chopper 6 hd is live off a large property in solebury in bucks county. the investigators seemed to have stepped up their activity over this white tent. you see more than a dozen people from various law enforcement agencies have gathered here and we are following this closely as this unfolds. this coming an hour after oc asnounced that they have new evidence. discovered new evidence in the search for the four missing men. "action news" reporter walter perez is live at the scene with details on this breaking development. >> reporter: hey guys as you mentioned a very active scene once again here in salisbury and the biggest update last night when the person of interest in this case posted bail and is since released from the bucks county jail. they strongly believe they are moving in the right direction and seems there is a long way to go. >> day four for the search for four missing men in bucks county. district attorney matt weintraub says that while questions remain unanswered the investigation is making progress. we have not yet recovered human remains th

"action news" reporter katherine scott is live in solebury township.t is where crews have been searching. she's got the latest on this mystery that is now getting national attention. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. investigators have been focusing on a property up the way here on lower york road here in solebury township. they're expected to be back this morning to continue their search. according to county records, the property is owned by sandra dinardo a relative of a man arrested yesterday on an unrelated gun charge. 19-year-old dane finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week. it's unclear what relationship the men have with each other. the districter to thinks foul play has been involved in this case. the fbi state police and multiple local agencies have been involved. neighbors are stunned. >> it's sad 'cause solebury new hope, it's a beautiful little town and, you know, you hear this

we're live in solebury township, trish hartman channel6 "action news." jim. >> of course the suggestion is he might be. let's switch live to "action news" reporter dann cuellar in the 9900 block of wayland circle in bensalem. dann, police are focusing on that location looking for some answers to this mystery. >> reporter: that's right, jim. this search continues to expand with authorities now combing through a home here in the 900 block of wayland circle. "action news" has confirmed that the home is owned by sandra dinardo. she and her husband also own a farm in solebury that was being searched with heavy equipment by the fbi earlier. and she owns a home in the 2800 block of aqua ton road in solebury that was also being searched on sunday night. for the record, she and her husband have not been named as suspects in the case and authorities would not say if they have questioned their son cosmo in connection with any of this. but "action news" has now learned that cosmo has been taken into custody for an unrelated weapons charge dating back to february. hi

owned by his parents who owned all of those properties being searched up in solebury township. now is there a link between the previous gun charge and this case? we only have the slightest if you read through the bird of the assistant district attorney's comment in court without ever calling this guy a suspect and in that case she said both cases potentially involve a gun. meaning the previous case and maybe the case of these missing men and maybe that indicates what they are searching for with metal detectors on that farmland up in solebury. maybe is there a gun, they are looking for. karen and thomas. >> all right. it will be interesting to go see if they do find one, steve of course work all of the latest developments in this we will put it right on our web site at fox 29.com. >>> 5:09. lets get to more breaking news from the fernrock section of the city a 57 year-old man rushed to the hospital after being shot during a robbery this is a really weird one. he is just riding through a wendy's when he is waiting for his food. a suspect put the gun through the window and demande

resume tomorrow in their efforts to find what they are looking for, whom they are looking for in soleburynship and cosmo dinardo is now a person of interest and oh, yes he has been released on a million dollars bail. it is tuesday night and the big story on action news tonight is attracting enormous attention in the tri state area and across the county authorities in bucks county will not rest until they find the four men action news reporter dan cuellar is live in solebury township and dann we will start with you and huge effort by lawmen and the f.b.i. but so far no pay off. >> reporter: that's right jim and so far cosmo dinardo is the only person of interest identified in the mysterious disappearances and fear he is a flight risk and why authorities sought such a high bail on an unrelated weapons charge but tonight he was able to post 10% of one million bail and he is out there somewhere as the search for the missing men goes on. >> it's not just a single property. we have people combing the entire county. >> reporter: bucks county da matt weintraub talking about the four men missing s

and we're back live here in solebury township. you are looking at area where family of the four men hoff been missing have been gathering, all of the while, this is the scene of intense police presence, including the fbi, state police, local police, all here, of course, this investigation continuing ton driven by bucks county district attorney's office. once again though family largely declining to speak to reporters about what has been a agonizing process. reporting live, from solebury township joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our coverage of the missing men search continues on line, you can check out cbs philly.com anytime for up to the minute developments. >>> philadelphia police are asking for public's help locating a man who disappeared on june 1 22-year old timothy caesar was last seen bristol road and neshaminy boulevard in bensalem. he got out of his parent's car and walked away. if you have any information on his whereabouts police want to hear from you. >>> there has been some thunderstorm warnings today and t

