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in the courtroom as in this mug shot sarah packer came across as meek, passive even frail. thing like the monster described by prosecutors who have now notified the court they may seek the death penalty. since the killing of grace packer came during the commission of a felony and was committed by means of torture. >> is this the kind of case that dreams death penalty. >> obviously the facts are terrible. but we are obligated to look at this with a legal perspective. >> prosecutors say sara packer conspired with her boyfriend jacob sullivan to kill her 14-year-old adopted daughter watched sullivan beat and rape the teen, helped hide her daughter's body. bought the saw used to dismember that body. then lied to investigators looking no what they thought was a missing person's case. grace packer's death story abuse and neglect shown a harsh spotlight on the inn adequacy of pennsylvania's foster care and adoptions oversight. in january, sympathetic strangers organized a memorial service designed to show grace the dignity in death she had never received in life. the girl's biologi
in the courtroom as in this mug shot sarah packer came across as meek, passive even frail. thing like the monster described by prosecutors who have now notified the court they may seek the death penalty. since the killing of grace packer came during the commission of a felony and was committed by means of torture. >> is this the kind of case that dreams death penalty. >> obviously the facts are terrible. but we are obligated to look at this with a legal perspective. >>...
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sarah packer went on to adopt grace packer and her brother and continue to foster children until 2010 when david was arrested and charged for sexually abusing one foster child, and grace. nbc 10 has learned sarah was required to have a waiver to the state that demonstrated there was no conflict of interest in fostering children. the spokesperson says there's no evidence that the impact project filed the waivers. a separate investigation is taking a closer look at the impact project and its past cases. >> our goal is was and always will be to seek justice for grace. >> reporter: in bucks county today, sarah packer pleaded not guilty. defense lawyers appear to be laying the blame at the hands of her boyfriend, who will appear in court later this month. >> she's charged with a lot of things we allege she did not do. >> reporter: the district attorney is looking for evidence in this case athe state department of health and human service gicis is investigating impact project agency. >>> deanna has been uncovering facets of the story that no one else has. see more of her exclusive reporting
sarah packer went on to adopt grace packer and her brother and continue to foster children until 2010 when david was arrested and charged for sexually abusing one foster child, and grace. nbc 10 has learned sarah was required to have a waiver to the state that demonstrated there was no conflict of interest in fostering children. the spokesperson says there's no evidence that the impact project filed the waivers. a separate investigation is taking a closer look at the impact project and its past...
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her adoptive mother sarah packer and sarah's boyfriend jacob sullivan charged in the heinous killing.arah pleaded not guilty at a formal rain many in doylestown today. the bucks county district attorney filed notice that since the murder happened during commission of a felony and involved torture they reserve their right to seek the death penalty should sarah packer be convicted of murder. >> there are certain aggravating factors that exist in a case. we have an obligation to file notice to preserve that right should we decide to seek it at trial. >> is this the kind of case that screams death penalty. >> obviously the facts are terrible. but we are obligated to look at this with a legal perspective. >> certainly the allegations in this case are very serious and horrific, but i would point out that what was said from the beginning, we don't believe they'll will ever be any evidence that my client killed any body. >> sarah packer's boyfriend jacob sullivan faces his formal rain many on march 31st. >>> you see it, you shoot it our fresco users are helping us show what's happening in you
her adoptive mother sarah packer and sarah's boyfriend jacob sullivan charged in the heinous killing.arah pleaded not guilty at a formal rain many in doylestown today. the bucks county district attorney filed notice that since the murder happened during commission of a felony and involved torture they reserve their right to seek the death penalty should sarah packer be convicted of murder. >> there are certain aggravating factors that exist in a case. we have an obligation to file notice...
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>> she's charged with a lot of things and we allege she did not do. >> reporter: a judge told sarah packere the person who killed grace packer to be charged with her murder. prosecutors say it was packer's boyfriend who strangled the girl in a hot attic in july a day after he raped and beat her while sarah watched. prosecutors say she helped plan the crime. >> we're not here to say how she's involved at all. there's a lot to go. the investigation is still ongoing. and we'll determine what her role was or wasn't. >> reporter: prosecutors say despite the arrest and charges against packer and sullivan, the case is not finished and continues to hunt for evidence. >> when we present the case it will be presented the good, the bad the ugly and the terrible. >> reporter: packer was a social worker until her husband at the time was convict of raping a foster child. she worked for a private foster care agency called the impact project. since nbc 10 introduced you to two young women who claim they told workers at the impact project about abuse they saw in the packer home. they have refused to speak
>> she's charged with a lot of things and we allege she did not do. >> reporter: a judge told sarah packere the person who killed grace packer to be charged with her murder. prosecutors say it was packer's boyfriend who strangled the girl in a hot attic in july a day after he raped and beat her while sarah watched. prosecutors say she helped plan the crime. >> we're not here to say how she's involved at all. there's a lot to go. the investigation is still ongoing. and we'll...
