bail awaiting trial. for now in newtown, matt del lucia, nbc 10 news. >>> two hunters in the hospital after a water rescue. the hunters' goat got stranded on the sal let me river early this morning. state police threw them to christiana hospital. the hunters are being treated for exposure to the cold. >>> families in camden county were forced out of their apartments and into the cold last night because of a fire. this morning many will have find somewhere else to stay. a resident sent us this video of the fire. it started just a

jacob as you sullivan was takene a judge in newtown, bucks county. the and the girl's mother worked to kill the teen for money. >> in as he essence, jacob as u will vanned conspired to -- sullivan conspired with grace's mother to rape, and murder her. >> investigators say she knew that the girl was murdered the day before. in late october grace packer's dismembered body was found in bear creek township luzerne county. we have evidence to approve this was a rape/murder fantasy that was shared by jacob sullivan and sarah packer and they made this fantasy into a horrible, heinous gruesome reality. >> the district attorney did not say how they expected to profit from the death. the adoptive mother has not been charged, sullivan is jailed without bail. >>> flames portland from an camden county apartment buildings sending dozens of residents into the cold night air. >> this morning the investigation is just getting started into what caused this fire. "action news" reporter, jeanette reyes has the details. >> the top floor of our unit, our unit is on the bot

just after this man was arraigned, 44-year-old jacob sullivan here at the district court in newtown. he was arraigned just after midnight. he's accused of murdering 14-year-old grace packer. the court documents say that sullivan and sarah packer beat, bound and gagged the girl and left her in an attic to die. this was at a quakertown home. this was also in the middle of july in the summer heat. investigators say sullivan also raped and drugged this girl. investigators say sullivan later went to the attic where he strangled and dismembered that girl's body. she was reported missing by her adoptive mother sarah packer. investigators say that report was made after grace was already dead. her remains were found in lucerne county in late october. the district attorney sums up his thoughts on this case. >> unfortunately grace packer was a disposable child to these people. she actually would have been better off had she been a forgotten child, and the question becomes who will remember grace packer, who will now speak for grace packer? we will. >> reporter: sarah packer was arrested and cha

. >> reporter: forty-four year-old jacob sullivan was charged with kidnapping, rape, murder, conn supersize and number of other crimes in the what the d.a. called a twisted fantasy that sullivan and his girlfriend sarah packer grace 's mother began planning months before they brutally killed young grace. >> the hours, and day, leading up to the murder, was probably the most horrible, traumatic, that any person should ever, have had to experience. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney, laid out the gruesome details, of a murder of 14 year-old grace packer. the d.a. says that 44 year-old jacob patrick sullivan, conspired were 41 year-old sarah packer grace's mother to kidnap, rape, murder the teen as part of the sick, rape murder fantasy. >> she has been raped, the the defendant also prior to this committed a involuntary deviant sexual intercourse on her and then she was poisoned, with medication, and then left for dead. >> reporter: only she did not die after leaving scene investigators say sullivan and sarah packer found young grace alive and sullivan, choked her to death. >> unfortun

. >> 44-year-old jacob patrick sullivan of bucks country and girlfriend 41-year-old sarah packer conspired to kidnap, rain and murder sarah's adopted daughter grace as part of twisted sexual fantasy and suicide pact. they executed part one july 8 when they drove young grace and her pajamas to a home. >> she was punched and then tied up and hog tied and sexually molested and she was raped and also prior to this committed involuntary deviant sexual intercourse on her. >> duo later poisoned grace and strangled her when the poison failed. the teen's dismembered body was found in loseen countery park halloween. >> unfortunately grace packer was a disposable child to these people. >> investigators say sullivan and packer began planning the murder in 2015. packer reported grace missing a day after her death which soon

jacob sullivan wound up in the hospital, and he then confessed to the police that they did this wholehing. police know about everything that happened basically from jake on sullivan. >> where do you even begin with the charges. >> well, they are boating to be charged with capital punishment which is death penalty i believe. certainly he is and she is as well. so that is subject to being, death by lethal injection here in pennsylvania. so it will be interesting. with this case comes before any jury, i think this is one case that they could both be subject to the death penalty because of the heinous nature of the crimes. >> there could be more charges because when they were unsuccessful when they tried to kill themselves they had a roommate living at the home at the time and that is how they were discovered. >> they will look at other people to see if there were other charges tiled. >> if this all happen in the home, roommate had to know something and roommate was dating the boyfriend. >> we don't quite know all of the tax but they are coming out. so in the next couple days there may be