chopper 6 hd is live over the property in solebury township where police found the bodies buried last night. >> one victim is identified as dean finocchiaro. now a homicide is underway to find out who is responsible. >> we are following the story with live team coverage this afternoon. katherine scott has the latest on the man being held on bail in connection with this case. and now lets begin with gray hall and the latest information from the bucks county district attorney. >> reporter: well, rick and sara we can tell you that daily briefing wrapped up not too long ago. really no new developments outside of that huge news we all learned about at midnight we learn that one of the four men's body was discovered inside of a grave. as it stands at noon three men we main missing. heart break in bucks county in the search for the four men missing since last week. families held out hope things took a tragic turn. fears were confirmed when authorities say they found multiple human remains. and one is identified as dean finocchia finocchiaro. the others have not been identified. >> they are s

that helped 50 police cadets being used to scour every inch of the massive property in solebury township this search and investigation is biggest county has ever seen. >> it is biggest one we have ever seen and multiply it by million and that is what we are dealing with here. and, and, trying to work and work on this case. >>> focus of the investigation property in solebury township, police have searched for at lee two days, it is owned by family of cosmo dinardo, 20 year-old from bensalem was taken in custody and arrested yesterday on unrelated gun charges. the d.a. then requested bail set at million-dollar for him, and today revealed that was because dinardo is now a person of interests in these recent disappearances. d.a. would not say why dinardo is being honed in on. >> there are obvious links, turf let you draw your own conclusions. you know his parents own the property. there is information that i'm privy too that i cannot share with you. >> reporter: while d.a. wouldn't say more about dinardo being a person of interest he was clear at this time authorities are not focusing on any

remains of the finocchiaro has been located in a 12-foot hole on dinardo's expansive solebury township farm. according to the source dinardo told prosecutors there are two separate grave sites on the farm which contain all four bodies. we still do not know exact relationship between the victim and dinardo, source tells fox 29 news a motive in this case may be related to a drug deal and a gun. dinardo's attorney addressed reporters yesterday as his client voiced a quick apology to his customer. >> you admitted to killing four people, what did you have to say to these families anything say, you are sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> mr. dinardo confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation and commission in the murders of the four young men n 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 are families doing. >> they are holding up remarkably well, chris. i'm very grateful for their trust in us. it means world to us and keeps us strong and keeps us going. >> reporte

we are live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel back to you. >>> as the search for those missing men, continues in bucks county we are learning more about that person of interest. police say only person of ninth this case is cosmo dinardo, he was released around 7:00 on 10 percent of one million-dollar bail. he was being held on a firearms charge unrelated this case. cbs-3 spoke with the friend who asked to remain anonymous but did so quote i'll tell you he watts normal up until last year when he was in the quad accident, hit his head and stranded with a brain bleed. he had frontal lobe damage. i spoke to a couple of the friend of one of the missing men. >> we we don't dean but we don't necessity guys involve. >> it is shocking. i grew up with the kid. he lived right in my neighborhood. it is crazy. >> that is another thing that doesn't make any sense we don't know any of the other guys, it doesn't seem like dean hung out with those guys. >> after being released last night dinardo did not return to his bensalem home.

sky force 10 showing them right now in solebury down ship at that property they've searched for three straight days. >> also tonight the man the police call a person of interest is back behind bars. we got our first glimpse of cos cosmo dinardo. >> we've uncovered new details about his past. >> reporter: we can tell there are major developments happening down here because the past few nights there has not been this kind of activity. we have the live pictures from sky force 10 which shows the area they zeroed in on. they've set up tents. they've been sifting through the dirt. they've been digging through the ground. about an hour from now we expect to hear from the district attorney with more information about what they found. >> person of interest cosmo dinardo is back in custody and held on $5 million bail less than a full day after his release, the new stolen car charge based on detectives saying dinardo had one of missing men's cars on his family's property and tried to sell it for $500. in court prosecutors also revealed dinardo was diagnosed ski schizophrenic. motions are running

. >>> and this is the view from chopper three live over that scene in solebury township as authoritiesontinue to dig for more clues in this bizarre case. >>> and despite all of the progress, police say a lot of work still needs to be done. good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> and i'm jim donovan. we have live team coverage of this developing story. we begin whip "eyewitness news" reporter trang do. she's live in solebury township where officials just wrapped up a news conference within the hour. good afternoon, trang. >> reporter: well, good afternoon, jim and rahel. at this point bucks county d.a. matt weintraub still not able to identify those other human remains found in that common grave just down the road from here on that property and they continue to search that property but they're not able to identify those additional remains but what we know at this point is that 19-year-old dean finocchiaro seen in this photo has been identified after being recovered from a 12 and a half foot grave on the solebury property owned by the family of cosmo dinardo. the d.a. is still not calling