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sarah also had worked for the private foster care agency the impact project. and nbc 10 now confirmed all 30 children in the packer home were sent there by sarah's former employer, the impact project. and that the kids came from 11 pennsylvania counties in the state of delaware. burkes county placed nine children in the packer home between 2009 and 2010. three of the children included grace and her two siblings, but the other three children, the county won't comment if they have located them. the state says of the 30 children in packer's care, one being grace, 16 have been found. the whereabouts of the other 13 are unknown. we reached out to every county that placed children in the packer's care. some found the foster kids and others declined to comment. despite a request by pennsylvania dhs to check on the person, it has a policy against contacting children who age out of the system. dhs did not respond to a comment when we relaid this information to them. in reading, deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >>> and chuck barris, the high-energy host of "the gong show" has died. he was 87 and grew up in montgomery county.
sarah also had worked for the private foster care agency the impact project. and nbc 10 now confirmed all 30 children in the packer home were sent there by sarah's former employer, the impact project. and that the kids came from 11 pennsylvania counties in the state of delaware. burkes county placed nine children in the packer home between 2009 and 2010. three of the children included grace and her two siblings, but the other three children, the county won't comment if they have located them....
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today sarah packer back in court for a formal arraignment. bruce gordon just back from doylestown and joins us live now in studio with the latest. bruce? >> reporter: chris, this death penalty decision is not a done deal. but the paper work filed today puts prosecutors in position to seek the ultimate punish many should they get a don conviction in this heinous crime. >> outside snow blanketed the bucks county courthouse on this cold wintry day. inside, prosecutors said the cold-blooded killing of grace packer may, may justify the death penalty fort woman charg charged. in laying out the aggravating circumstances it would justify a death sentence. they claim that packer was killed in the perpetration of a felony and was committed by means of torture. >> if there are certain aggravating factors that exist in a case we have an obligation to file notice to preserve that right should we decide to seek it at trial. >> is this the kind of case that screams death penalty. >> obviously the facts are terrible but we're obligated to look at this with a
today sarah packer back in court for a formal arraignment. bruce gordon just back from doylestown and joins us live now in studio with the latest. bruce? >> reporter: chris, this death penalty decision is not a done deal. but the paper work filed today puts prosecutors in position to seek the ultimate punish many should they get a don conviction in this heinous crime. >> outside snow blanketed the bucks county courthouse on this cold wintry day. inside, prosecutors said the...
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grace is among 30 foster children who have been in sarah packer's care. nbc10 has confirmed all of those foster children were sent to packer by her former employer a private foster care agency. the children came from 11 pennsylvania counties and from the state of delaware, because she was still working to track down some of those children. >>> 5:06 right now. in camden county, a medical examiner will determine what killed twin 7-month-old babies who were found dead inside the lindenwold apartment where they lived. the mother called 911 saying the children were unresponsive. they had been sleeping in their crib. the baby girls were born three months' premature. and also tells you the infant deaths do not appear to be suspicious and does not appear to be a homicide. >>> police ins with swris a suspect in custody following shootings that left an officer and three other people dead. officers responded to a domestic deputy at a bank yesterday afternoon. and they found two people who have been shot. and discovered more victims at a law firm and an apartment comp
grace is among 30 foster children who have been in sarah packer's care. nbc10 has confirmed all of those foster children were sent to packer by her former employer a private foster care agency. the children came from 11 pennsylvania counties and from the state of delaware, because she was still working to track down some of those children. >>> 5:06 right now. in camden county, a medical examiner will determine what killed twin 7-month-old babies who were found dead inside the...
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in 2006, grace was three and the foster parents, david and sarah packer. >> they were verbally abusive. her chore around the house was to pick up the chihuahua's poop. >> reporter: her case workers were here i. the packers would let grace cry for hours. she said she told her case workers about that and other concerns. >> the foster father was asleep and the baby was in the kitchen by himself with a knife. i reported that. >> reporter: before she was in north hampton county case worker, sarah packer worked here. we visited this building twice trying to get answers, if they ever investigated the suspected abuse reported to them by jessica and also another foster child. both times we were told no comment. we're with nbc 10, i have some questions. you don't even know why we're here? we interviewed ann last month. she told investigators about sexual abuse. it led to susan losing her job. as for jessica, today she's gone from foster care to college graduate. she's a foster mother and a social worker. jessica recalls the day she was taken from the packer home. >> they told me i didn't have po
in 2006, grace was three and the foster parents, david and sarah packer. >> they were verbally abusive. her chore around the house was to pick up the chihuahua's poop. >> reporter: her case workers were here i. the packers would let grace cry for hours. she said she told her case workers about that and other concerns. >> the foster father was asleep and the baby was in the kitchen by himself with a knife. i reported that. >> reporter: before she was in north hampton...