this was 44-year-old jacob sullivan brought into the district court in newtown. was arraigned and brought before a judge just about midnight. court documents say sullivan and the girl's adoptive mother, 41-year-old sarah packer, beat, bound and gagged the girl and left her in the attic to die. this was in the middle of july in the summer heat. investigators say sullivan also raped and drugged the girl. investigators say sullivan later went to the attic where he strangled and dismembered her body. she was reported missing by her adoptive mother, sarah packer. the d.a. says that report was made after grace was dead. her remanes were found late in october. the district sums up the case. >>> unfortunately, grace packer was a disposable child to these people. she actually would have been better off had she been a forgotten child. and the question becomes who will remember grace packer, who will now speak for grass packer? we will. >> reporter: these developments six months after the fact here. sarah packer was arrested in november for hindering the investigation and e

her adopted mother 41 year-old sarah packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan, drugged, beat, sexually assaulted and then murdered the teen. they kept girl's body in the attic before dismemberrering and dumping the body. sullivan confessed to the crime. >> why? >> how could any moth door this to a child, to their child? i don't have an answer. belief in the goodness of humanity. >> sullivan and packer were arraigned and charged over the weekend. authorities are considering, capital murder charges which carry the death penalty. >>> developing this morning here at 4:06 crews will re plane water maybe after a giant sinkhole, in kensington swallowed two cars and left several homes with no heat, and in water. the it was all caused by water main break sunday. the thinks on the 2300 block, of east boston street. in kensington this morning and residents are going through it , lauren. >> reporter: yes, they are, thomas. you have to see this to believe this. let me step out of the way. or calling it sign of the times. old infrastructure and new construction booming in this area, in of that matte

this is place where jacob sullivan lived with sara packer and another woman, a woman who the district attorney of bucks county named as a person of interest in the case when he gave a news conference on sunday, the day that sara packer was arrested. now because this woman has not been charged or implicated in a crime, we are not naming her tonight. however her attorney did come outside and spoke with us about her involvement with the police investigation to this point. >> she's cooperating, she has been cooperating. i didn't know they were going to do that, but i understand why they're doing that. >> she hasn't been charged with a crime. why would she be appointed by the court? >> anybody who testifies before the grand jury is appointed an attorney. >> now, the attorney says that this woman lived with jacob sullivan and sara packer for approximately a year and a half. she said that she also lived in the home. the same home where 14-year-old grace packer lived with her mother and her boyfriend. she says she is devastated by the loss of this 14-year-old girl and continues to cooperate w

jacob sullivan. who gave a confession to police in the hours before his arrest. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> our team has also been closely following this case. right now on the nbc 10 app you can read more about why sara packer was fired from her social worker job in montgomery county. >>> turning back to our weather. where you can see snow still left sitting on the beach in ventnor. it's cold there, too. some parts of the jersey shore were in the single digits this morning. >> looking for anyone out there on the sand. and they are just not there. >> no one's going be out there. >> no? >> maybe in a few days. >> because we've got a warm-up coming. >> temperatures will be in the 60s over much of the area and snow on the ground, that's going to be gone. we're already seeing some of the melting. we're seeing bare ground in parts of the area as temperatures have finally gotten above freezing for the first time since last thursday. now, we did check out the temperatures in the lehigh valley just a few minutes ago. the other area that we have to watch carefully is

sarah packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan are in jail now. grace went missing in july. in october, hunters found her body's remains. in critical condition after police say two pit bulls mulled her in germantown. neighbors say they could hear the woman screaming for help. she had bite wounds on her neck, face, arms. a neighbor saw the aftermath. >> they put her in the ambulance. >> authorities did remove the two pit bulls. >>> philadelphia will soon crack down on predatory towing. the measure also gives police for parking authorities the power to write tickets throughout the city. >> you can no longer release your balloons into the air in atlantic city like some people do after a birthday party or in memory of a departed relative. the hope is to reduce trash and protect marine life who mistake them for food and eat them. you could get a $500 fine. venter, margate and longfort have approved that ban. >>> now, let's talk to bill about -- bill? >> yeah, we're getting a dry start from most of the area, and a mild one, too. thanks to the clouds that came in overnight. heading

police have charged her adoptive mother and jacob sullivan in a rape murder fantasy carried out over many hours. >>> a man is accused of scaring a woman to death. he is facing a murder charge in connection with the home invasion, he and two others broke into the home of 76-year-old kerry smith she woke up to find two men standing over her with guns. she suffered a heart attack with the valuables and ran away. prosecutors say the home invasion caused the heart attack which killed her. >>> residents in the kensington section may have to wait longer for crews to repair a massive hole in their block. it opened up on east boston street on sunday. a water main break caused the collapse and swallowed up the car. a sewer issue is to blame it will take longer than expected to repair. that means no water or gas service for the residents. >> find ways around the problem and do the best you can with what you got. if we get another cold snap and it is not done, i might go out of my mind. >> water department is reimburseing residents for staying at a hotel. >>> jon stewart will have a family that