. >> focus now on this man, and his family's property no solebury township. out to eyewitness neutral reporter trans dough, at the police staging area nearby to bring us to up date. now your second day on the story. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim. we are just down the road from one of the properties at the center of this investigation. the da hearsays that he's confident this mysterious case will be solved. but there are so many unanswered questions including how the man who was arrested yesterday might be involved in all of this. the bucks county state and federal investigators including the fbi are focusing their efforts on this property in solebury. >> just seems like there is so much property to search. it is like -- i have no idea where they could be. >> investigators also collected evidence from another property in bensalem owned by the same family. they're searching for evidence in the troubled case of four missing young men, two of them teenagers. jimi patrick went missing wednesday while dean finocchiaro, tom meo, mark st

but for now we're live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim, back to you. >>> for very latest develop ments in this story throughout the day, stay with "eyewitness news" on the air and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> we now know identity of the woman found stabbed and attacked with a hammer in philadelphia's lawncrest neighborhood. it happened on the 5500 block of north hill creek drive around 7:00 yesterday morning. police found 57 year-old roselyn wick dead from multiple stab wound to her neighbors she's described as a church willing would go man hoist always seen walking her dog. >> she was sweet as pie. she was sweet as pie. she would look after me, because i got zika lot. she would say you need help home. >> this is a very big loss for the community. everybody loves her. and, not too many people out there like her. >> reporter: the man you saw there aj wright ran toward victim's home after hearing the screaming. he encountered a suspect who jumped from the second floor window and ran away. police are investigating. >>> police

township, trang do live outside the solebury township police department with the details. good morning, trang. >> good morning, rahel, jim. overnight, we also learned that police found the carve one of these missing men, but there was noggin side that car, to suggest that a crime had happened. at this point, police are not sure if these four cases are related so family member tells us that at least two of the men know each other. >> ly say jimmy kirkpatrick from newtown township has not been seen or heard from since 6:00 p.m. wednesday july 5th his fad said he hasn't shown up for work, very unusual, anyone who has seen him is asked to call bucks county police dispatch. also reported missing 18 year old dean finocchiaro, from langhorne. police say dean was last seen this past friday july 7th, getting into a vehicle on hampton drive around 6:30 p.m. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call middletown township police. two other men from bucks county also reported missing, police are searching for 22 year old mark sturgis, and 21 year old tom meo. last seen

chopper6 was over the scene on route 202 in solebury township yesterday.vy construction equipment was hauled in. you could see federal, state and the local law enforcement digging on the property sifting through dirt trying to find any shred of evidence connecting to the four young men who are missing. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week and are believed to be the victims of foul play. investigators haven't commented on what the relationship is between one another ooh. friends of the missing men have arrived to the search site hoping for news. meanwhile the district attorney is calling for tips. he reiterated that this is an all hands on deck situation as they scour the area for evidence. >> i can't say that the whole entire property is a crime scene but we're certainly -- we've been going through the entire property. >> it was just so close to me. he's one of my best friends and he was such a go

police have been searching a property in solebury township. that is where we find "action news" reporter katherine scott who is on the trail of the latest developments. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. the fbi, state police and local agencies are involved in this search. they've been focusing on a property up the way here on lower york road in solebury township. it's owned by sandra dinardo a relative of a man arrested yesterday on an unrelated gun charge. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, mean-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week and the district attorney believes foul play is involved. investigators have been looking at different properties saying they are chasing hot leads but there are a lot of questions we don't know the answer to at this point including how these men know each other, what their relationship could be. the district attorney has been in touch with their families. >> i have spok

the news conference just wrapped up in solebury township. that's where we find "action news" reporter walter perez who joins us with the latest on what police and the d.a. are saying today. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys, still a lot of unanswered questions in this case. for example, investigators are still working to confirm any possible link between all four of the men involved in this case and also bucks county d.a. matt weintraub a short time ago came just short of saying foul play is involved but he said he certainly believes that is the case. weintraub also wrapped up that news conference saying make no mistake, they're pulling out all the stops for this investigation. >> amazed and impressed at the amount of manpower that has been dedicated to this and it's really -- we're going to solve this because of all the resources that we're putting together and everybody working on this. >> reporter: and so for now the investigation continues. >> as is obvious in a case of this scope and magnitude it's all hands-on deck. >> reporter: bucks cou