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sarah packer was in court today. her adopted daughter, grace was raped and killed last year. charged. >>> a dump truck slam into a school bus heading to the school for the death in wilmington this morning. witnesses say the driver of the dump truck ran a red light. the kids on the bus were not hurt but were taken to the hospital to be checked out. both drivers, an aide and a passenger in the dump truck suffered injuries but are expected to be okay. >>> one person was killed when a fire broke out inside this house in chester county this morning. we're told other people were in the house when the fire started, but they made it out safely. investigators are working to figure out what sparked this fire. >>> here's a look at some of the stories making headlines county by county across our region today. delaware county, teachers in chester upland finally have a new contract after negotiating for more than three years. the three year deal includes a raise, but educators will now have to pay a portion of their healthcare cost. the contract still needs a vote but it is expect today pa
sarah packer was in court today. her adopted daughter, grace was raped and killed last year. charged. >>> a dump truck slam into a school bus heading to the school for the death in wilmington this morning. witnesses say the driver of the dump truck ran a red light. the kids on the bus were not hurt but were taken to the hospital to be checked out. both drivers, an aide and a passenger in the dump truck suffered injuries but are expected to be okay. >>> one person was killed...
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defense attorney for sarah packer may hang their hat on that admission. >> certainly the allegationsis case are very serious and horrific, but i would point out that what was said from the beginning, we don't believe they'll ever be any evidence that my client killed anybody. >> reporter: keith williams told reporters he may seek to move the trial or at least jury selection out of bucks county due to pretrial publicity that has generated so much outrage. >> look what i'm looking a at right now all these cameras, all these reporters that's a challenge in any criminal defense when you get so much scrutiny. >> reporter: there's no guarantee the case against sarah packer will actually go to trial. attorney williams today suggested they may seek a plea bargain in her case. her co-defendant jason sullivan is to be formally are a rain on the 31st this month. i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> he's a fixture on local college campus. they love this guy who serves them every day and when people heard he was sick, well, they didn't hesitate to help. >> people are donating money. i don't even kn
defense attorney for sarah packer may hang their hat on that admission. >> certainly the allegationsis case are very serious and horrific, but i would point out that what was said from the beginning, we don't believe they'll ever be any evidence that my client killed anybody. >> reporter: keith williams told reporters he may seek to move the trial or at least jury selection out of bucks county due to pretrial publicity that has generated so much outrage. >> look what i'm...
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sarah packer is accused of murdering her adopted daughter last year. north hampton counter is no longer sending kids to the center and will meet all children by that agency. deanna durante reports. >> reporter: when they said do you know the packers, my heart sunk to my toes because i hadn't heard that name in ten years. >> they told my case manager that i was absolutely. >> reporter: jessica was sent to leave with sarah and david packer when she was 16. also in the house a 3-year-old named z-uzy. grace's baby brother and a teenager also lived there and last month we introduced you to ann row dak. she lived in the packer house in 2010. ann and jessica never met but they were both kids under the care of the impact project and both tell nbc10 news they reported abusive conditions to their case worker at the hands of the packer. >> reporter: for weeks we've been trying to get information, how big of a provider it is in this state. those answers have been hard to come by. we know that some counties use it for foster care. others use it for foster care and
sarah packer is accused of murdering her adopted daughter last year. north hampton counter is no longer sending kids to the center and will meet all children by that agency. deanna durante reports. >> reporter: when they said do you know the packers, my heart sunk to my toes because i hadn't heard that name in ten years. >> they told my case manager that i was absolutely. >> reporter: jessica was sent to leave with sarah and david packer when she was 16. also in the house a...
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buckscounty prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against h 2-year-old sarah packer who is accused of murdering and dismembering the body of her 14-year-old daughter grace. she and her boyfriend tortured her before killing her as part of a rape murder fantasy. >> it happened in the heights of delaware county. a man confronted a woman before she entered her apartment. this is strikingly similar to what happened three times in delaware. bob brooks is at the apartments in delaware. what is the latest on all of this? >> jim, this is very real and getting very scary. four women now in this general area have been attacked the same similar way. we are learning that they have taken action to try to prevent this from happening here again. >> you can't get in at all now. >> to get inside the apartmes in pike creek, you have to punch in a code. it wasn't always like that but after a resident was ambushed with a gun sexual assaulted and kidnapped last month, residents welcome the change. >> a lot safer. >> it's a crime new castle county police say was made by the same man. residents
buckscounty prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty against h 2-year-old sarah packer who is accused of murdering and dismembering the body of her 14-year-old daughter grace. she and her boyfriend tortured her before killing her as part of a rape murder fantasy. >> it happened in the heights of delaware county. a man confronted a woman before she entered her apartment. this is strikingly similar to what happened three times in delaware. bob brooks is at the apartments in...