police say it was her mother 41 year-old sarah packer and her boyfriend, jacob sullivan, they drugged, beat, sexually assaulted and murdered the tina cord go to investigators. they described this as some kind of a sick murder/fantasy. the suspect's kept the girls body in the attic of her home before dismemberrering and dumping it. >> to them she was just a disposable child. shakes ones belief in the good ness of humanity. >> reporter: how could anyone do this? prosecutors say sullivan confessed to the crime, the couple was arraigned and charged over the weekend. now authorities are considering capital murder charges, as you know, mike and alex, it very well could carry the death penalty. >> yeah. >> do we know at what age she adopted the girl. >> reporter: we don't. like we said we are getting the information in. we will get through all of the paperwork here and see just where this case, started and when it will lead. but very disturbing. >> unreal. >> the details of it is us just horrible. >>> 6:39. well, these frigid, tell tours are here. here's the upside. >> what is the upside? i

. >> reporter: forty-four year-old jacob sullivan was charged with kidnapping, rape, murder, conspiracy and or crimes in what the d.a. called a twisted fantasy as sullivan and sarah packer grace's mother began planning months before they brutally killed young grace. >> hours and days leading up to her murder were probably mess horrible, traumatic this any person should ever have had to experience. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney, laid out the gruesome details, of the murder of 14 year-old grace packer. the d.a. says that 44 year-old jake on patrick sullivan, conspired were 41 year-old sarah packer, grace's mother to kidnap, rape and murder the teen, as part of the sick, rape/murder fantasy. >> she was raped, she -- the defendant also prior to this committed an involuntary deviant sexual intercourse on her, and then she was poisoned , with medication, and left for dead. >> reporter: only she did not die, after leaving the scene investigators say sullivan and sarah packer found young grace alive, and sullivan, choked her to death. >> unfortunately grace packer was a disposable

it was beautiful. >> reporter: and sara packer and jacob sullivan are charged with grace's murder as one deputy chief in abington put it to me this is the most horrendous crime he's experienced in his several decades in law enforcement. i'm live in glenside chad pradelli channel6 "action news." >> all right, chad thank you. >>> in other news a woman claiming to men impersonated philadelphia police officers and tried to abduct her. she said it happened early this morning while she was walking along the 13,000 block of trevose road in the somerton section. the woman said the men identified themselves as police and tried to question her but they were not in uniform and never showed her a badge. police are not sure why these men approached the woman. the investigation continues tonight. >>> authorities in west philadelphia are also searching for the person who killed a 16-year-old. sean d. jones was shot to death at his father's store on the 200 block of north 52nd street yesterday afternoon. sean and his brother came to america from jamaica in august to be with their father. the killer

sara and her boyfriend jacob sullivan are accused of murdering 14-year-old grace and dumping her body. >>> new details in the case against accused state trooper killer eric frein charged with killing pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another trooper outside the blooming grove barracks back in 2014. >>> federal judge awarded $1.5 million settlement to the family of a wilmington man killed by police while sitting in wheelchair. officers shot jeremy in september of 2015 after getting a call about a man firing a gun. cell phone video shows him reaching for his waste after ordering him to drop weapon. prosecutors did not file charges against the officers. >>> philadelphia school buses driver is facing charges after police say he went grocery shopping while leaving a 7-year-old all alone on the school buses. henry picked up the second grader from corner stone christian academy on monday. according to investigators, he stopped at a shop right at 67th and told the boy to stay on the bus. a passer by called police, who found the driver in the store. >> can't tell a seven-year-old to sit

packer's adopted mother watched her boyfriend jacob sullivan rape her. the couple is accused of sedating her and putting her in the attic. when she didn't die, police say sullivan strangled her. grace's life will be honored at new life church in glenside. >>> 16-year-old sean d. jones was shot to death at his father's store on 52nd street yesterday afternoon. sean and his brother came from jamaica in august to join their father. >> i need them to find the killer to find who did it. >> reporter: the killer and the gun has not been found. the motive is not yet known, either. >>> two armed robbers stole a pizza delivery man cash and car. it happened before 7:00 p.m. on the 6400 block of keystone street in tacony. philadelphia police are searching for the suspect. the victim was not hurt. >>> for the first time donald trump is calling out a specific member of the intelligence community over an unflattering unverified report. cia head john brennen said he trump does not fully understand russia poses to the u.s. trump went on twitter asking if the he was the e

authorities had charged grace's adopted mother and jacob sullivan with killing grace late tuesday afternoon. sources told nbc 10 that sullivan allegedly confessed role in the case to fellow inmate behind bars. >> south jersey han accused of murdering his estranged wife will stay in jail until trial. only local television in court yesterday as he refused to answer questions from the judge. >> do you understand that? do you understand that mr.? are you not answering mr. mow nel. >>> stabbed tara shea watson inside her home last month. happened in front of her son. called him a grave risk to community and judge ruled he should be held without bail. >>> lehigh valley claimed charges against the man who police say ran into a school wearing only pa gentleman ma pants and socks. high on cocaine. this all happened in innovative arts and academy before classes began. >>> director of homeland security says tips from the public are crucial to stopping homegrown extremists. >>> president obama says decision to reduce the sentence of a convicted whistleblower is creating controversy. yesterday the presi