. >>> 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 continued here in bucks county and so did the wait from the families for word of their missing loved ones and got the huge news moments ago. here is the search area, despite the confession by cosmo dinardo the search will continuhe massive farmland owned by dinardo's family. at midnight came the sad news for the family of of dean finocchiaro. his body was found in a grave 12 feet edema long with other remains. >> he will tell them how did he kill them and where did he kill them. these were things he would have to try to put together like a jigsaw puzzle. >> all right so back out live, that big news is the confession by 20-year-old cosmo dinardo and now investigators have work to do and they must positively identify the remains of the other three missing men. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. and the dig for the remains on the farm in solebury rocked an otherwise

today investigators positively identified all of the victims found shot then buried on solebury township property. they are indeed the four men reported missing last week. now tonight, two men are under arrest and charged with the murders. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn tim feature there's no bail tonight for the two men accused of in these solebury township slayings. we have team coverage of the bombshell developments. our dave kinchen talked to community members in bucks county shaken from what's happened in their neighbor. let's begin with shawnette wilson live with the very latest. shawnette. >> reporter: well, dawn and chris, dinardo and kratz are charged with multiple counts of murder, conspiracy, abuse of a corporation and weapons charges and they're both being held as you mentioned without bail after an a rain many this afternoon. >> we've brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones and so that they can rest in peace. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney matt weintraub emotion filled and relieved friday to bring some sense of

reporting in solebury township trish hartman channel six action news. >>> a veteran former f.b.i.gent says today's confession take as lot of pressure off investigators in their search for evidence in this case. >> the confession obviously is a game changer for the investigators and the prosecutor here and presumably in the confession he will provide details they are trying to figure out forensically now and will fill in a lot of the holes and it's going to allow him a process that is faster, he will tell them is there more than one spot the body is buried, where are they buried how did they kill him and they will have to put it together from the jig saw puzzle from the forensic they are doing and because it's taking so long with the digging and excavation and him providing information presumably they are trusting the information he is providing is accurate that makes the forensic evidence recovery a lot easier. >> reporter: action news reporter gray hall has been at logan square shopping center in neighboring new hope where predictably everybody has been talking about the murder c

word is he killed them separately and then burned their bodies before burying them on the family's solebury township farm leaving bucks county court today dinardo said this. >> i'm sorry. >> why did you do it? >> reporter: i'm sorry. thursday night the big story on action news tonight mystery solved and while we are still waiting for answers to a number of questions we know that dinardo said i did it in exchange for that confession prosecutors will not seek the death penalty and we go to trish hartman in solebury with the full story of what happened today and tonight. >> reporter: we will not be hearing from prosecutors tonight about the confession of cosmo dinardo. we won't hear from them until a press conference at 11:00 tomorrow and we heard the bomb shell confession earlier this evening as investigators worked for a fifth day on the dinardo property. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: those two words from 20-year-old cosmo dinardo of bensalem i'm sorry after confession to the murders of four missing men. >> confessed in the participation and commission of the murders of the four young men in ex

in the meantime, lets go live to nora muchanic also there if solebury township. you spoke to a co-worker of one of the missing men. >> reporter: i good brian, and he is heart broken and traumatized. he saw and talked to tom meo the day he disappeared. >> that is the last image i have of him and the last that will stick in my head. >> dwayne is remembering his co-worker and friend meo who is one of the missing men. so far only one dean finocchiaro is positively identify. he last talked to meo on friday when he stopped at the gas station where they both worthed. >> he was on the right track and sometimes they slip off and get into the hands of bad people and evil comes out of it. >> he would not elaborate but described cosmo dinardo a person of interest, being held on $5 million bail this way -- >> people knew of him. that he was crazy and stuff. but nobody could expect the worst like that. >> as the massive dig along 202 continues the grandparents of jimmy patrick asked to release a biography of the missing 19-year-old. he attended loyola on a full scholarship and

"action news" reporters nora muchanic in solebury township, vernon odom in buckingham township and trish hartman in doylestown have covered every angle. we begin with trish hartman with a full accounting of what we learned today. trish. >> reporter: well, jim, we now know much more about what happened to these four young men who have been missing since last week according to what cosmo dinardo told investigators, the d.a. says dinardo and his cousin, sean kratz face charges of homicide, conspiracy and abuse of corpse. the d.a. also says without dinardo's confession they might still be looking for the final body. >> as a result of an agreement that i decided to make with cosmo dinardo, we were able to also secure jimmy patrick's body and bring him home. >> reporter: here's what dinardo told investigators. on july 5th cosmo dinardo agreed to sell jimmy patrick 4 pounds of marijuana for $8,000 and drove him to his family farm. when patrick only had $800 dinardo offered to sell him a shotgun instead. dinardo then shot patrick and used the backhoe to bury his body. then on july 7th dinardo ag