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the day after they say he raped and beat her while her adoptive mother, sarah packer, watched. the teen's remains were found in northeastern pennsylvania two months later. at the hearing, prosecutors will announce that they'll be seeking the death penalty in this case. >>> in north jersey, state police say a man who tried to run down a trooper with his pickup truck was shot and killed by the officer. it happened after a police investigation at the rest stop in cranberry, middlesex county. the trooper was not hurt. >>> 5:36. police are connecting two big stories that we tyo yesterday morning. the police shooting in delaware that left a 28-year-old man dead is directly connected to a confrontation wednesday in southeast philadelphia. here's how it started -- philly police called to a domestic dispu dispute. when officers arrived, the driver sped away in his van, hitting and dragging an officer several feet. up and fire off one shot before the driver got away. here's leroy b away to new cast family says police shot and kill, police released this video of thieves robbing a jeweler
the day after they say he raped and beat her while her adoptive mother, sarah packer, watched. the teen's remains were found in northeastern pennsylvania two months later. at the hearing, prosecutors will announce that they'll be seeking the death penalty in this case. >>> in north jersey, state police say a man who tried to run down a trooper with his pickup truck was shot and killed by the officer. it happened after a police investigation at the rest stop in cranberry, middlesex...
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grace packer's disremembered body was found in luzerne county last july, her adoptive mother, sarah packer and jake on sullivan are accused of killing teen in what prosecutors have described as a rape/murder fantasy. they are scheduled to go on trial next year. >>> we now know the cause of death for pair of twin infants found unresponsive last week in south jersey. camden county medical examiner says that the seven month-old girls died of natural causes. on march 22nd their mother made the heart breaking 911 call for help from the families apartments in lindenwald, the babies were rushed to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead. >>> gloucester township police arrested a man in connection with an apparent snipper shooting outside delilah's gentlemen's club. we first told but this story in northern liberties on monday night, and investigators say lawrence mitchell fired a gun from the fifth floor of the vacant building near front street and we are told that woman leaving delilahs was narrowly missed by bullets. investigators are trying to determine if that woman was targeted, and if
grace packer's disremembered body was found in luzerne county last july, her adoptive mother, sarah packer and jake on sullivan are accused of killing teen in what prosecutors have described as a rape/murder fantasy. they are scheduled to go on trial next year. >>> we now know the cause of death for pair of twin infants found unresponsive last week in south jersey. camden county medical examiner says that the seven month-old girls died of natural causes. on march 22nd their mother made...
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accused in the murder of 14 year old grace packer, prosecutors say sullivan and grace's mother sarah packer beat, raped, murdered her daughter, last year, and disposed her body in luzerne county. both suspect running held without bail. >> well the missing federal judge we told but yesterday has been found safe and sound. ninety-one year old former judge edwin cost i can was found yesterday just few miles from his home. two teenagers spotted his gray acura behind a hotel in dunmore, that's in lackawanna county. the judge was found about 100 yards from the car. authorities say he was consideration, alert, but was taken to the hospital to be checked out. >> well, they haven't lost their sense of humor down under. despite days of rain from a cyclone. >> now, folks in australia are battling rising flood waters. we have an update for you just ahead. >>> and new this morning, a cirque du soleil show comes to a halt after a worker is getting hurt in a fall. more information on her injuries. >> part of major highway collapse in flames. we'll tell you what's going to happen next for this damaged road
accused in the murder of 14 year old grace packer, prosecutors say sullivan and grace's mother sarah packer beat, raped, murdered her daughter, last year, and disposed her body in luzerne county. both suspect running held without bail. >> well the missing federal judge we told but yesterday has been found safe and sound. ninety-one year old former judge edwin cost i can was found yesterday just few miles from his home. two teenagers spotted his gray acura behind a hotel in dunmore, that's...
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investigators say 41 year old sarah packer along with her boyfriend, 44 year old jacob sullivan conspired to kidnap, rape, murder, 14 year old grace packer back in july in what officials call a sick fantasy. both could face the death penalty if convicted. >> reminding residents to know non-emergency numbers in their county after nationwide outage prevented at&t wireless customers from calling 911. wednesday night you may recall customers bucks, chester, delaware, montgomery counties were just getting busy signal or the line just kept ringing. noticed the issue around 7:45, fixed by 10:30. now the fcc is investigating. at&t is not saying what caused that 911 outage. >> president trump agenda facing opposition on multible crimes. several states are challenging his revamp travel ban, and while the republican healthcare bill cleared a house committee, it to its legislative future is uncertain. the president also says cia needs upgrade after recent wikileaks -- >> the republican healthcare overall cleared key health committee along party lines thursday after more than 27 hours of debate. >> br
investigators say 41 year old sarah packer along with her boyfriend, 44 year old jacob sullivan conspired to kidnap, rape, murder, 14 year old grace packer back in july in what officials call a sick fantasy. both could face the death penalty if convicted. >> reminding residents to know non-emergency numbers in their county after nationwide outage prevented at&t wireless customers from calling 911. wednesday night you may recall customers bucks, chester, delaware, montgomery counties...
