because the funeral for tom meo is key, because tom meo's friends, family, all know it was tom meo'sly started the investigation, and then really shocked everybody, the most. first of all, here was warning sign number one, put on line, by the accused killer himself, a bloody, beaten, selfie, that he posted, weeks before the killings, after a fight at the strip club. you can see, he write right over his face in his own words, who ever jumped me is a dead man. meanwhile, last night here, as friends and family gathered, still in disbelief, the line so long, that many had to wait for a long time just to get into the air-conditioning and funeral home. because so many friends and family of tom meo showed up to pay respects. and among them here his girlfriends, who put together just a wonderful video of many of the pictures that the two of them shared and when you see the smiles on tom meo you can understanded why everybody loved him so much. you see, just a bub bridge personality come through in all of these pictures. >> i saw him one time, this guy is a little bit, oh, he is a little off.

. >> reporter: bucks county district attorney announced sean krats and tom meo tom meo have been charged with the multiple homicide for the deaths of these mean. dean finocchiaro, tom meo tom mk sturgis and jimi tar patrick have been positively identified. >> reporter: says the men were killed by 20-year-old dinardo and 20-year-old sean krats after they lured the men on to the farmo with drugs deals. >> there was an attempt to burn the bodies to obliterate them but i don't think it was successful. >> reporter: patrick was the first to go missing to a remote area on the property and was shot and killed with a.# 2 caliber rifle. two days later authorities say dinardo and kratz shot and killed three other men. >> we found three other young men deep in the ground in an old oil tank converted into a cooker 12.5 feet down. >> reporter: photos of the men brandishing a gun first reported by philly.com. >> are you still looking for the suspects? >> i'm satisfied at this time that based on the evidence that we have, we have the two men locked up that need to be brought to justice. >> reporter: the

, and then tom meo's girlfriends put this lovely facebook video tribute together, with a lot of the pictures she had of her and him together, and you look at him and you look at the smile and you can understand how his face jumps off the photos, and you can see what kind of guy everybody described him as, always happy, always in a good mood, and never really having a trouble with anybody. and that is what is so confusing about this, about how he met his end, and the most grizzly ends of all for a shot in the back, laid on the ground screaming, and when his friends, paul sturgis, mark sturgis ran away, coast mow dinardo turned his attention and his gun on sturgis, and emptied the gun. so, he had no bullets left to kill meo, so he had to start up a back hoe and run over tom meo he confess today authorities. >> 's good kid, always a good kid. i just seen him a month ago. and he stopped at wawa and he said oh, i just wanted to apologize for being such a rough kid. i said you aren't a rough kid at all. he was always a good kid. so, i mean, just, you know, good memories, nothing but good

mark sturgis of penns burger and 21-year-old tom meo of plumstead have been missing.mo dinardo has remained a person of interest in this case. after posting bail for a perceives weapons charge, yesterday -- previous weapons charge, yesterday, cosmo dinardo was arrested again for trying to sell tom meo's car. prosecutors sought and secured a five million cash bail for cosmo dinardo. >> it is my hope that he does not post that. that's his prerogative, we'll start looking seriously at the homicide charge and in fact we already have. >> reporter: and through their attorney his parents issued this statement -- we expect an update from the district at 11:00 a.m., we'll bring you any developments as they come in. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." before the news broke that one of the missing men have been found, friends of jimmy patrick gathered to pray at loyola university students gathered at jesuit school chapel. >> we draw our hope from our spiritual prayer. jimmy patrick's family that's what they asked of us when they notified us he was missing. please pray for u

. >> so many swift moving developments, thanks, steve. >>> family member of the one of the victim tom meo speaking out about this tragedy. meo's uncle lives in kansas city, missouri and sat down with our sister station to share his thoughts about thomas and says it is just so hard for the family. >> it is tough, i think anybody who has been through a tragedy like this could imagine. it is really tough. >> they say tom was a good kid who liked to help people work on their homes. >>> there has been so much twists and turns in this case but it was time line of events that helped investigators piece this case together. the first to go missing 19 year-old jimi patrick when he does not show up to work. very next day july 6th is the last day anyone sees dean finocchiaro alive, july 7th mark sturgis tells his dad that he is going to meet his friend and co-worker tom meo, last day either of them are seen or heard from. late their night a mobile license plate reader in solebury catches the plate of the ford pickup truck driven by cosmo dinardo, second late their same device read plate on meo's car.