. >>> packer's adoptive mother sarah and sarah's boyfriend jacob sullivan are charged in the death. the two are accused of murdering and dismembering and dumping her body in the county. >>> well after an entire week without heat, residents in one bridgetown neighborhood are starting to warm up. now remember this video? a sink hole swallowed two cars on boston street last sunday. this is what the scene looked like a few hours ago. the gas had to be shut off to nearby residents while crews worked to fix the water main break. the gas was finally restored to everyone about 9:30 tonight. it'll be wednesday at the earliest when everyone's water will be turned back on. >>> a manhunt sundaysway after a man was found dead inside his crashed car. that crash happened on spruce street in bridgeton. police say the victim was shot. investigators are looking for a second person who ran from that car after that crash. >>> well ten people are out of their homes tonight after a fire in redding. it started just after 1:00 this afternoon on the third floor of a home on burke street. no one was injured.

adopted mother's boyfriend jacob sullivan killed her after the couple planned the attack for more than a year. grace's birth mother could barely contain her grief. >> she was lovable little girl and i only had three years with my daughter. >> local parent who is planned the memorial said they wanted to do something to reechl out to community. >>> any laws in pennsylvania go into effect that relaxes the state's rules on selling beer. >> what changes you could see at distributors. plus frozen danger. how this icicle managed to crash through a woman's home. >>> 39 degrees. nicely above freezing and we've got some rain showers in the area. you'll need your rain gear today. i'll break it down neighborhood by neighborhood just ahead. >>> good morning, everyone. starting off on route 73 around 295. looks like a great drive so far. just a couple of cars at the door. roads are dry. also watches route 202. see we're green for drive times. 10 minutes north or south. both direction from route 30 to schuylkill look like same drive. speeds in the 60s as well. checking in with 95. cameras right aroun

year-old who authorities say was killed by her adoptive mother sara packer and her boyfriend, jacob sullivan. packer's biological mother was among those on hand. >> she was a lovable little girl and i only had three years with my daughter. >> reporter: the memorial service was the work of a handful of abington women who felt compelled after learning of the horrific death of grace. prosecutors say sullivan beat and raped grace azar are a packer watched as part of some sort of rape fantasy. she was allegedly then poisoned and eventually strangled. >> it shows the community's grief, support. it's very crowded. it's -- you know, there's a lot of sad faces. >> she matters to us. she matters to the community and it's right to give her a dignified honorable sendoff. >> reporter: the state took packer from her biological parents when she was just three. sara and david packer adopted her but david packer would later be charged with sexual abuse of children. sources say grace was one of his victims. he served five years behind bars. sadly, relatives who last saw grace when she was just three remember

her boyfriend, jacob sullivan is also charged. two accused of murdering the teen and dismembering body and dumping it in lieu certain county. >>> he says prognosis is excellent and expects to be back outs campaigning by the end of next month. they join three democrats running for governor, assemblyman, and phil murphy, former u.s. ambassador to german. >>> today in washington, house lawmakers get their turn. >> house is expected to give final approval to the measure to allow republicans to gut affordable care act. already approved the bill early thursday morning. first step toward repealing health insurance law. the lawmakers say what comes next replacing the affordable care act would involve committee hearings to draft a bill and package would likely need 60 votes? senate. pennsylvania and city lawmakers will gather at philadelphia haul for a call to preserve aca. more than a million pennsylvanians have gained health insurance through the aca. >>> eight minutes after 5:00. we are dry this morning. a little bit of snow on the grou

grace was adopted mother sara packer and sara's boyfriend jacob sullivan are both charged in the teens death. two accused of murdering grace and dismembering ask dumping body in the woods of northeast pennsylvania. >>> wrestling legend jimmy snuka fly is dead. snuka was 73 years old. doctors recently said he only had months to live. authorities accuse ds him of killing his girlfriend in 1983. charges came decades later. snuka was a member of the world wrestling entertainment hall of fame. long time competitors, the rock and hulk hogan tweeted, rip super fly. >> four days away from the inauguration of donald trump. >>> dress rehearsal now in the books. look at yesterday's dry run at the big event in washington. members of the military played roles as president, first lady. also had a dress rehearsal. tourists got to enjoy the show even if it was just practice. >> very motivated. very spiritual. make you proud to be an american. >> there was music playing and i love that. >> welcome signs were also part of the pageantry of an american tradition. peaceful transfer of power. >>> then there