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. >>> sarah packer is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. she's the bucks county woman accused of murdering her adopted daughter last year. 14-year-old grace packer was found dead last october. it was months after sara packer reported her missing. police say the elder packer and her boyfriend raped and murdered grace in july and then dumped her body in the woods. investigators believe the couple planned the murder for more than a year. >>> a man accused in a deadly ambush that triggered a massive man hunt. lawyers started questioning potential jurors today in the eric frein trial. he's charged with shooting and killing corporal brian dixon and wounding trooper alex douglas in pike county in 2014. that attack led to a 48-day manhunt. jurors are being chosen here due to widespread media coverage in the poconos. more than two-thirds said they heard about the case on the news. >>> new details now into the investigation of jewish community center threats across the country. the head of new york city's police intelligence says he believes one pers
. >>> sarah packer is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. she's the bucks county woman accused of murdering her adopted daughter last year. 14-year-old grace packer was found dead last october. it was months after sara packer reported her missing. police say the elder packer and her boyfriend raped and murdered grace in july and then dumped her body in the woods. investigators believe the couple planned the murder for more than a year. >>> a man accused in a deadly ambush...
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they want the death penalty for jacob sullivan and the adoptive mother named sarah packer, the mother of grace packer. they went public with the disappearance around grace packer's murder. she was raped and murdered in a home. her body was dismembered and left in a field. it was discovered in the fall. when prosecutors went public in december they had them add persons of interest and charged them both with the rape and murder. they are both awaiting that trial. we are told the trial will be held together next year, march of next year they say. prosecutors saying they are making it official. they want the death penalty for both of those defendants. we'll have more for you coming up tonight on nbc 10 news. >>> investigations heating up with reports that the white house was involved in sharing classified information. wants to tell congress what he knows. tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: mike flynn now wants to testify in exchange for immunity. >> we don't want people taking immunity so we don't get -- so that justice department cannot make the case they may want to make against
they want the death penalty for jacob sullivan and the adoptive mother named sarah packer, the mother of grace packer. they went public with the disappearance around grace packer's murder. she was raped and murdered in a home. her body was dismembered and left in a field. it was discovered in the fall. when prosecutors went public in december they had them add persons of interest and charged them both with the rape and murder. they are both awaiting that trial. we are told the trial will be...
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sarah packer pleaded not guilty to the murder and dismemberment of 14-year-old grace packer. packer watched as her boyfriend acted out a rape murder fantasy they shared. packer is charged with illegally collecting $4,000 in government benefits after grace died. >>> family and friends gathered in morrisville, bucks county to remember a little boy who was hit and killed by a pickup truck. the 5-year-old was hit wednesday afternoon his mother called him a free spirit. >> he was all the time if you were ever down, he would wipe your tears away. he was a good boy, he did not deserve this at all. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, the driver of the truck stopped and called police, so far no charges have been filed. >>> this morning the white house admits it knew that michael flynn lobbied for a turkish businessman before he became national security advisor. that suggests that president trump's transition lawyers did not see the lobbying as a liabilitier -- liability or that plan was not fully vetted. just this week flynn filed as a foreign agent. president trump fire
sarah packer pleaded not guilty to the murder and dismemberment of 14-year-old grace packer. packer watched as her boyfriend acted out a rape murder fantasy they shared. packer is charged with illegally collecting $4,000 in government benefits after grace died. >>> family and friends gathered in morrisville, bucks county to remember a little boy who was hit and killed by a pickup truck. the 5-year-old was hit wednesday afternoon his mother called him a free spirit. >> he was all...
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sarah packer once worked at the project and she's accused of murdering her adoptive daughter grace last year. the impact project released a reading in part the impact project stringent pli edly adheh law's requirement that any instance of succespected child abuse is promptly reported. >>> members from a community rallied in a show of support for a local immigrants. leaders from several faith organizations held the gathering. they are asking the trump administration for immigration reform. people we spoke to say they are afraid that families will be split apart if they don't take a stand now. >> there are children who are afraid that when they come home from school that their parents won't be there. >> i am a little bit of afraid of my parents, not so much of myself. >> today's rallies featured members of christian, jewish and muslim faiths. >>> pennsylvania senator bob casey is calling for more funding to fight topioid crisis. >> we know a few things with certainty. good treatment works. that is number one. number two is good treatment takes a long time and a long time means it's expens
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sarah packer pleaded not guilty to the murder and dis dismemorandummer meant of grace packer.ker is charged with illegal collecting $4,000 in government benefits after grace died. >>> family and friends gathered in northfield bucks county to remember a lot boy who was hit and killed by a pickup truck earlier this week. five-year-old james lee was hit by a truck wednesday afternoon. his mother called him a free spirit. >> was all smiles, if you were down he would wipe your tears away, he was a good boy he did not deserve this at all. >> our hearts go out to that family. >> the driver of the truck stopped and called police, so far no charges have been filed. >> marple township family home that be vandalized twice in 8 months. now the family hopes someone can identify the suspects you see here. the vandals spray painted numerous object seen images -- obscene images on the home's exterior and the garage and steps. the family asleep inside. >> it is a nightmare we're grateful that it snowed that means someone is not coming because they would leave footprints. >> the vandalism cost
sarah packer pleaded not guilty to the murder and dis dismemorandummer meant of grace packer.ker is charged with illegal collecting $4,000 in government benefits after grace died. >>> family and friends gathered in northfield bucks county to remember a lot boy who was hit and killed by a pickup truck earlier this week. five-year-old james lee was hit by a truck wednesday afternoon. his mother called him a free spirit. >> was all smiles, if you were down he would wipe your tears...