for now live in solebury township.ness news," jim, jan, back to you. >> tran, keep us to up date. >> authority in north jersey investigating homicide after young girl is found dead. eleven year old abigail smith's body was found yesterday morning near her apartment complex in keansburg. abby went missing wednesday night. police believe she may have known her killer. >> chester county prosecute verse now charged 239 year old barry baker with flight to avoid apprehension. baker already accused of sucker punching a man with cerebral pals any west chester in may. that assault was caught on camera. authorities say baker posted bail, but then went on run for more than a week. he was re captured in june. baker's fiancee has also been arrested on related charges, and his father has been arrested for allegedly dealing drugs. >> new jersey lawmakers want to make sure state employees get paid for time they were furloughed during the state's government shutdown. the state senate union mousily passed the plan yesterday. and governo

leads are prompting a massive search of a farm in solebury township.hose family owns that property is now in police custody on a gun charge. he is not accused of any wrongdoing, however, related to the missing men. "action news" reporter trish hartman has more on the continuing search. >> reporter: as chopper6 flew over one of the search sites detectives could be seen near a barn on a rural property. earlier in the day investigators could be seen searching through rubble, a front end loader shovels and metal detector were used to look for clues. neighbors watched the activity anxiously waiting for news. >> it's sad 'cause solebury new hope, it's a beautiful little town and, you know, you hear this all the time. never thought something like this would happen here. >> reporter: the property is owned by sandra dinardo according to county records it wasn't the focus of the second day of this search. authorities say 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township, 19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown t-22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-ol

trang do live near the police stationary in solebury township with an update now. good morning, trang. >> reporter: we are just down the road from one of those properties, at the center of the this investigation. the da hearsays he's confident that this mysterious case will be involved, but there are still so many missing pieces including how the man who was arrested yesterday may be connected to all of. >> this take a look at this chopper three video from monday, county, state, federal investigators including the fbi are focusing their efforts on this property in solebury. investigators also collected evidence from another property in bensalem, owned by the same family. they're searching for evidence in the troubled case of four missing young men, two teenagers. jimi patrick went missing, andean finocchiaro, sturgis, went missing. there are indications the men know one another, he does suspect foul play. >> we've been treating this from the outset as criminal investigation, and nothing has deterred that to this point. >> this investigation, the leads incredibly ho

live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> lets turn to "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao live at holy ghost trip with more on the connection between dinardo and one of the missing men, jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are talking about 19 year-old jimi patrick a 2016 graduate of holy ghost here in bensalem. he just finished up his freshman year at loyala university in baltimore, this morning we were able to talk to a couple of his friend is still holding out hope and praying for his safe return. lets look at video of jimi patrick from newtown township. there has been missing men linked to cosmo dinardo person of the ninth this case. patrick and dinardo are listed as friend on facebook. on line record indicate dinardo and patrick attended holy ghost but dinardo was a year ahead graduate nothing 2015. jimi patrick was first of the four men reported missing last week, patrick reported missing on wednesday, other three men reported missing on friday. patrick's college friend say he is a good student, kind person, popular among his classma

"action news" reporter katherine scott is live in solebury township where crews have been searching.'s got the latest on this ongoing mystery that is now getting national attention. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and investigators have been focusing on a property up the way here on lower york road in solebury township. they're expected to be back here this morning to continue their search and according to court records, the property is owned by sandra dinardo a relative of a man arrested yesterday on an unrelated gun charge. 19-year-old dean fin caro, 19-year-old jimi patrick, 22-year-old mark sturgis and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week. it's unclear what relationship the men have with each other. the district attorney does believe foul play is involved. investigators have been looking at different properties saying they were chasing hot leads. the fbi, state police and multiple local agencies have been involved. neighbors are stunned. >> it's sad 'cause solebury new hope is a beautiful little town and, you know, you hear t

this confession, and as i mentioned before, the work is not done for these investigators here in solebury township. reporting live i'mal sand that hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stepmother of the one of the missing men mark sturgis took to social media thanking friend, family for their support. roseann potash said this was a act of pure evil, all we can do is continue to pray, and hope that these boys are found , she went on to write, hopefully the system will not fail and we can get justice for our boys and their families. >>> be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" as this case continues to unfold as if there are any new developments we will have them for you here on tv and also at cbs philly .com. >>> now our other top story a dual threat tonight weather-wise, tornado warning just expired in much of the region, and meteorologist lauren casey joins us now from the weather center with a look at temperatures and radar and what is going on, lauren. >> it hads been a very active last few hours, severe thunderstorm watch does remain for large portion of the delaware valley until 9:00 o