. >> reporter: dean finocchiaro, jimmy patrick of newtown, 22 mark sturgis of pennsberg and tom meo of plumstead has been missing since last week. 20-year-old cosmo denardo is a a person of interest in the case after posting bail for a previous weapons charge, denardo was arrested for trying to sell tom meo's car for $500. the car was recovered at a garage owned by denardo's family. prosecutors sought and secured a 5 million-dollar cash bail for denardo. >> it is my hope he does not post-it. that's his prerogative, of course, if he can post-it. but we'll look at the homicide charges and in fact we already have. >> reporter: through their attorney denardo's parents issued this statement, as parents mr. and mrs. denardo sympathize with the parents of the young men and they are cooperating in every way with law enforcement. we're live in doylestown, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> before the news broke that one of the missing men was found, friends of jimmy patrick gathered to pray at loyola university, 50 students had candles at at the jesuit school. >> we draw our hope and c

he said he was with tom meo at the time. the d.a. confirmed the four males know each other. >> we have information that they know each other. >> reporter: it's all hands on deck to find them, but could not confirm all four are alive. >> i can't say we hope and pray they are, but we need to go with the investigation leads us. >> regardless of what happens today, the d.a. said they will be back in this spot at 3:30 p.m. with an update to the media, we'll bring that to you live. reporting in solbury township, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. our coverage of the story continues on the 6abc app we'll alert you to any new developments in this case as this investigation continues to unfold. >> turning to other news now, police are investigating an shooting at an apartment complex in chester county. the gunfire was reported at a complex on gable avenue in downingtown. it is unclear if anyone was hurt. authorities responded to a second location on the 100 block of brandywine avenue. police have not said if the incidents are c

july 7th mark sturgis tells his dad he will meet his friend and co-worker tom meo. last day either of them are seen or heard from. 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

. >> reporter: jimmy patrick of newtown and mark sturgis and tom meo have been missing since last week. after posting bail for a previous weapons charge denardo was arrested trying to sell tom meo's car for are $500. the car was recovered by police say grarnlg owned by the family. >> it is my host that he does not post bail, we're going to start looking seriously at the homicide charges and in fact we have. >> and through their attorney his parents issued this statement, as parents mr. and mrs. denardo sympathize with the parents of the missing young men and cooperating in every way possible with the investigation being conducted by law enforce. the investigation is underway and we'll keep you updated on any developments. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" talked to a neighbor who lives close to the property being searched. assessed she and her husband were in the pool on saturday afternoon when she heard a series of gunshots. >> i looked at my husband keith and i said is that fireworks, because 4thle of july is passed. >> he said, no, no, that was a shot gun. th

police arrested dinardo gannon wednesday accused of stealing and trying to sell the car of tom meo one of the missing men police found the koran the dinardo family property with the title and meo's diabetic kit inside a kit his family says he needed to stay alive. >> we will see this investigation until the end and we will bring each and everyone of these who boys home to their families one way or the other. >> reporter: investigators will be back out on that property for the fifth day to day, carefully combing through evidence, so as not to damage any of that evidence, meanwhile, dinardo is in jail on five million-dollar bail, he will to have post that full amount in order to be freed. but for now live, in solebury township trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim back to you. >>> we will continue to follow this story, stay with "eyewitness news" for latest developments in the search both on air and on line at cbs philly.com. >>> time is 5:36. in business news next step toward a world without cash. >> see, and how much gas you use just looking for a parking spot money watch