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. >> grace packer' as adopt tiff mother sarah packer is also charged with murder in the case. prosecutors say they want to try sullivan and packer together. >>> philadelphia district attorney seth williams is giving up his law license temporarily but he's not stepping down. the da left federal court this afternoon with his new attorney in his bribery and extortion case. williams former colleague thomas burke plans to represent him. the previous attorney asked to be taken off the case. williams is accused of taking more than $160,000 in gifts in exchange for favors. his attorney says he will voluntarily suspend his law license while he fights these charges. >> the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the out come of a single case prosecuted by my client's office was effective. we look forward to refuting the allegations and to the day mr. williams is cleared of this behavior. >> now william says he got into financial problems after his divorce. his city salary $175,000 a year for the city's top prosecutor. >>> and now to a story you first saw on fox 29. more fall
. >> grace packer' as adopt tiff mother sarah packer is also charged with murder in the case. prosecutors say they want to try sullivan and packer together. >>> philadelphia district attorney seth williams is giving up his law license temporarily but he's not stepping down. the da left federal court this afternoon with his new attorney in his bribery and extortion case. williams former colleague thomas burke plans to represent him. the previous attorney asked to be taken off the...
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it is a place where sarah packer once worked.murdering her adopted daughter last year. they're also parting ways with impact. >>> gloucester county. officials are taking action to reduce lead in the water on campus. they'll install filters in nine residence halls and water stations and other areas of campus. this comes after it was found that lead levels had exceeded federal guidelines. >>> police are looking for someone that stole $3,000 from the young democrats the club in wilson borough. now they say they've developed a suspect and are working to obtain a warrant for an arrest. >>> in kent county, a project off and running. the first beams are up for the new bay health milford hospital. it includes a patient center. look for it to open next year. >>> speaking out for the first time in years. >> casey anthony. remember that name? she was accused of murdering her toddler, then acquitted. she's talking about the final hours of her daughter's life. >> the next thing you know she's missing, right? how did it play? >> i don't rememb
it is a place where sarah packer once worked.murdering her adopted daughter last year. they're also parting ways with impact. >>> gloucester county. officials are taking action to reduce lead in the water on campus. they'll install filters in nine residence halls and water stations and other areas of campus. this comes after it was found that lead levels had exceeded federal guidelines. >>> police are looking for someone that stole $3,000 from the young democrats the club in...
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the day after he allegedly raped her while grace's adoptive mother, sarah packer, the whole thing.ay in court, prosecutors may announce that they'll be seeking the death penalty in this case. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a last check of the roads. watching in clay mont a crash on philadelphia pike on the northbound side around i-495. here is the schuylkill expressway. actually not doing too bad.cose. moving through the boulevard here, we normally see much bigger delays. at least for now. right here in this camera, it looks like eastbound a little checking in with mass transit, septa's train 501 running 20 minutes late because of amtrak communication issues. new jersey transit, patco, and amtrak on time for now. and a crash at west evergreen and west main street. >>> a first alert for heavy rainfall for the entire area today and tonight. especially this afternoon. periods of heavy rain. downpours are likely to come through with the evening rush. could lead to localized flooding. getting a break in the rain now in philadelphia. you see rain to the north, and loo
the day after he allegedly raped her while grace's adoptive mother, sarah packer, the whole thing.ay in court, prosecutors may announce that they'll be seeking the death penalty in this case. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a last check of the roads. watching in clay mont a crash on philadelphia pike on the northbound side around i-495. here is the schuylkill expressway. actually not doing too bad.cose. moving through the boulevard here, we normally see much bigger...