authorities say she and jacob sullivan cared out a rape murder fantasy that killed the teenager in july. da said she confessed to da said she confessed to beating, raping, and drugging grace in a hot attic while her mother watched. he said sullivan then strangled it will girl. her dismembered body was found in october. >> the question is, how could any mother do this to a child, to chair child. i don't have an answer. >> authorities say she and her boyfriend tried to commit suicide before their arrest. each could face the death penalty. >>> 4:35. man is suing uber. claims the driver for the ride sharing service refused to closz the delaware river and then beat him up. looking at a photo after a holiday party last month. he claims he hailed an uber in university city. the driver refused to take him across the ben franklin bridge to camden county. also claimed the driver dragged him out of the car and knocked him unconscious. >> promised him a safe ride home and failed big time. >> uber declined to make a statement to nbc 10 because of the pending lawsuit. removed driver from duty and is

bucks county prosecutors say the teen girl died at the hands of sarah packer and jacob sullivan afterhe two plotted the girl's murder as part of some sort of sick twisted fantasy. the meme crab held held 1:30 this afternoon. police are looking for two people who robbed a woman at a south philadelphia garage masked man approached the 24-year-old woman's car around 2:00 sunday on sagrada broad street near the marine club condos. man brandished a shotgun and demanded her belongings. she tried to drive into the garage but the suspect followed broke her car window and hit the victim was a shot gown gun. a woman took her bag out of the struggle. >>> law enforcement officials are meeting ba it today with house speaker paul ryan. camden county police chief thompson will meet with the speaker. thompson has work on developing a new set of standards for community policing as well as training initiatives that are already in place in camden. >>> we are now just four days away from the inauguration of president-elect donald trump, and the president-elect showing no signs of slowing down on twitter.

outside that same courthouse hours earlier, jacob sullivan said he was sorry. >> sorry for what i did. i was wrong. >> reporter: a probable cause affidavit lays out the disturbing detailings claiming sullivan he told investigators he raped the team while sara packer watched. they gave her pills and left her bound in a hot attic to die but when she didn't he strangled and suffocated her. >> poor grace was stored in a cedar closet while covered with mothballs and kitty litter, i believe, so that she would not rot and stink. >> reporter: district attorney matthew wine straeintraub says packer bought a bow saw used to dismember grace's body. her remains were found in lucerne county in september. >> the question is how could any mother do this to their child. i don't have an answer, i'm bereft. >> reporter: it's all a shock to neighbors who lived just above where they say the couple had been living. >> i feel sick to my stomach. >> it's heartbreaking to think we had contact with these people and they were capable of such a gruesome crime and horrific crime. >> reporter: authorities say the

grace's mother sarah, and her boyfriend, jacob sullivan, are accused of murdering the teenager and dumping her body. >>> tonight a warning for parents in ocean county. some 900 children there may be in need of new vaccinations. health officials say vaccines given at southern ocean pediatrics and family medicine in stafford township may not have been properly refrigerated. the vaccines are for illnesses including the measles, mufrps, chickenpox and polio. the department of health is mailing letters to impacted families. >>> charges tonight for philadelphia school bus driver accused of leaving a 7-year-old student on his bus while he went grocery shopping. police tell us jamar henry picked up the second grader from cornerstone christian academy in west philly yesterday afternoon. he stopped at a shop rite at 67th and hatherford and told the boy to stay on the bus while he went inside. a passer-by called police who arrived to find the driver still in the store. >> you can't tell a 7 yerl-year to sit tight on a running bus in west philadelphia. >> police charged henry with endangering the welf

authorities say grace was killed by her ah adoptive mother sara packer and the mother's boyfriend jacob sullivans biological mother was one of those who attended the service. >> new jersey's motor vehicle department planning a crackdown on repeat toll cheats. more booths are switching to cashless collections. bridges officials say toll evaders cost the state millions of dollars and that cost ultimately passed on to law abiding drivers. >> big changes to beer sales in pennsylvania take effect today. you'll be able to buy six packs at more locations across the state before. now distributors could only sell cases, 12 packs and kegs. the new law also allows bars to begin selling alcohol at 9:00 a.m. on sundays even if they're not selling food at the same time. >> it is 5:57 and up next speed in the u.s.a. general motors is expected to unveil plans that could have a major impact on the american workforce. >> meet a local fit mom sharing easy exercise tips that you can squeeze into your morning routine. i will definitely do a few of them. we'll be right back. tthe whitenessmy wasn't there as much, my

