mr. dinardo? >> yes. ey consulted. >> reporter: so dinardo and sean kratz are being held without bail. during the hearing for both individuals, it was disturbing in that it sounded like they were asking for time off from work. they were so straight forward and uninterested in what they were hearing from prosecutors and the judge. it is a very disturbing case that has shaken this entire community. miguel marquez, cnn, bucks county, pennsylvania. >> it is disturbing. miguel marquez, thank you. >>> i want to tell you about the dry, hot windy conditions in the western u.s. they fueled wildfires as dust storm. derek van dam is here. >> we have images of the dust storm and fires. you can see in santa barbara county with the areas of the whittier fire. this is visible for miles. just blanketing the horizon with thick smoke and flames. new evacuation orders in place across the region. over 1,500 firefighters battling the blaze. 14 helicopters as well trying to take care of this fire from the sky. now we have few f

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> no death penalty, no trial, for cosmo dinardo in this case this has been such a painful case for people in bucks county, really around nation to watch this unfold, over the last few days, but as we just heard here behind me this this building, cosmo dinardo told detectives he killed those four missing men. he hid their bodies. he told the authorities where those bodies were he gave them a full confession on camera and then spoke again to our camera where he did the same thing waiting to hear from district attorney matt weintraub later this evening to tell us more about this case, but big news coming upright now in doyletown across from the county courthouse. reporting live from doyletown bucks county, david spunt for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >> investigators continue to dig in the bucks county farm where they found body of one missing man and other humane remains. >> "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh joins us from the crime scene with that part of the covera

mr. dinardo this evening, confessed to the district attorney. >> a stunning, admission, cosmo dinardo confessed to all four murders in the bucks county missing men case, the motive as police continue to, search for humanly mains this morning. >>> we're learning did he not act alone second person of interest is taken in custody, what we're learning about his connection, to cosmo dinardo. >>> and the damp start to the weekend, steamy, wet, weather is once again expected to roll rel through our area, but will it ruin your weekend plans. >> i see it all lit up there, the yellow, orange, red, green , it was steamy yesterday , wasn't it.

mr. dinardo, do you want to say anything on behalf of your son or anything? on's attorney by his side the father of 20-year-old cosmo dinardo walk out of the bensalem police station monday night tight lipped about dinardo's possible connection to the on-going investigation of four missing men. >> you have to call the court. >> do you want to say anything on his behalf. >> no, no comment. >> cosmo was held on million dollars bail on gun charge from earlier this year that had been dismissed. then quickly refiled monday claiming he suffered from mental illness and was in possession of a 20 gauge shotgun and ammunition. he was hauled away to the bucks county jail while authorities continued to search cars and properties associated with the 20-year-old. >> we have reason to believe that there might be fruitful information that could be gained from them. >> investigators spent the day searching vehicles owned by the missing men. and properties owned by the dinardo family. looking for jimi tar patrick, mark sturgis, tom meo and dean finocchiaro. pretty confident tha

mr. dinardo this evening confessed to the district attorney. he kev confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking -- >> cosmo, what do you say to these families? >> cosmo, did you admit to killing -- >> for cosmo to be very honest, forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. mr. cosmo did give that full confession and he was very forth right and gave all relevant details that he can. >> reporter: now, that was dinardo's attorney telling us that he gave investigators a detailed account of the murders of dean finocchiaro, thomas meo, tim jimi tar patrick and mark sturgis. dinardo told investigators where the bodies are located. remains have already been found and what's been described as 12 and a half foot common grave but what is still not certain is how dinardo knew the victims or how they were connected, but new information coming to us by a source tell

mr. dinardo this evening confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his live by not invoking the death penalty. >> cosmo what do you say to the families. >> -- for cosmo to be very honest forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. >> mr. cosmos did give that full confession, and he was very forth right and gave all relevant details that he can. >> reporter: now again, that's paul lange1 of three attorneys for cosmo dinardo. cosmo dinardo left here about five minutes ago in a sheriff's van. peppered by questions from reporters about what he had to say to the victims family. he did say i'm sorry at one point. and then got in the van the doors were closed and he was carted back to the bucks county jail. lots of quick-moving developments. there was grand jury going on all day today. some people went in there. cosmo dinardo' parents were su