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forty-one year old sarah packer facing slew of charges after investigators say she and her boyfriends, 44 jerold jacob sullivan, conspired and killed her 14 year old daughter grace pack nerve july. describe the gruesome murder as thick fantasy thought up by the two. could face the death penalty if convicted. >> jury slicks continues in the eric frein murder trial. he appeared at chester county court yesterday. frein is of course accused of killing one pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at the bloom inning grove barracks in pike count any 2014. the case received media coverage and the jurors being picked from chester county. >> police investigating paint ball attacks that left two victims injured in northwest philadelphia. five incidents were reported in less than 24 hours tuesday and wednesday. four people were shot in roxborough, another in germantown. a teenage boy was shot in the stomach and one man needed six stitches to his eye. resident called "eyewitness news," the neighborhood on edge. >> can leave a gigantic bruce on you specially hit in the eye or face. >> peopl
forty-one year old sarah packer facing slew of charges after investigators say she and her boyfriends, 44 jerold jacob sullivan, conspired and killed her 14 year old daughter grace pack nerve july. describe the gruesome murder as thick fantasy thought up by the two. could face the death penalty if convicted. >> jury slicks continues in the eric frein murder trial. he appeared at chester county court yesterday. frein is of course accused of killing one pennsylvania state trooper and...
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sarah packer appeared in the bucks county courtroom for her formal arraignment. authorities say the 41 year-old woman and her boyfriend jacob sullivan, killed 14 year-old grace pack inner july. sullivan will be formally arraigned on murder and related charges on march 31st. the couple could face the death penalty, if convicted. >>> jury selection resumes next week in the eric frein murder trial, frein is accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at blooming grove barracks in pike county in 2014. due to the media coverage the case received, jurors are being picked from chester county, jury selection began yesterday, trial is expected to last, more than a month. >>> now on to the eagles, they have helped their owe even if yesterday by signing two new wide receivers that can help carson wentz. >> sports director don bell joins us from the novacare complex where bird brass and new players spoke today, don. >> reporter: yeah, players spoke today and hard for me to speak right now because i think something is happening with the weather. okay.
sarah packer appeared in the bucks county courtroom for her formal arraignment. authorities say the 41 year-old woman and her boyfriend jacob sullivan, killed 14 year-old grace pack inner july. sullivan will be formally arraigned on murder and related charges on march 31st. the couple could face the death penalty, if convicted. >>> jury selection resumes next week in the eric frein murder trial, frein is accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at blooming...
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sarah packer appeared in bucks county courtroom for her formal arraignment. authorities say packer and her boyfriend, jacob sullivan, killed 14 year old grace packer back in july. her body was found months later in luzerne county. jacob sullivan will be arraigned on march 31, if convicted the couple could face the death penalty. >>> and jury selection resumes next week in the eric frein murder trial. frein is accused every killing a pennsylvania straight trooper, and wounding another, as bloom inning grove barracks in pike county back in 2014. due to all of the media coverage the case, jury selection gannon thursday, the trial expected to last for a month. >> new technology in south jersey helping paramedics responds to medical emergencies faster. "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us what the new technology could mean for the entire region. >>> if you've her to call 911 for a medical emergency, in all likelihood the paramedics were dispatched from a central location. but virtua is changing,. >> definitely saving lives. >> using historical data from
sarah packer appeared in bucks county courtroom for her formal arraignment. authorities say packer and her boyfriend, jacob sullivan, killed 14 year old grace packer back in july. her body was found months later in luzerne county. jacob sullivan will be arraigned on march 31, if convicted the couple could face the death penalty. >>> and jury selection resumes next week in the eric frein murder trial. frein is accused every killing a pennsylvania straight trooper, and wounding another,...
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for the adoptive mother of grace, sarah packer.ormer social worker and foster mom and is accused of not only plotting a rape/murder fantasy but standing by and watching it take place. her boyfriend confeszed he beat grace and left her for dead in a hot closet on a july day. when the pair returned the next day to find grace conscious and alive, it was jacob who strangled her. prosecutors say the pair left her body packed in kitty litter for months until sara went and bought a knife big enough to dismember the girl's body. she was then dumped in a field near scranton. prosecutors say this is a first-degree murder case and one worthy of the death penalty. >> it will be up to a judge or jury to decide whether they should live or they should die. >> reporter: packer has already pled not guilty. sullivan was set to appear before a judge friday morning. at the last minute he waived that court hearing keeping him out of public view. a sheriff's van left the courthouse just as the hearing ended. no word if sullivan was quickly transported b
for the adoptive mother of grace, sarah packer.ormer social worker and foster mom and is accused of not only plotting a rape/murder fantasy but standing by and watching it take place. her boyfriend confeszed he beat grace and left her for dead in a hot closet on a july day. when the pair returned the next day to find grace conscious and alive, it was jacob who strangled her. prosecutors say the pair left her body packed in kitty litter for months until sara went and bought a knife big enough to...