. >> reporter: this is 44-year-old jacob sullivan as he was brought into district court last night. the bucks county district attorney hopes he will never be a free man again. >> definitely being considered as capital murder, first degree murder. >> reporter: prosecutors say sullivan killed his girlfriend's adopted daughter, 14-year-old grace packer. prosecutors describe in detail how she died. >> the hours and days leading up to her murder are probably the most horrible and traumatic that any person should ever have had to experience. it's just awful. >> it started as a missing person's case in july when sarah packer reported grace was nowhere to be found. on july 8th is when grace packer was taken from abington to a quakertown apartment where she was beaten, raped, drugged and left in a hot attic. on july 9th, sullivan went back to the attic expecting packer to be dead from the summer heat. she wasn't. police say he sang ld her and dismembered her body. her remains were later found in lucerne county. >> unfortunately grace packer was a disposable child to these people. she actuall

grace' as adopt tiff mother sarah packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan both charged with several crimesluding murder. >>> story that just guts me. >>> all right. pennsylvania lawmakers want more time to revive an old law that required casinos to pay more than $140 million to local governments. senate leaders are asking the supreme court for another 120 days. the justices struck down the law in september. they had agreed to give lawmakers until january 26th to develop a replacement and now the senate is arguing they need more time. most casinos have agreed to continue paying the money. >>> new figures release dad jersey showing internet gambling has helped atlantic city. tremendously. the city's casinos have increase in revenue for the first time in a decade. state gambling regulators say casino won 2.6 billion from gamblers in 2016. that's increase of one point 5% from the previous year. >>> today a well-known para olympic athlete showed the it is kids at schriners hospital for children just because you're in wheelchair does not mean you're limited. 16 team medal win tatiana mcfadden su

was raped, murdered, dismembered and then discarded by her adoptive mother saran her boyfriend jacob sullivann a case that has stunned the region. most of the hundreds of mourners who pack the church did not know grace. but they came anywhere in sympathy and solidarity. >> it's just devastating why anyone would do that. >> and she matters to us. she matters to the community, and it's right to give her a dignified honorable send off. >> reporter: she was born two months premature susan hun singer but child welfare authorities decided her birth parents could not properly care for her they remove the little girl from the home and ultimat ultimately placed her with the woman charged with helping to carry out what prosecutors have described as a vile, rape and murder fantasy. >> i'm not going to forgive th them. even later on down the road i'm not going to forgive them because it's not going to bring my cousin back. >> reporter: tv cameras were barred from the church for a service organized by several local moms. a service that included these words about a murder victim who lived a life of abuse a

authorities say grace was killed by her adoptive mother sara packer and the mother's boyfriend jacob sullivan was allegedly beaten and raped by sullivan as partly as r watched. >> new abc news washington post poll says donald trump is wrong when he says nobody cares about his tax returns they found 74 percent of them think that trump should indeed release those returns. as well, the president-elect is seeing more turmoil over his feud with civil rights icon congressman john lewis as a number of lawmakers say they will boycott the inauguration. here's abc's lana zak. >> reporter: in just three days, donald trump will become 45th president of the united states. and as the nation capitol prepares for the inauguration and the 400,000 expected protestors, a new protest is growing among democratic lawmakers. >> i will not be going. >> people have not forgotten that he at tacked a mexican american judge a gold star family and now a civil rights i cannot pretend this is a normal transition of power. >> reporter: more than three dozen members of congress say they will be boycotting mr. trump's inaugur

forty-one year-old packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan beat, tied up, raped, poisoned 14 year-old grace packer july 8th before dumping her body in the the luzerne county park. bucks county d.a. may seek the death penalty for the killers. >>> the man is in critical condition after being shot in the abdomen in southwest philadelphia police were called here to the 5600 block of ridgewood street around 8:30 last night. they found a 25 year-old victim in the house on the block, which they believe he ran into after being shot. by coincidence officers were within walking distance of the shooting when it happened. >> they just had made a stabbing arrest unrelated, they heard the gun shots, the gun shot were really loud because it is a large caliber gun and those officers that were just tying up, making these stabbing arrest were able to respond to the scene, because they were only about two blocks away. >> reporter: now no arrests have been made but police hope that an outdoor cam contract from a nearby school may have caught shooter running from the scene. >>> police are investigating gu

packer took part in what they describe as a rape murder fantasy with her 44-year-old boyfriend jacob sullivaney say the couple then dismembered and dumped grace's body in july. >>> president obama will bid the nation farewell in chicago tonight. >> he will give a farewell speech in his home city 10 days before leaving the white house. >> during the address the president is expected to offer another defense of his signature healthcare law. he's also likely to make the case that his administration put the economy back on track after the great recession. still, white house officials say the speech is not intended to be a victory lap but a call to action to the next generation of leaders. they call eight "passing of the baton." >> also happening today, new jersey governor chris christie will deliver his state of the state address. christie is suffering through the worst polling numbers since he became governor seven years ago. plus his star has fallen among republicans after a failed presidential run and not earning a top position with the incoming trump administration. plus, the bridgegate issue