mr. dinardo confessed to the district attorney.e confessed to his participation and commission in the murders of four young men n exchange for that confession mr. dinardo was promised by district attorney that he will spare his life,. >>> they are holding up remarkably well, i'm grateful for their trust. we are expect to go learn about the status of the investigation at an 11:00 o'clock press conference , alex and thomas. >> thanks, jenny, lets get to the second person of interest now because that person is now being questioned, by police, officers picked him up in northeast philadelphia our steve keeley has been gathering digsal information from bucks county this morning , steve. our viewers will remember that i reported a source close to the case told us to expect that cosmo dinardo did not do this all by himself and, of course, we ended up hearing from it dinardo himself. here is our video from last night when we got confirmation and philadelphia police were called, by bucks county detectives, to head to this address pretty quic

mr. dinardo, this evening, confessed to the district attorney.he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange for that confession, mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty." (grant) authorities have said dinardo is schizoprenic. his bail has been set at 5 million dollars... he was arrested earlier this week for trying to sell the car which belonged to one of the men who went missing. murder charges have yet to be filed and investigators are working to determine who may have helped carry out this horrific series of crimes. (pam) new tonight at 8.. an air b-n-b host who made racial remarks after cancelling a woman's reservation, is now being fined.. it happened back in feburary.. dine suh and her three friends were on their way to a cabin in big bear .... which they had rented a month earlier... that's when their air b-n-b host - tami barker - cancelled the reservation... when suh asked why it was cancelled.... barker wrote a mes

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney, that he will spare his life, by not invoking the deathty." 20-year-old cosmo dinardo was originally taken into custody wednesday, after authorities say he tried to sell a car that belonged to one of the missing men.police activity has centered around the dinardo family's land in solebury township, pennsylvania, about an hour northeast of philadelphia ... and late wednesday, the body of one of the missing men, was found there in a make-shift grave, twelve and a half feet deep matthew weintraub/bucks county district attorney: "i'm very very sad to say that we can now identify dean finocchiaro 19 years old of middletown as one of the people that was found buried in that grave"finocchiaro was last seen on july seventh.he and three other men -- 19- year-old jimi patrick, 22- year-old mark sturgis, and 21- year-old tom meo -- went missing over the course of a few days last week--dinardo's attorney says his client has told authorities where the other three bodies are buried. a motive however, was not yet released.i'm mary moloney, reporting.

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. mr. cosmo did give the full confession and he was forthright and gave all relevant details that he could. >> reporter: lang saying his client gave a full confession and the death penalty is off the table and lang says his client feels deep remorse and agreed to be truthful about everything that happened in recent days including the location of all four bodies. and lang was asked if others were involved. he declined to say and left it up to law enforcement. and matt weintraub is planning to have a news conference again later tonight and there would be significant developments and we know what the significant very manies are. cosmo dinardo confessing to the murders of those four mens that have been missing for days. live in doylestown, channel 6 "action news." thank you. >>> now lets go live no solebury and "action news" report, gray hall, the focus here is on doylestown but we have a different kind of active situation at the dinardo farm. >>> exactly right, the massive search continue

dinardo spoke on camera yesterday. >> it is obviously very tragic situation. mr. and mrs. dinardo are parent, and they certainly can sympethize with the parent every these young boys who are missing, and i can tell that you they're doing information their power to cooperate with law enforcement investigation at this point. >> reporter: dinardo being held at bucks county prison on five milled cash bail accused of trying to sell one of the missing men's vehicles, which was found on his family's property. it is unclear whether or not dinardo will be called to testify, and whether or not he might decide to invoke the fifth amendment, alex, thomas? >> okay, we have to see then, thank you, jenny, for giving us that update. of course we'll continue to cover there is more developments throughout the morning. because this happened overnight. so we get to more news in just south carolina but let's get a check on the bert. expecting another very holiday. >> heat warning, right, knew. >> right. excessive heat warning for philadelphia and everybody else, is under heat advisory, the hott

mr. dinardo confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of four young men. >> dinardo has agreed to plead guilty to four first degree murder charges in return for his cooperation, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. >>> and a new development on president trump's travel ban. >> a federal judge in hawaii has expanded the list of close family relationships for exemptions, the judge ruling that grandparents, grandchildren, uncles, aunts should be part of the exemption. he let the ban go forward which only allowed parents children and spouses be exempt. >>> and in wisconsin, a curfew is in effect. the fox river crested three feet above its previous record. the governor has declared a state of emergency in three county. there's also flooding in illinois, north of chicago. >>> and hot and dry weather are fueling wildfires in santa c clarita. it's burned up to 15 to 20 acres and is moving fast. it was set off by a smoke bomb. and that person has been arrested. there are current