solebury citizenship. the local police and fbi are searching for four men and using heavy equipment to find sista sistani -- to cad ever dogs to help them. the entire area is focused like a laser on bucks county. to this moment law enforcement is frustrated in its efforts to uncover the whereabouts of four men missing lines last week. we have walter perez and bob brooks at the location. walter what is going on there today? >> reporter: little in the way of new information at this point but abc news is reporting that it ways ping from a cell phone owned by one of the missing men last week that led them to this part of bucks county and then found a vehicle belonging to mark sturges and here we are. people that know the young men are holding on to hope. >> brenda is a bartender at the kindle wick where jimmy patrick works as a runner. he keeps to himself. >> he was on the shy side but you get conversation and a smile. >> and is the center of conversation at the candle wick. >> everybody is talking about it an

action news reporter trish hartman is live in solebury township tonight. dann cuellar is in ben salem where the farm owners have other property. trish, start with you. the search called for the night. what kind of night has this been there? >> reporter: well, like you said, jim, detectives are done for the night. it was a long and tiring day. and they will be back first thing tomorrow. they have been focusing on a property just down the road from here. and it is owned by the denardo family. as chopper 6 flew over one of the search sites, detectiveses could be seen near a barn on a rural property on lower york road. earlier in the day investigators were seen searching through rubble. a front end shovels and metal detectors looked for clues. neighbors watched waiting for news. >> it's sad. it's a beautiful little town and you hear this all the time. never thought something like this happen here. >> reporter: the property is owned by sandra denardo according to records and the focus of the exhaustive search. 19-year-old dean of middletown, 19-year-old jimmy p

. >> "action news" reporter walter perez is live in solebury township tonight with the latest on the investigation. walter. >> reporter: hey, guys, you know, as the search continues for these four missing young men, investigators have a a lot of other information they're working to confirm at this hour, for example, what is the link that connects these four young men. right now authorities are pulling cell phone records and credit card usage over the past week as the all-out manhunt continues. bucks county d.a. matt weintraub says make no mistake, they're pulling out all the stops for this investigation. >> amazed and impressed at the amount of manpower that has been dedicated to this and it's really -- we're going to solve this because of all the resources that we're putting together. >> reporter: a team from several law enforcement agencies including the fbi are scouring several locations across bucks county including this property in bensalem and this field in solebury just miles from the spot where authorities found the vehicle belonging to one of the missing men. investigators a

. >> pamela osborne live there in solebury township. sources tell us dinardo told police where to find the fourth body. tell us more about that. >> reporter: that's right. there are four missing people. according to sources, the remains of three people were found inside of that common grave that's already being processed by investigators. as you said, dinardo who confessed to participating in the killings pointed investigators to the location of a fourth body. in that confession, grim details about what led up to the murders. a source close to the investigation told nbc that dinardo shot one man. burned at least two of them. and buried them all on his yard. a neighborhood heard shots on saturday and faint yelling. spoke to another neighbor after dinardo made that confession. >> didn't think that was going to happen. that's insane. >> reporter: and despite yesterday's heavy rain, investigators pushed forward. processing the scene and collecting evidence from the 90 acre farm. as we've been telling you, a source close to the investigation

we are live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to you. >>> well, we know at lee one connection between cosmo dinardo and one of the missing men they both attended the same high school. >> "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao is live at holy ghost prep with this part of the story, good morning, jan. >> reporter: well, rahel and jim, good morning, we spoke to the friends of the 19 year-old jimi patrick a 2016 graduate of holy ghost here in bensalem he just finished up his freshman year at loyala university in baltimore this morning, despite overnight developments, his friends are still holding out hope and praying for his safe return. take a look at the video. this is who we're talking about. jimi patrick from newtown township. he and cosmo dinardo are listed as friends on facebook. on line record indicate that dinardo and patrick attended holy ghost together but dinardo was year ahead graduate nothing 2015. patrick was first of four men to be reported missing last week, patrick reported miss on wednesday, other three men rep

the bucks county district attorney has announced mitter midnight press conference here in solebury township about a couple miles away from where the intense search sight is right now. we are told there will be a major announcement within the next hour. now, 20-year-old cosmo dinardo the central focus here arrest thed on charges of receiving stolen property, prosecutors say dinardo tried selling a car belonging to one of those missing men, a couple days after he was last scene. now dinardo was arrested for the second time in three days. today he's now being held on $5 million cash bail. now, for the third day federal, local and state investigators were still searching -- sifting through those piles of dirt on the farm owned by the dinardo family. tonight authorities did uncover a major clue. a large piece of evidence that was covered by a tarp was hauled away on flatbed truck with police escort. sources are telling us that that evidence is an underground oil tank that is critical piece of evidence in this case. now, so far prosecutors don't have enough evidence to charge dinardo with the dis

