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the proceed will help deputy luken's wife and daughter rebuild cl life. their life.ire swept through their home killing their two young sons. >> the state's new first lady said she was sexual assaulted. >> as a college sophomore, i was sexual assaulted. i had a choice of taking a longer path well lit or a shorter brick walkway slightly in the shadows. >> the attacker grabbed her and assaulted her. she says the suspect was caught after committing another crime. she doesn't want women to feel those kinds of events define them. >> here in philadelphia, thousands took part in a women's march along the ben franklin parkway. many carried signs expressing displeasure with the political climate. we hear from some of the marcher in the next half hour. similar marchs took place from washington d.c. to los angeles and in small towns and cities millions took to the streets. many protesters picketed against him, president trump responded saying get out there now to support milestones, lowest female employment in 18 years. meanwhile the government shutdown will enter its second da
the proceed will help deputy luken's wife and daughter rebuild cl life. their life.ire swept through their home killing their two young sons. >> the state's new first lady said she was sexual assaulted. >> as a college sophomore, i was sexual assaulted. i had a choice of taking a longer path well lit or a shorter brick walkway slightly in the shadows. >> the attacker grabbed her and assaulted her. she says the suspect was caught after committing another crime. she doesn't want...
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but there were others, said luken. he developed a certain criminal specialty. >> he would go on dating websites and he would find women that usually had good financial backing. he always told people he was a doctor. >> reporter: he seemed like an ideal catch, i suppose. >> yes. >> reporter: for a lot of these women? >> he was a true conman. he'd take their money and when they would find out about him, john would threaten 'em, he would terrorize 'em. >> reporter: how bad was he? >> john was the most dangerous, treacherous, manipulative, deceitful, criminal that i'd investigated in 40 years of law enforcement. >> reporter: once terra learned about john's past, she was consumed with worry. >> i was very distraught at the time. >> reporter: because this dangerous man was now married to a very successful business woman who happened to be terra's mother. >> he couldn't get enough of me. >> reporter: that's a good feeling. >> it is. >> reporter: the trickery of love. >> yes. >> reporter: trickery. but something far worse than
but there were others, said luken. he developed a certain criminal specialty. >> he would go on dating websites and he would find women that usually had good financial backing. he always told people he was a doctor. >> reporter: he seemed like an ideal catch, i suppose. >> yes. >> reporter: for a lot of these women? >> he was a true conman. he'd take their money and when they would find out about him, john would threaten 'em, he would terrorize 'em. >>...
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neighbors from the lukens community says it's peaceful and tight-knit. >> as soon as we heard it, just grabbed our kids and went and gave our kids a hug. i can't imagine doing anything like this to my child. >> reporter: the district at or near says he's waiting on complete autopsy results before officially waiting to charge the couple with murder. the other children in the home have been moved a safe place. >>> counting and collecting. that's the goal of a local group aiming to help the homeless. around 250 volunteers will fan out over philadelphia tonight accounting for all the city's homeless. they're going to get information from their experiences and how they got into their current situation. the data will then go towards philadelphia's homeless annual census. >>> and volunteers are already out across new jersey to count the thoemlehomeless in their co. >>> a montgomery county borough will keep its local police department despite demands from some community members to get rid of it. the council voted to table the decision whether to disband its police force. the mayor campaigned o
neighbors from the lukens community says it's peaceful and tight-knit. >> as soon as we heard it, just grabbed our kids and went and gave our kids a hug. i can't imagine doing anything like this to my child. >> reporter: the district at or near says he's waiting on complete autopsy results before officially waiting to charge the couple with murder. the other children in the home have been moved a safe place. >>> counting and collecting. that's the goal of a local group...
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police arrested lisa smith and keith king at a home on the 1800 block of lukens avenue yesterday. police rushed to their home and found tajeer smith unresponsive. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. investigators say the toddler had been beaten by both smith and king after he spilled his serial. they hit the boy in the head and upper body with their hand s and a shoe. >>> city of philadelphia officially announced it wants to be first u.s. city to allow supervised drug injection sites, to combat opioid epidemic. they are taking recommendation of the mayor's opioid task force and are seeking site operators. >> stand alone, solution, but it is one part of an overall strategy. we have an obligation to do everything that we can to prevent those people from dying. >> critics say allowing people to inject themselves under the supervision of the doctor or nurse may under mine prevention and treatment. pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro is not embracing the idea and says in the statement sanctioning a safe injection site presents public safety concerns and ch
police arrested lisa smith and keith king at a home on the 1800 block of lukens avenue yesterday. police rushed to their home and found tajeer smith unresponsive. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. investigators say the toddler had been beaten by both smith and king after he spilled his serial. they hit the boy in the head and upper body with their hand s and a shoe. >>> city of philadelphia officially announced it wants to be first u.s. city to allow supervised...
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on this block of lukens avenue which neighbors say is quiet and tight night lives the couple who neighbors say beat a 4-year-old to death. >> we very rarely saw these people. >> reporter: steven lisles lives across the street from the couples home. >> as soon as we heard it, went and grabbed our kids and gave our kids a hug. i can't imagine ever doing anything like this to my child. >> reporter: she first told police her child lost conscious during a trip to the mall yesterday. but investigators noticed a footprint on the child's backside. in an interview she said she and her boyfriend beat the child repeatedly for spilling his serial. a neighbor said it was strange seeing police car outside the home. >> i saw the yellow tape going across the yard. >> reporter: smith and king are in jail facing attempted murder and other charges. kevin steel says he's waiting on aautopsy results before officially deciding to charge the two with murder. >> this is where we as prosecutors have to stand up for a little child who can't speak for himself anymore. >> reporter: a doctor says the 4-year-old child
on this block of lukens avenue which neighbors say is quiet and tight night lives the couple who neighbors say beat a 4-year-old to death. >> we very rarely saw these people. >> reporter: steven lisles lives across the street from the couples home. >> as soon as we heard it, went and grabbed our kids and gave our kids a hug. i can't imagine ever doing anything like this to my child. >> reporter: she first told police her child lost conscious during a trip to the mall...