dinardo's parents. it says as parents mr. and mrs. dinardo sympathize with the parents of the missing young men and are cooperating in every possible way with the investigation being conducted by law enforcement. the mysterious disappearances are the talk of town and the community has stepped up to provide food and water. the midway volunteer fire company is stocked full of donations and the authorities are grateful for the support but no longer need anymore supplies. >> we continue to alert you to new developments through the 6 abc app. right now you can find the latest details about the case along with raw video from both it's action cam and chopper 6 hd the 6 abc app say free download. >>> stabs and beaten with a hammer. that is how a 57-year-old woman was murdered early this morning on the 5900 block in the crescentville section of philadelphia. vernon odom is live now at police headquarters tonight. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: police tell me they have the name of the suspect and tracking him down at this hour and his

mr. dinardo confessed, to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation or commission in the murders of the four young men. in exchange for that confession mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> reporter: how families doing. >> they are holding up remarkably well. i'm very grateful for their trust in us. it means the world to us. it keeps us strong and keeps us going. >> reporter: we expect to learn more about cosmo's confession killing killing and burning the four young men, and an update on the investigation in an 11:00 a.m. press conference with d.a. weintraub, last night he did hear that police took another person of interest into custody and for that part of the story we will go to our steve keeley, steve. >> reporter: yeah, that person just transferred up here to bucks county a couple hours ago after first initially ago rested by philadelphia police no surprise because once word got out just before 6:00 p.m., philadelphia police were notifi

mr. dinardo with the stolen car case today and getting that $5 million bail. my hope that he does not post that. that's his prerogative, if he can post it. we're going to look seriously at the homicide charges. and in fact, we already have pursued that option. >> and that same news conference, the district attorney says i don't know how it works, but he says cadaver dogs is what exactly helped them locate the remains. even 12.5 feet below ground, under concrete. the big question now, investigators still looking into. they have two separate investigations going on at the same time here. what's happening there on the scene, when they're digging up the grave, and then also what happened. why were these guys connected. who's in trouble here? >> expecting more press conferences today. >> two on schedule. we'll get more information. >> thank you. >>> britain's high court today reconvening to hear new medical evidence in the case of baby charlie gard. they want to bring him to the u.s. for treatment for a rare genetic order. the parents' legal battle with doctors to

mr. dinardo confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation, or commission in the murders of the four young men. >> how are the families holding up now would you say. >> as best as you can expect. they are exhibiting great, grace and poise, and i pray i never have to be in this situation but if i ever were, they are really been a model of grace and poise and dignity >> we are expect to go hear more from that district attorney coming up in an 11:00 , alex and thomas. >> more information to come on this one active investigation, thank you. >>> second person of interest we have learn is under interrogation. officers, they swarmed a home in northeast philadelphia and they took a man in custody. >> details coming in, lets continue our coverage this morning, steve keeley outside the district attorney's office in doyletown, steve? >> reporter: we have learned a lot of similarities between dinardo and this second man, both 20 years old, both families in the same business and these two guys live close to each other and

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said he told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis, source telling the ap the men were shot in the head or the back after dinardo felt cheated during three drug transactions, the source also said the bodies were burned on the dinardo family solebury township farm. and finocchiaro has been positively identified from remains found on the property, where investigators continue to dig. neither the da nor dinardo's attorney was ready to discuss motives thursday night. >> that will come out in time. i don't think it is appropriate me out of respect for the families, that we get to communicate that right now. >> also said he told authority two separate low cases where the bodies bird, again, we do expect news conference from the da coming you at 11:00, liver in solebury township, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jan, jim, back to you. >> lot more to learn in this case