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strangled the 14-year-old last july the day after allegedly raping her while grace's adoptive mother, sarah packern if prosecutors will seek the death penalty. >>> we'll have another update in 25 minutes. see us every week day morning from 4:30 to 7:00. >>> 7:30 now, it's a friday morning, march 31st, 2017, and check out oswego, new york, al is there, it is the final day of roper con iii. al, take it away. >> reporter: we're on the beautiful shores of lake ontario, at oswego, it's my alma mater, i have come home to the land of oz, as they like to call it. i am here, back in oswego, and we are going to set the world record, the guinness world record for the longest conga line on ice. the old record about 350 people in london, we have got over 600 folks who are going to take part in this attempt. it is going to be awesome, savannah, a big finish for rockerthon iii. starting the madness. >> i think you set another record this week, most college students up before 7:30 a.m., for any reason, ever. we're looking forward to it, al, thank you. >>> let's get a quick check of today's headlines. former natio
strangled the 14-year-old last july the day after allegedly raping her while grace's adoptive mother, sarah packern if prosecutors will seek the death penalty. >>> we'll have another update in 25 minutes. see us every week day morning from 4:30 to 7:00. >>> 7:30 now, it's a friday morning, march 31st, 2017, and check out oswego, new york, al is there, it is the final day of roper con iii. al, take it away. >> reporter: we're on the beautiful shores of lake ontario, at...
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packer and her boyfriend are charged with murdering her adopted 14-year-old daughter, sarah, last yearo longer refer foster children to an agency which may have learned about the suspected abuse. ♪ >>> 8:30, now. it's tuesday morning. the 7th of march, 2017. nice, big crowd out here on our plaza. a lot of people here. the acc tournament. what was it you told me to say? >> clemson and the points. >> got you. this gets under way in brooklyn this afternoon. and tomorrow, we're going to have another huge crowd. ed sheeran taking our plaza over for a live concert. >> we look forward to that tomorrow. >>> coming up this morning, alicia keys is in the building. we'll talk about her second season on "the voice," a talent you might not expect and a lot more. >> she's so god on "the voice." >>> also here, tom hiddleston. what it was like making movie history in "kong: skull island." >>> let's check out what's going on around the country. high fire danger in the midsection of the country. windy in the plains. more snow and rain in the pacific northwest. severe storms down through the southern gul
packer and her boyfriend are charged with murdering her adopted 14-year-old daughter, sarah, last yearo longer refer foster children to an agency which may have learned about the suspected abuse. ♪ >>> 8:30, now. it's tuesday morning. the 7th of march, 2017. nice, big crowd out here on our plaza. a lot of people here. the acc tournament. what was it you told me to say? >> clemson and the points. >> got you. this gets under way in brooklyn this afternoon. and tomorrow,...
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forty-one year old sarah pack is her facing a slew of charges after investigators say that she and her boyfriend, 44 year old jacob sullivan, conspired and killed her 14 year old daughter grace packer back in july. officials describe the disturbing murder as a sick fantasy thought up by the two. if convicted both could face the death penalty. >> meanwhile jury selection continues in the eric frein murder trial. he appeared in a chester county court yesterday. frein accused every killing one pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at the bloom inning grove barracks in pike county knack 2014. due to all of the media coverage, the case received, just or are being picked from chester county but the trial expected to last more than a month. >> two people are recovering this morning, after a rash of paint ball attacks in northwest philadelphia. spanned 24 hour period, tuesday into wednesday, four people were shot in roxborough, another in germantown, teen boy shot in the stomach and one man needed to have six stitches to the eye, i "eyewitness news" spoke with some resident concerned about the attacks. >> gigantic bruce on you shall specially if you get hit in the eye or the face
forty-one year old sarah pack is her facing a slew of charges after investigators say that she and her boyfriend, 44 year old jacob sullivan, conspired and killed her 14 year old daughter grace packer back in july. officials describe the disturbing murder as a sick fantasy thought up by the two. if convicted both could face the death penalty. >> meanwhile jury selection continues in the eric frein murder trial. he appeared in a chester county court yesterday. frein accused every killing...
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girlfriend, sarah pack earl, assaulted, poise orthopedics, strangled the teen, then left her dismember body in luzerne county. grace's remains were discovered by hunters last summer. sullivan and packer are being held without bail. >> set to appear in federal court, williams' current attorney wants off the case over kearns that williams can't afford him. has pleaded not guilty to charges taking more than $100,000 in cash and gift. >> president trump's former national security advisor, michael flynn, is reportedly offering to testify before the fbi and other about the trump campaign potential ties to russia. but as hena daniels reports, flynn wants immunity from possible prosecution before he talks. >> president trump ousted national security advisor lieutenant general michael flynn is engage in the negotiations, with the house and senate, about testifying in their ongoing probes into russia. the bombshell confirmed thursday by flynn's attorney, robert kelner issued a statement saying his client certainly has a story to tell. but his first speaking assurances against unfair prosecution. >> you don't ask for immunity of course unless you feel like you're in legal jeopardy. so we have t
girlfriend, sarah pack earl, assaulted, poise orthopedics, strangled the teen, then left her dismember body in luzerne county. grace's remains were discovered by hunters last summer. sullivan and packer are being held without bail. >> set to appear in federal court, williams' current attorney wants off the case over kearns that williams can't afford him. has pleaded not guilty to charges taking more than $100,000 in cash and gift. >> president trump's former national security...