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joining us from solebury township, wrapped up news conference within the last hour watch have you learned? >> reporter: jim, rahel, we know 20 year old bensalem man who was arrested yesterday on gun charges, unrelated, person that has been named a person of interest in this case. that man, cosmo dinardo. what we know about cosmo dinardo, he has history of mental illness, comes according to police. we also know the play where authorities are focusing for the four missing men that property belongs to dinardo's family, the fbi, state police, several police departments here in bucks count have i focused their search on that property here in solebury township for at least two days now. and today, that police presence as you mentioned has increased with 50 cadets being brought in to help with the search, along with the cadets around the clock, forensic units have been seen at the site. search and rescue dogs have also been seen scouring the properties, chopper three has advantage taj point every seeing authorities focus on digging specially near large mounds every concrete on the property. offi

you yesterday, they all disappeared last week, the search for them has been centered on a farm in solebury yesterday, police arrested son of the farm's owner on a unrelated weapons charge. we have a live coverage of it all beginning with lauren johnson this morning. hi there lauren. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. we're expect to go hear more from the district attorney around 11:00 this morning but until then here's what we know so far, four missing men, two teens, two adults all reported missing over the weekend, one of them had in the been seen since last wednesday, other three since last friday, main search point on monday was a massive plot of wooded land covered that is home to a corn field near area own by family of cosmo dinardo who was arrested yesterday on a weapons charge but not charged in any crime relating to the men. that was one of the three locations investigators searched since the group was reported missing another area with the home on aquetong road where one of the men's missing car was found. another home in bensalem also searched, both of those properties also owne

news" reporter nora muchanic spoke with the uncle of one of the victims and she's live tonight in solebury township with that part of the story. nora. >> reporter: rick, monica, i did speak with him and you'll be interested to hear what he says about the accused as you can understand, shock waves continue throughout bucks county tonight as people learn more about the murders and the men accused of committing them. as the harrowing details of the murder of the four young men became public today people are reacting with horror and compassion for the families. >> i have an 18-year-old son, so i am upset, deeply inside for everybody that's involved. >> you're speechless on these things. you just don't know what to say. but it happens all the time and you just shake your head and say, have no reason behind it. >> reporter: with murder charges lodged against dinardo and kratz families of the four men are dealing with the grisly details of the crime. i talked by phone today with craig patrick in seattle.

>>> developing right now, at noon, chopper three live over solebury township bucks county police search for four men who have not been seen or heard from since last week. >>> good afternoon, i'm rahel solomon. >> officials wrapped up news conference short time ago, alicia live in bucks county this noon what we know so far. good afternoon, alicia. >> good afternoon, jim, rahel. authorities did just meet at this media station, to give us a update on these disappearance cents, the district attorney here in bucks county said all of the county resources are being dedicate today returning these men home safely. last week when the four men went missing here in bucks county. those men include two teenagers, spawned this joint police investigation with local and state police from plumbstead to middletown township. the missing men are jimi tar patrick, last seen july 5th, reported missing after he never showed to up work that day. two days later then dean finocchiaro, last reported siting of him was getting into a vehicle in langhorne, also on july 7th, when mark sturgis, and tom meo went missing

for now we're live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim, back to you. >> thanks, trang do. >>> donald trump junior has given his first tv interview since confirming a controversial meeting with russian lawyer. >> lawyer promised damaging information on hillary clinton : as hanna daniels explain the president's sonnies insisting did he nothing wrong. >> i wanted to hear it out but really it went in where. >> reporter: donald trump junior appearing on "fox news" insisting his meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower last year during the election was quote a wasted 20 minutes. a meeting set up because she promised dirt on hillary rodham clinton. >> in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. this is before russia mania. before they were building it up in the press. for me this was opposition research. >> reporter: on twitter trump junior released entire e-mail chain leading up to the meeting, in the initial message music publicist rob goldstone informed him that a russian official had very high level and s

late their night a mobile license plate reader in solebury catches plate of the ford pickup truck driven by cosmo dinardo, seconds late their same device read the plate on meo's car. july 8th he said man got a call from dinardo trying to sell what turned out to be meo 's car. car of mark sturgis is found in peddler's village in buck ham township. that same day police found meo 's koran the family property. meo's diabetic supplies that he realize on are still inside july 10th, construction equip amount lives to dig in the dinardo property, and cosmo dinardo ace rested on a unrelated gun charge. july 11th, the next day, dinardo is named a person of interest and released from jail, after his dad, posted bond. july 12th dinardo ace rested accused of stealing mayo's car , bail is set at five million-dollar, cash only. hours later the d.a. announced investigators found human remains on the dinardo property and identified at least one of those remains as finocchiaro. of course, around 5:00 o'clock last night we have learned dinardo confessed to four murders in exchange for promise that the pros