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney, that he will spare his life, by not invoking the death.">( tiffany @ flash ) the bodies have been found on dinardo's family farm about an hour outside of philadelphia. ( mark ) happening today... a popular south bay deli is closing its doors after nearly 70 years in business.( darya ) the owners say they cannot afford to get the building up to code and have to shut down. will tran is live at the time market in san jose this morning with the details. will. ( will )time has been open nearly 70 years and is a san jose institution. they are being sued over ada complaints and cannot afford to get up to code. the city has no wiggle room to allow them to comply. business has been crazy since the announcement. they close their doors for the final time saturday. tomorrow a loyal customer who he says is an assistant da for scc will be stopping by while we are on air to toast donald bergh the owner. ( darya ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) coming up on the kron four morning news... beyonce releases the fir

mr. dinardo is flight risk. had enough evidence at this time to make this arrest based on probable cause. >> reporter: district attorney matt weinstraub announcing charges against dinardo for receiving stolen. he tried to sell the car belonging to one of the missing men thomas meo two days after he was last scene. the car was found on the dinardo property. >> on june the ninth, we allege that cosmo dinardo attempted to sell meo's vehicle for $500 to a friend whose identity we know. >> reporter: even as night falls investigators including local police, fbi and u.s. marshall's service are still methodically sifting through fields on the expansive 90-acre dinardo family farm. and tonight authorities uncovered a major clue. a large piece of evidence covered by a tarp was hauled away on flatbed truck with a police escort. fox 29 source tells us it was an underground oil tank. so far prosecutors don't have enough to charge dinardo with the disappearances but they say those charges could be on the way. for three straig

mr. dinardo is a person of interest in this case. >> it's worth noting that dinardo's family owns three of the properties being search including the field in lower york road. and he is not just asking for the public's assistance but for everyone's patience. >> it's 90 some acres and we are going through it with the equivalent of a fine tooth comb. we'll try to keep you updated the best we can. >> his office has receive aid flood of tips and are hoping for more. anyone with information is asked to call police. walter perez channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> and of course we'll continue to alert you to any developments in this story through our 6 abc app. right now you can find the details about the case and raw video from the action cam and chopper 6 hd and the 6 abc app is a free download. >>> tempers flared during the third day of a preliminary hearing for several fraternity members after the death a pledge. members are charged in the death of 19-year-old tim piazza. and the case of the 16 defendants are being credited and two others waived the hearing and less than an hour, the j

dinardo's parent spoke on camera yesterday. >> it is obviously a very tragic situation. mr. and mrs. dinardo are parents, and they certainly can sympethize with the parent every these young boys who are missing, and i can tell that you they are doing information their power to cooperate with law enforcement's investigation at this point. >> dinardo is being held at bucks county prison on $5 million cash bail accused of, again, trying to sell one of the missing men's vehicles, which was found on his family's property. it is unclear whether or not dinardo could go before the grand jury today or whether or not he could invoke that fifth amendment. karen, thomas? >> jenny, thank you, of course still developing story. we're on ton of all of it all morning long, it is one every these days where one of the other big stories is going to be the weather, the hot temperatures. >> we'll see just about everything but snow today. we have heat advisory, sue serio? >> we have heat advisory, and heat excessive heat warning for philadelphia. so, this is going to be the worse of it. we told you as we we

mr. dinardo with these stolen car case today, and get that $5 million bail. does not post that. but that's his prerogative, of course, if he can post it, but we will start looking seriously at the homicide charges and, in fact, we already have pursued that option. the investigation as you all know has taken two tracks. it has been about recovery on one side and about ascertaining what actually occurred on the other side. and we're still after i hadly pursuing both of those avenues at this time. >> so this has gone from missing man case to mass murder case, because the fbi assisting in this defines mass murder as the murder of four or more people, typically over a short periods of time, and in close proximity. this sounds like that's it by definition, guys. >> all right, our steve keeley on scene this morning, certainly more to come. steve, thank you. 5:36. investigators hope to get some answers from the parent of cosmo dinardo. that is the person of interest. they're scheduled to appear before the grand jury this morning. let's continue our team coverage, wit

mr. dinardo with the stolen car case today and getting that $5 million bail. it is my hope that he does not post that. but that's his prerogative, of course, if he can post it. but we are going to look seriously at homicide charges and in fact we have pursued that option. >> and the district attorney wouldn't say if he believed more than one person was involved. >> and the grave was discovered by cadaver dogs, and they were amazed that three could find bodies that were buried 12 and a half feet underground. >>> and president trump faces scrutiny. he says he didn't blame his son for holding the many, claiming many would do the same and called the russian probe a witch hunt. the trofr is following the president as he lands in paris today to celebrate bastille day with president macron. >> more on the russian lawyer who met with the president's son. she has represented russian government officials and argued against u.s. sanctions for yeef years, but a spokesman for president putin says the kremlin has never even heard of her. terry moran caught up with her in mo