jacob as you sullivan was chargh the murder. sullivan and sara packer, the mother of the 14-year-old victim conspired to kill the teenager for money. >> essence, jay could be sullivan conspired with grace's mother to kidnap rape and murder and that's what jay could be sullivan has been charged with doing. >> sara packer reported her adopted daughter missing on july 9. investigators say she did that knowing full well the teenager was murdered the day before. in late october, grace packer's dismembered body was found in bear creek township. >> we have evidence to conclude this was a rape, murder, fantasy that was shared by jacob sullivan and sara packer. they made it into a horrible gruesome reality. >> the mother has not yet been charged with murder, but weintraub said they will develop that part of the case. >>> 70 people spent the night in a shelter because of a fast-moving fire in camden county. the fire left the apartment buildings in ruins. firefighters did not have an easy time putting out the flames there. jeanette reyes e

. >> reporter: police say pack er and her boyfriend jacob sullivan seen here in police custody plannedsy. then claimed she was missing to throw police off the trail. it worked. prosecutors say the couple stored grace's body in an upstairs addict of this home in quakertown before dumping it. police never found the body, detectives at that time still believed the child was missing. >> and poor grace was stored in a cedar closet covered with moth balls and kitty litter. then she was unfortunately a disposable child. >> reporter: sullivan confessed to family members and that led to a break in the case. he was arrested yesterday, charges against packer were announced this afternoon, a third woman romantically linked to the couple is being questioned. >> really takes one belief in the guns of humanity. >> reporter: again, police have been to the home where grace's body was being kept. prosecutors say detectives had been shown around the home by sarah packer but at the time, them find grace's body. now, prosecutors say they are considering capitol murder charges. that, of course, includes the

. >> reporter: report police have charge jacob patrick sullivan, with kidnapping, rape, murder and slew of other charges in connection with the brutal killing of young grace packer, and investigators say he conspired with sarah packer , grace's mother to kidnap grace and murder the teen. >> the hours and the days leading up to her murder were probably the most horrible, traumatic that any person should ever have had to experience. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney, laid out the gruesome details, of a murder of 14 year-old grace packer. d.a. says 44 year-old jacob patrick sullivan, conspired were 41 year old sarah packer, grace's mother to kidnap, rape and murder teen as part of the sick rape/murder fantasy. >> she was raped, the defendant also prior to this committed an involuntary deviant sexual intercourse on her, and then she was poisoned with medication and left for dead. >> reporter: only she did not die, after leaving the scene investigators say that sullivan and sarah packer found young grace alive, and sullivan, choke her to death. >> unfortunately grace packer was a d

that's jacob sullivan charged with rain, kidnapping and related offenses. strict attorney said sullivan planned top kill her with help of girl's mother sarah packer. >> we believe that and the evidence will prove this the that thiss with a rain murder at that pointcy. that was shared by jacob sullivan and tar after packer and they made this fantasy into a harmful, hainious, gruesome reality. >> the girl's mother was named a person of interest in the case last month. charged with child endangerment and obstruction the d.a. says investigation continues into the mother and charges would be upgraded for her. backers remains were found by hunters on halloween more than two months after rear report hort are reported her missing. >> the the shooting spree killed five people at the ft. lauderdale airport friday, six others were injured. the charges against him could result in death penalty if convicted. fbi atrying to figure out a motive and santiago brother says the accused gunman was par 'roid. >> if you have a flight out this morning the airport playing catch up

the last week sarah packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan were charged with raping and killing the 14 year-old girl whose body was discovered in october. >>> new jersey's medical examiner has overturn the ruling that the former president of the cooper health system killed himself. john sheridan's manner of death has been change from suicide to now undetermine. sheridan and his wife, joyce, were found dead inside of their home in somerset county back in 2014. investigators called this a murder/suicide but the couple 's four sons believed that it was a double murder. the family wants the investigation to be reopened. >>> it is now 6:05. there is a new rule for anyone visiting rittenhouse square and it concerns the park's walls. the change is not sitting well with everyone. "action news" reporter jeff chirico, slain. >> reporter: yes. >> we saw the sign there is like no one in the park this evening. >> reporter: 1rogue wall sitter in the the once popular hang out in rittenhouse square where signs now warn that the historic limestone walls are off limits. >> it is in the the fair to ev