chopper6 was over the scene on route 202 in solebury township yesterday. federal, state and local law enforcement scoured the property. heavy construction equipment was hauled onto the 90 plus acre property as investigators search for evidence connected to the four missing men. 19-year-old dean finocchiaro of middletown township f-19-year-old jimi patrick of newtown, 22-year-old mark sturgis of pennsburg and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing since last week. investigators haven't commented on how the men are connected but said they do fear foul play. friends of the missing men have arrived to the search site hoping for news. meanwhile launch officials have searched multiple properties and are calling for tips from the public. >> it's not just a single property. we have people combing the entire county. >> it's hard. it's -- we're all -- we're all just shooken up by the whole -- the whole thing. we're all -- we're all scared. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that a ping from one of the missing men's cell phones led them to the property ow

the last night learned they excused a search warrant to a home in solebury township home. good morning, trang? >> reporter: good morning, rahel, jim, at this point it is unclear if any of these cases are connected but family member says two of the men know each other, over night police did confirm that they found the carve one of the missing men but they said they found no evidence that a crime occurred. but take a look at the photos here. police say jimmy from newtown township has not been seen or heard from since 6:00 p.m. wednesday, july 5th. his family says he hasn't shown up for work which is very unusual for him, anyone who has seen him is asked to call bucks county police dis part of the also reported 18 year old dean from langhorne, police say the family rather says dean last seen this past friday july 7 getting into a vehicle on hampton drive around 6:30 p.m. anyone information on his whereabouts, is asked to call middletown township police. meanwhile, two other men from bucks county also reported missing, police are searching for 22 year old mark surge gist, 21 y

presence around several properties all throughout bucks county from bensalem to where we're at in solebury township and they say is there a connection between all of the properties. four young men including two teens in bucks county went missing last week, all within days of each other. now the search for them has centered in solebury township, at this home, chopper three over home of the fbi has now been brought into help with this investigation. >> we're not exactly sure what we will find there, but we will pretty confident that the investigation is proceeding report report search, rescue dogs were out along the path this afternoon, but later backhoe where is brought in for digging. police presence was seen searching a home in bensalem and business, all of the properties belong to a bernard o family from bensalem. >> we have reason to believe that there might be fruitful information that might be gain , bye cannot say specifically. >> reporter: there has been i flurry of police activity connected to this investigation, authorities are tight-lipped and cautious with what they revealed. d.

police from several local towns are focus can go on a property in solebury township. >> nbc 10 pamela osborne live to explain. >> reporter: since i saw you last, i called solebury police to see if i can get an update. no one answered the phone, but likely said we're waiting to find out more on what's going on: been here since this morning. seen a police creuiser driving around in the area of where they were focusing their search last night. investigating with the help of several local departments. looking for four missing men. this is video from last night's search that i mentioned. took place in the area of route 202 and meeting house road. investigators were searching for these men. jimmy went missing on wednesday. from newtown. he hasn't contacted friend or family. they say is unusual. then there's 18-year-old dean of language horn. he was last seen getting in a car around 6:30 friday night. haven't released the identity of other two missing men, but family members did identify them as mark stur apologies and tom. last saw his son leaving their home around 6:00ed on friday night to

reporting live in solebury township. pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> nbc 10 is workingaround the clock to bring you new developments in this case. >>> 6:35. the top stories that we're following today. president trump is celebrating bastille day in paris. this morning, he attended ceremonies. also marking the 100th anniversary of the united states entering world war one. that followed this dinner last night with the french president and wife at a restaurant atop the eiffel tower. meal capped off a day that included meetings, joint news conference and a tour of the city. >>> meanwhile, senate republicans face a crucial battle for vote been their own party after coming out with latest health care bill. in effort to win over moderates, new bill includes $45 billion to fight the opioid epidemic. 70 billion to stalkize insurance markets and help lower income americans pay for care. new bill also keeps some of obamacare's taxes on wealthy americans. does not restore any of the deep medicaid cuts. two gop senators have already s

but for now we are live from solebury township i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim, back to you. >>> well, authorities continue to search for missing men in bucks county we now have more information on the man police named a person of interest. police are calling cosmo dinardo their only person of interest in the case. dinardo was released on 10 percent of one million-dollar bail, he was held on firearms charge unrelated to the case. dinardo's friend who asked to remain anonymous say i will tell you he was normal up until last year in the quad accident and hit his head and strappedded for a day or so with the brain blued bleed and had frontal lobe damage. "eyewitness news" also talked to the friend of the missing men. >> we know dean, we don't know who was involve. >> it is really shocking, i grew up with the kid, he lived right in my neighborhood. it is crazy. >> that is another thing that doesn't make any sense, we don't necessity any of the other guys, dean hung out with kind of guys. >> we know dinardo did not return to his bensalem home, after he