mr. dinardo this evening confessed to district attorney. >> reporter: his attorney says dinardo gave investigators a detailed account of the murders of jimi tar patrick, dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and thomas meo in exchange for his confession his attorney says prosecutors have agreed not to pursue the death penalty. >> we negotiated this out come for cosmo to be very honest, forth right and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. >> reporter: dinardo also told investigators where the bodies are located. remains have already been discovered in what's been described as 12 and a half foot common grave on the expansive solebury township family farm. what is still not certain is how dinardo knew his victims or how they were connected. but a source telling fox 29 tonight the killings may have been over a deal over marijuana and a gun. >> how are the families doing. >> they're holding up remarkablely well, chris. i'm very grateful for their trust in us. it means the world to us and keeps us strong and keeps us going. >> reporter: now right now cosmo dinardo has not officially been

dinardos were cooperating. that statement reads as and parents mr. and mrs. nardo sympathize with the parents and the families of the missing young men and they are cooperating in every way possible with the investigation being conducted by law enforcement. meantime the search at their 90-acre property in solebury township is intensifying overnight as you heard investigators found human remains there in a common grave. no comment about that here this morning. so, again, cosmo dinardo's parents have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury here. as we know it's the role of any grand jury to determine whether there's enough evidence for criminal charges to be brought. the d.a. has called this a case of homicide now. they're still determining how many homicides they're dealing with and cosmo dinardo is still called a person of interest at this point. we are hoping to farve up -- catch up with layer perri. jim and rahel back to you. >> jan thank you. >>> be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" as the search for the missing men continues to unfold as soon as t

mrs. dinardo sympathize with the families of the missing young man and are cooperating in every way possible. falling short of being called a suspect. cosmo dinardo bail is set at a firm $5 million. regardless of finding that car, it is still unclear if or how dinardo may have known these missing men. yesterday "eyewitness news" spoke with a friend of dinardo's who said that about a year ago, he started acting differently, that followed a brain injury after an atv accident. he told us he did not know dinardo to be violent, contradicted by police sores who said he had violent attendances. reporting live in bucks county, alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. yes, once again a midnight news conference is scheduled. authorities say they will announce major developments. then we will bring that to you live here on cbs3. >>> extreme heat is gripping the region and tomorrow is going to feel like triple digits. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the dangerous heat and how long it will be with us. lauren. >> today, was hot and steamy. tomorrow even hotter. even steamier at 91 in p

mrs. dinardo sympathize with the families of the missing young man and are cooperating in every way possiblealling short of being called a suspect. cosmo dinardo bail is set at a firm $5 million. regardless of finding that car, it is still unclear if or how dinardo may have known these missing men. yesterday "eyewitness news" spoke with a friend of dinardo's who said that about a year ago, he started acting differently, that followed a brain injury after an atv accident. he told us he did not know dinardo to be violent, contradicted by police sores who said he had violent attendances. reporting live in bucks county, alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. yes, once again a midnight news conference is scheduled. authorities say they will announce major developments. then we will bring that to you live here on cbs3. >>> extreme heat is gripping the region and tomorrow is going to feel like triple digits. meteorologist lauren casey is tracking the dangerous heat and how long it will be with us. lauren. >> today, was hot and steamy. tomorrow even hotter. even steamier at 91 in phil

now, dinardo family has released a statement quotas parents mr. and mrs. dinardo sympathize with the parents and families of the missing young men and they are cooperating every way possible with the investigation being conducted by law enforcement. our coverage continues on television and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> three years oldies a bit young to get a ticket but little girl in abington got one for being good. >> let's show you niko handed her a ticket when he saw her being a great help tore her mom and little sister. it was a coupon for free 7-eleven slurp i which she re deemed, right away. >> she was not messing around lets get that treat now. >> let's go. >> that is great. >> majority of the philadelphia rec centers and pools are in desperate need of repair. >> one center just outside of kensington is gearing up for major investment that will upgrade a much used and loved oasis, cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio, reports. >> reporter: water pools, located in the heart of a concrete jungle. but it is sweet water oasis makes this s