she and jacob sullivan carried out a rape murder fantasy. her body was found in october.d to commit suicide before arrest. each could face the death penalty. happening today, ellen rob's family will honor her memory outside the house in king of brush sprussia prussia. >>> three minutes before 7. suspect in deadly fort lauderdale airport shooting is scheduled for first court appearance today. this video appears to show esteban santiago approached from left side of screen, pull out the gun and open fire. five people were killed. six others wounded. santiago is an aircraft war veteran originally from new jersey. facing charges that carry possibly death sentence. >> >>> incoming administration start taking shape this week. hearings begin tomorrow with jeff sessions. attorney general. the alabama senator will face scrutiny for views of civil rights and immigration. wednesday former exxon mobile chief rex tillerson will answer questions for secretary of state. issue of russian metaling with the electioni ins expected to ce up. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with

sara packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan are a waiting a hearing on raping and murdering grace earlierear. >>> a judge overturned the ruling that the president of cooper health system killed his death. the manner of death has been changed from suicide to undetermined. they were found back in 2014. investigators called it murder suicide. but the couple's four sons believe it was a double murder. the family wants the investigation to be reopened. >>> 9:36 we're following a remarkable story coming from south carolina. a baby allegedly snatched from a hospital 18 years ago has been found alive. the child is a teenager and the woman who raised her is in jail. eva pilgrim has an update on this emotional story. >> reporter: an extremely emotional moment inside a south carolina courtroom as the teenage girl is evaluated from the only mother she has ever known. this morning a family to be reunited 18 years after a baby was kidnapped from a florida hospital. >> i've been praying for this day. >> 18 years, i can't wait no longer. >> reporter: that baby now a teenager and this morning the woman wh

light less than a week after the bucks county district attorney charged packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivanith the gruesome rape and murder of 14-year-old grace. her body was found in a wooded area luzerne county in october of 2016. documents also show that packer's ex-husband was convicted of raping a foster teen and molesting grace between 2006 and 2010. >>> congressional republicans were busy this evening on capitol hill. they crossed off the first item on their list towards repealing and replacing president obama's signature health care law. fox's mike emmanuel shows us what happened today on capitol hill. >> reporter: congress taking its first steps towards repealing obama care passing a budgetary measure which will ask the relevant congressional committees to write a formal appeal measure. the house passed it 227-198 after the senate approved it early thursday morning. >> this is rescue mission. this is a necessary move and i you were all of our colleagues to do what is right. because the time is urgent, and on top of this, to my colleagues, we need to keep our promise that we made to

. >> reporter: sara's boyfriend, jacob sullivan is involved in the crime and said he confessed to police and hospital workers. packer lost job as a social worker and her ability to foster children after her husband, at the time, david plead guilty to molesting two children. a foster daughter and grace when she was 9. >> in that case, the lehigh district attorney's office cleared her of any wrong doing in the case. if she was aware of what was going on, i think she would have been charged. >> reporter: we asked defense lawyers about the other kids sara took care of. state records show she was a foster mother to 30 children from 2000 to 2010. >> she had a good reputation with the kids and there weren't a lot of problems until the first husband. there weren't any allegations against her, to my knowledge, at that time. >> reporter: now we have repeatedly made attempts to get comments from officials in north hampton county where sara worked. sending e-mails, the hour. none of the attempts have been answered. despite the fact we have been trying to reach out since. we can tell you, we've been

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died in a rape murder fantasy carried out by her adoptive mother, sarah packer and her bo trip, jacob sullivanther's boyfriend. found her dismembered body last october. as we learn more about this story, it is just horrible. it gets worse. >> it gets worse and worse. my gosh. all right, do we have anything positive to say about this story? spreading cancer? the new warning from scientists about the dangers of nutella. you're kidding? and the answer returns. sort of. allen iverson will be playing basketball again soon. find out which celebrity he team up with to launch a new league, new basketball league. could this possibly work? >> ♪ >> ♪ >> i looked at the sunrise this morning it, made me think of the lion king this morning, sue. >> true. opening shot that far move. >> i so true. i don't know if we'll see the actual. because this is obviously -- >> beginning of the lion king, which we love. and we hear that sound, you know one of the greatest movies ever made. >> like spring for a day. one day special. temperatures the 60s, cold front will come through tonight, start to change our temperatur

sara packer and her boyfriend jacob sullivan are in jail on charges of raping and murdering the 14-year-old girl. hunters found her body in the woods in lucerne county. >>> let's head to delaware in the search for a hit and run driver who plowed through a convenience store. take a look at the pictures showing the damage. delaware state police tell us the driver of a maroon honda was trying to park outside of the 7-eleven in wilmington but never stopped. caused major damage. the driver put the car in reverse and took off. >>> time to take you county by county to show you local stories we're following. >>> in the lehigh valley, the school district will interview full-day wintkindergarten. it will save money by not having to do midday bus runs. >>> new jersey is touting figures from its homeless. one of the spotsy volunteers took part in nj counts 2017. in washington and july, they pushed congress for increased funding for homes services. >>> at the jersey shore, you can no longer release helium balloons into the air in atlantic city like some people do. the city is hoping to reduce trash and