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. >> there was shock on the 18 hadn't dread block of lukens avenue in willow grove tuesday night as a neighborhood tries tried to cree hen the death of four-year-old tajir smith here and at arrest of his mother and her boyfriend. >> i'm a grandmother. i'm a mother. i just can't imagine the horror. i can't. >> it's a senseless killing of a four-year-old, the child supposedly spilled cereal. >> reporter: 19-year-old lisa smith and 26-year-old keith king stand charged for now with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other crimes in the beating death of the little boy after he spilled his breakfast cereal at their home which police described as deplorable and crawling with roaches. >> severely punished and beaten and then burned in a shower. >> reporter: investigators say king and smith discipline the child after the cereal incident and made him lie down on the b bed. his clothes were removed. the child was punched and struck repeatedly with a sandal after smith claim the boy was quote sneaky. imprints were found on the child's body. >> footwear was used, um, we have recovered things
. >> there was shock on the 18 hadn't dread block of lukens avenue in willow grove tuesday night as a neighborhood tries tried to cree hen the death of four-year-old tajir smith here and at arrest of his mother and her boyfriend. >> i'm a grandmother. i'm a mother. i just can't imagine the horror. i can't. >> it's a senseless killing of a four-year-old, the child supposedly spilled cereal. >> reporter: 19-year-old lisa smith and 26-year-old keith king stand charged for...
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it's hard for district attorney kevin steele to fathom what police say happened on this street on lukensnd willow grove. >> what the child went through is outrageous, a senseless killing of a child. >> reporter: according to this affidavit the pregnant mother of tahjir smith was found wandering outside her house the four-year-old laying nearby limp and unresponsive according to her confession the mother and her boyfriend keiff king were disciplining the boy for spilling his cereal and made him get in a push up position. they then laid the boy on the bed with his pants and underwear removed, grabbed a blue levi sandel and repeatedly struck him he said king punched tahjir in the back of a head before putting him in an scalding shower and burning him the autopsy also found evidence of several rib fractures and injuries inflicted from a sustainedev eveever event and s not the first time this happened. >> there was significant injuries to this child, some which were revealed externally but much more internally. >> reporter: the boy was pronounced dead by medics at the scene smith just 19 and
it's hard for district attorney kevin steele to fathom what police say happened on this street on lukensnd willow grove. >> what the child went through is outrageous, a senseless killing of a child. >> reporter: according to this affidavit the pregnant mother of tahjir smith was found wandering outside her house the four-year-old laying nearby limp and unresponsive according to her confession the mother and her boyfriend keiff king were disciplining the boy for spilling his cereal...
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>> reporter: luc sadness hung or the 1800 block of lukens avenue in willow grove tuesday night as a neighborhood came to grips with the death of four-year-old tajir smith and the arrest his mother and her boyfriend. >> i'm a grandmother and a mother. i just can't imagine the horror. i can't. >> it's senseless killing of a four-year-old. the child supposedly spilled career cree err ya'll. >> reporter: 19-year-old lisa smith and 25-year-old keith king charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault wonder crimes in the beating death of the little boy after he spilled his breakfast cereal at their home which police described as deplorable and crawling with roaches. >> severely punished and beaten and then burned in a shower. >> reporter: investigators say king and smith discipline the child after the cereal incident and made him lie down on the b bed. his clothes were removed. the child was punched and struck repeatedly with a sandal after smith claimed the boy was quote sneaky, imprints were found on the child's body. >> some footwear was used. we have recovered things from the scene. >> honestl
>> reporter: luc sadness hung or the 1800 block of lukens avenue in willow grove tuesday night as a neighborhood came to grips with the death of four-year-old tajir smith and the arrest his mother and her boyfriend. >> i'm a grandmother and a mother. i just can't imagine the horror. i can't. >> it's senseless killing of a four-year-old. the child supposedly spilled career cree err ya'll. >> reporter: 19-year-old lisa smith and 25-year-old keith king charged with...
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. >> this was a story that broke a lot of hearts across montgomery county, the region, brian lukens,aw enforcement officer he lost his home back in on december 13th, his two sons perished in that fire. >> it was a terrible incident when it occurred. right after the fire occurred, i received a phone call from the district attorney kevin steele and immediately said what can we do? what can we get to help this family? the montgomery county hero fund is a c-3. we start today after the murder of the police officer brad fox and we stand available at all times to immediately provide aid and assistance to the family. and as we're doing here, we're able to plan bigger events to further support the family. >> brian and his wife survived and their daughter survived. >> yes. and we are blessed in the fact that that occurred, but they've lost absolutely everything. >> and in addition to your organization, there's a number of other organizations coming together that focus on helping families of law enforcement. >> absolutely. with a group this big, we have the district attorney's bike team, the wh
. >> this was a story that broke a lot of hearts across montgomery county, the region, brian lukens,aw enforcement officer he lost his home back in on december 13th, his two sons perished in that fire. >> it was a terrible incident when it occurred. right after the fire occurred, i received a phone call from the district attorney kevin steele and immediately said what can we do? what can we get to help this family? the montgomery county hero fund is a c-3. we start today after the...