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> 19-year-old dean finocchiaro and jimi patrick of new town and mark sturgis of pennsburg and thomas meo have been missing since last week. they were found in a common grave 12.5 feet underground on this sprawling property owned by cosmo dinardo's persons. according to the associate press dinardo a drug dealer confessed to killing the men after feeling cheated or threatened during three drug chance actions and that he sold marijuana to the three men and killed them separately before burning the bodies in the yard and three of them were burned in a drum and a coconspirator was involve fire department three of the death. and the district attorney says that the families are holding up remarkably well. >> it keeps us strong and it keeps us going. >> dinardo is held on $5 million bail from a previous charge stemming from this investigation, the district attorney has not announced charges in this case, a press conference is postponed until 2:00 this afternoon. >>> lets switch live to "act

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. adrianna: dinardo has agreed to plead guilty to four first-degree murder counts. now to the health care bill saga on capitol hill. senate republicans are scrambling to drum up enough sport for the latest version of their bill to repeal and replace obamacare. abc's emily rau has more now from washington. emily: will the changes in the latest senate health care bill be enough to tip the scale? the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell unveiling a new version of the bill. it's already getting pushback from within the party but on fox news friday, senator lindsey graham saying it's a big improvement. >> here's what i hope we can do as republicans, offer an alternative to obamacare that makes sense and will actually help people. emily: the revised version is an attempt to win over moderate g.o. obamacare taxes on the wealthy and puts aside $70 billion that could help americans cut for high premiums and gives $45 billion to help fight the opiod epidemic. >> what do you think? >> i don't k

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty >> an anonymous source with firsthand knowledge of the confession told the associated press dinardo sold marijuana to the victims, but he felt cheated or threatened during the transaction. the source said the men were killed separately and the co- conspirator was involved in three of the killings. >> did he act alone? >> i can't answer that. >> text messages obtained by cbs this morning show dinardo had been part of a group chat set up by friends of the missing men when asked about whether he was worried about his buddy finocchiaro, dinardo called him a pill popping junkie who probably just jumped parole. those messages as well as these snapchats of dinardo were first reported by philly.com. bucks county district attorney. >> i know more than i'm sharing frth >> on facebook finocchiaro's auntie that wrote i am completely crushed, heartbroken, and numb. >> i'm going to miss him, you know. i feel bad. he was a strong kid, you know. >> a source tells cbs news it was a signal from a cell

mr. dinardo and mr. kratz committing multiple murders over a week long period.ail was appropriately set at zero. >> reporter: back out live we can also tell that you a preliminary hearing for both of these men now scheduled for july 31st, 1:30 here at district court in bucks county. we can also tell you in an interesting note the judge ordered that both of these men at the request of the d.a.'s office be separated which means they will not be housed in the same prison the judge saying this is going to happen for the safety of these two men also so they won't be able to communicate with themselves or with anyone else that that possibly could be involved in this case. that's the latest from here in buckingham township, gray hall channel6 "action news." brian. >> all right, gray, thank you. >>> "action news" reporter vernon odom also live there in buckingham township today with more on the news that broke overnight about the arrest of that second suspect. vernon, what have you learned about this? >> reporter: brian, all along police and investigators suspected that

mrs. dinardo are parents, um, and they certainly can sympathize with the parents of these young boys who are missing. >> reporter: as fox 291st reported tuesday, the dinardos were subpoenaed to the grand jury as investigators tried to nail down where cosmo dinardo was and what he was doing over the past week. when the four men vanish without trace. authorities have identified cosmo dinardo as a person of interest in the disappearance. the attorney for the dinardos say they are cooperating. >> i can tell you that they are doing everything in their power to cooperate with law enforcement's investigation at this point. >> reporter: sources tell fox 29 that in addition to his parents, cosmo dinardo himself may be called before the grand jury thursday. it's unclear if he will testify. he could possibly invoke the fifth amendment, refusing to incriminate himself. >> i don't want condemn them. this is their son. but we could use cooperation from whatever source. >> reporter: the dinardos own concrete company and trucking company head quartered and castor avenue where heavy equipment including backh

mr. dinardo this evening confessed to the district attorney.confessed to his participation and commission in the murders of four young men. >> reporter: the defense attorney for 20-year-old dinardo speaking to cameras outside the courthouse, saying his client spared the death penalty in exchange for his confession to the district attorney. >> when you say four young men mean the four young men who were missing? >> yes. >> reporter: since last week local and federal investigators have been scouring the suburban philadelphia community in search of four young men who vanished. >> we've negotiated this outcome for cosmo to be very honest, forthright, and truthful in what occurred within the last week and a half. >> reporter: the search for days focusing on this 90-acre farm in solberry township owned by dinardo's family. officials making a grim announcement overnight, recovering the body of dean finocchiaro alongside other human remains. >> we have found human remains in an approximately 1 12 1/2-foot-deep common grave that we have painstakingly du

