it's nicole pepleman and chris peple man. they attend church and the three go to school there. the reverend spoke to us today. >> just ask to do the best we can and ask god that we make as much sense out of this that can exist. which it's very hard. >> he was teaching when he received a call from the police chief and then got the children out of class to be with their extended family who told them the news at a church member's home. they showed the children they have their support. >> to have the sense that it's not an easy world and some hope of the happily ever after so how do you help them make sense of something that is just so different from what we would want. and the district attorney's office said today that they are not making comments until they receive the results from the autopsies they are expecting to be performed sometime today. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> we learned the names of the two men killed in chester county in a plane crash. joseph deal is a graduate of cardinal o'hare high school and his passenger was 67-year-old rich add potts of westch

they are identified as nicole and chris pepleman they were found by their 14-year-old son in their upper moreland home. nicole had been stabbed and choked and both had complain saw wounds. >>> a fellow firefighter in elkins park says that he is a great guy that snapped. paul jordan is in the hospital tonight they say he threatened firefighters and took them hostage, and then jordan released the hostages one by one and surrendered without incident. >> he was pacing back and forth and he wasn't himself and he is not that type of person he gives the shirt off his back to anybody. i new things weren't right in his mind. jordan has not yet been charged. the nuclear talks with iran stumbled after reaching the deadline it's continuing at a switzerland hotel and there are sticking points including how fast economic sanctions on iran would be lifted. karen travers is live in washington, d.c. senator kerry is extending his trip and will stay in switzerland until thursday morning, the talks and negotiations nearly reached the end of road and it's time for iran to show it can make the commitments. t

the bodies of 33-year-old nicole and chris pepleman were found in their home yesterday afternoon he called police and said they both died of injuries inflicted by a chainsaw at least one of them at this point was said to be murdered. >> the death of female appears to be a homicide but the investigation is continuing and it's preliminary at this point and we have work to do yet. >> that leaves open the possibility of murder-suicide. but investigators are not make a final ruling until later today. >> the peplemans are well known in the community and the oldest made the discovery yesterday and the other two boys go to the church school and the family was active in the church congregation and the entire community remains in a state of shock, both parents really cared for their kids in so many ways and were so involved and a connection through sports that so many knew them and just a huge sadness at the loss. >> a commune service was held at the church last night and the reverend is counseling both parents and students today. >> how do you help them make something that is so different. >> a fam

investigators say christopher pepleman killed his wife nicole with the chain saw before using it to kill himself. >>> this morning we're learning more about the cumberland county man who died tuesday after violent police took him into custody. sources from law enforcement are now disputing witness claims who say that police attacked phillip white after he was handcuffed and restrained on the ground. two officers were called out to a home on west grape street. investigators say the officers called for an ambulance because white was having trouble breathing. but sources tell nbc 10 that white began to struggle with one of the officers. witnesses are convinced police did use excessive force. >> let the dog out and, like they just kept punching him. i mean the dog kept biting him at the same time. he was on the floor. like he was knocked out. >> prosecutors say white became unresponsive in an ambulance. they say crews tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >>> in gloucester county a police officer acquitted of criminal charges last month is now taking legal action o