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> a second man is under arrest and charged with participating in three of the murders. the bucks county district attorney now confirms the remains of all four young men were recovered on property belonging to dinardo's parents. >> kind of emotional, sad, everything is gone. >>> you'd have trouble keeping it together, too, if a sinkhole swallowed ur home. this happened just outside of tampa, florida. two homes went down into a large crater. at least eleven of them have been evacuated and the danger is not over. that hole is getting bigger. this is been a part of life in florida. the sunshine state has more sinkholes than anywhere else in the country. it's rain we're talking about. >> it's big time thunderstorms. we are tracking these storms in prince george's county. we'll tell you when the severe threat will be over, and we'll slice and dice the storms, and explain what that means. >>> a husband and wife working for the d. c. police department, helping students get the tools they ne

mr. dinardo do you want to say anything on behalf of your son or anything. >> accompanied by his father' attorney the father of cosmo dinardo walk out of the police station tight lipped about his son's possible connect to the on-going investigation of four missing teens. >> you have to call the court. >> do you want to say anything on his behalf. >> no comment. >> cosmi dinardo held on million dollars bail on gun charge from earlier this year that had been dismissed. then quickly refiled monday. claiming he was in possession of a 20 gauge shotgun and ammunition. hauled away to the bucks county jail while authorities continued to investigate. >> the leads are incredibly hot. they're very fruitful. we're making great progress. >> reporter: authorities spent the day monday searching vehicles own by the four missing men and properties own by the dinardo family. looking for jimi tar patrick, mark sturgis, tommeo and dean finocchiaro. we're pretty confident the investigation is proceeding in the direction that we believed that it would. >> reporter: the search went on for hours with no word of

mr. dinardo and mr. kratz committing multiple murders over a week-long period. bail was appropriately set at zero. >> reporter: kratz was taken into custody overnight without incident at his mother's home in philadelphia's lawndale section. but authorities today were focusing their evidence gathering at the ambler montgomery county home of his father using metal detectors. the bucks county district attorney says both of the firearms used in the killing of the four victims have been recovered. kratz is implicated in the last three shooting deaths and disposal of those bodies. both are being held at two separate locations until their hearings at the end of the month. >> it's typical in any criminal case where there's co-defendants charged and there could be danger to them and other prisoners where we would move one of those witnesses, one of those prisoners rather to another prison in order to assure the safety of both them as well as other prisoners. >> reporter: the next door neighbors of kratz's father have known sean for a long time. they are shocked to learn

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> his attorney, paul lang said his client told investigators everything, including why he participated in the killings of jimmy patrick, dean finocchiaro, tom meo and mark sturgis. source telling the ap the men were shot in the head or the back after dinardo felt cheated during three drug transactions. the source also said the bod wrist burned on the dinardo family solebury township farm of the of the four men, finocchiaro has been positively identified from remains found in a 12-foot grave on the property. where investigators continue to dig. neither the da nor dinardo's attorney was ready to discuss motives thursday night. >> that will come out in time. i don't think it is a prepare rope at me out of respect for the families, that we get to communicate that right now. >> and, dinardo's attorney also telling authorities where the bodies are located, and two different locations, we do expect to learn more later this morning, at a news conference at 11:00 a.m. about this as well as a

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> dinardo's attorney also said his client told authorities the two locations where the bodies bird, of course, we expect to learn more about this information as well as that alleged accomplice. but for now, liver from solebury township, i'm trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," jan, jim, back to you. >> still a lot of work to be done, thank you, trang. >> keep it here on "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of this murder mystery, the very latest development for you both on air, on line, at cbsphilly.com. >> well, the time now 5:36. in business news this morning, the cost of a record lobster harvest. >> and why some young people are skipping work. money watch's roxanna live from the new york stock exchanges, why now, roxanna? >> reporter: good morning, jim, jan. well, invest remembers watching for important economic data released today. big banks, like citigroup, jp morgan, chase, wells fargo, releasing earnings, also find out if americans are opening their wallet. the us retail

mr. dinardo is a person of interest. >> reporter: the 20-year-old's father bailed him out that night. on wednesday, he was arrested again. this time for trying to sell thomas me o's car at midnight. >> we have found human remains in an approximately 12 1/2 foot deep common grave. >> reporter: the d.a. confirms it was 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township. tonight, cosmo confesses to the murders. among the remaining questions, where is the fourth body? a source close to the investigation saysdy nard doe told police during his confession, the location of where they could find it. another question out there, diddy nard doe have help. he only confessed to "participation in the murders." the verdict is still out on that one. investigators continue to search at his family farm. >> again, you can see that full time line on nbc10.com and while you're there, take a look at our profiles of those victims plus a closer look at cosmo dinardo and his family's vast real estate holdings across bucks county. >>> the next time you fly internationally, you may experience a strict new secur

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty>> reporter: dinardo also told investigators the location of the body. the deal was made after five days of searching for the four young men 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township 19-year-old jimi tar patrick 22 mark sturgis of pensburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumb stead according to the associated press someone with firsthand knowledge of dinardo confession said he killed each of the victims separately after selling them marijuana and then burned their bodies at his family's farm. the source also said dinardo had a co-conspirator in three killings and said they were killed after dinardo was cheated after three drug transactions and have painstakingly searched the 90 acre property belonging to his family in addition to two other properties in solebury and bensalem owned by the dinardo and led to this spot on the farmland off route 202 where they dug and sifted through the dirt and dean finocchiaro in the 12 1/2 foot common grave on wednesday has been identified and dis

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> reporter: again, we have learned from source that is 20 year-old thawn kratz is in custody as a possible accomplice connect to the murders of those four young men missing since last week, and kratz does have a previous record including retail theft, charges we expected to learn more about at a press conference scheduled at 2:00 this afternoon. we're live from doyletown anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> anita, thank you. as anita mentioned we will bring you that news conference live this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3 as our coverage of this murder mystery continues on line at cbs philly.com. through can find new developments around the clock. >>> turning to weather now, it is a wet friday across the region and we are tracking storms. cbs-3 meteorologist katie fehlinger joins us live with a look at when and where the war of it will hit, katie. >> i think the war of it is still waiting and really not until afternoon, early evening that we will get in on the strong

mrs. dinardo sympathize with the parents with the missing young men and cooperating in every way possible by the investigation by law enforcement. a neighbor reported hearing gunshots and yelling coming from the farm saturday afternoon. >> and i looked at my husband keith and i said was that fireworks? because fourth of july is past. and he said oh, no no no that is a shotgun. and i said well that was very disturbing. >> reporter: now we note the da weintraub refused to confirm or deny anything about a grand jury being empanelled and said he is forbidden to do so by law and meanwhile a prayer vigil that had been scheduled for saturday has been cancelled at the request of the families live in solebury bucks county i'm dann cuellar channel six action news jim thank you dann. >> there were prayers in maryland for jimi tar patrick one of the four missing men where the 19-year-old attends college 50 students and faculty members gathered at the catholic schools chapel for a candlelight vigil tonight. >> we draw our hope, we draw our comfort from our spiritual prayer and jimi tar patrick's famil

mr. dinardo was promised by the district attorney that he will spare his life by not invoking the death penalty. >> dinardo's attorney also says his client told authorities that the two locations where the bodies are burried. we do again expect to learn more about this as well as dinardo's alleged accomplice coming up in a news update at 11:00 a.m. but for now, live in solebury township, i'm trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news" back to you. >> thank you, trang. despite that confession from cosmo dinardo, this investigation is far from over. the intense search for human remains will continue on that 90-acre solebury farm owned by the dinardo family. throughout the week the authorities have been painstakenly digging a deep grave from the property. where they found the body of dean finocchiaro, one of the four missing men along with additional remains that have yet to be identified. >> obviously someone who is dig that hole is dig withing heavy equipment. he didn't, in the span of time it elapsed here, he didn't dig that hole by hand, not up here, not in this kind of soil. >> experts say they, while