two days later, tom meo, mark sturgis and dean finocchiaro vanished. they worked to together at the construction business. nicholas is friends with both meo and sturgis. he never heard him mention dinardo's name. >> we hope they're ok and nothing bad happened. >> reporter: investigators have been tight lipped about this investigation since the beginning. we have not learned much about exactly what was uncovered or recovered there at this 90 acre property. once again, the breaking news, the district attorney here in bucks county expected to hold a press conference in about 55 minutes, live in bucks county, greg argos cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you, greg, we will get back. >>> the person of interest in the missing men case was arrested once again today and tonight, he is behind bars, alexandria hoff joins us with the new legal developments surrounding cosmo dinardo. alex? >> reporter: ukee, you said it right there. he has been deemed a person of interest. not a suspect throughout this investigation. but earlier it was made clear that authorities wer

police arrested him gannon wednesday, he is accused of stealing and trying to sell the car of tom meo one of the missing men. police found the koran dinardo family property, with the title and meo's diabetic kit inside which his family says he needed to stay alive. d.a. says he will pursue homicide charges in this case, meanwhile dinardo is being held on five million-dollar bail on those theft charges. he will to have post full amount in order to be freed. 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

cosmo dinardo meets up with tom meo and mark sturgis. he shoots tom meo in the back and mark sturgis runs away. he runs him over with a backhoe. the next day the men return to bury the tank 1 feet -- 12 feet under ground using a backhoe. one thing, they may have never have found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him. >> reporter: weintraub said the victim's family showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring the victims home. >> i hope i am never in their shoes, but if i ever with, i hopic -- hope i can handle it with the strength and dignity. >>> in exchange for cosmo dinardo's confession he was spared the death penalty. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" as learned that sean kratz was already in trouble before his arrested. he was twice arrested for break ins in june 2015 and february of 2017. later that night he was taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder and related offenses. >>> the community is invited to a vigil of healing to remember

police arrested dinardo gannon wednesday, he is accused of stealing and trying to sell the car of tom meo, one of the missing men. police found the koran dinardo family property with the title and meo's diabetic kit inside a kit his family said he needed to stay alive. d.a. says he will pursue homicide charges in this case. in the meantime dinardo is being held on five million-dollar bail on those theft charges. we are told he would have to post that full amount, in order to be freed. 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 w

two days later, tom meo, mark sturgis and dean finocchiaro vanished. y worked to together at the construction business. nicholas is friends with both meo and sturgis. he never heard him mention dinardo's name. >> we hope they're ok and nothing bad happened. >> reporter: investigators have been tight lipped about this investigation since the beginning. we have not learned much about exactly what was uncovered or recovered there at this 90 acre property. once again, the breaking news, the district attorney here in bucks county expected to hold a press conference in about 55 minutes, live in bucks county, greg argos cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> thank you, greg, we will get back. >>> the person of interest in the missing men case was arrested once again today and tonight, he is behind bars, alexandria hoff joins us with the new legal developments surrounding cosmo dinardo. alex? >> reporter: ukee, you said it right there. he has been deemed a person of interest. not a suspect throughout this investigation. but earlier it was made clear that authorities were n

. >> reporter: they are dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and tom meo.xchange for deal with cosmo dinardo who investigators say confessed to the murders the fourth victim jimi patrick's body also found. >> we'd still be looking for jimi patrick had we not made this agreement. >> reporter: investigators say in a confession thursday by cosmo dinardo on july 5th he and jimmy patrick went to the corn field where he shot patrick after a marijuana deal went bad. and buried him a 6-foot deep grave. dinardo also says at the same corn fold sean kratz who he refers to as his cousin shoots dean finocchiaro. dinardo fires at him while he's on the ground. kratz says he never shotl shotl. on july 7 the other two meet denard go and go to the field. dinardo told him he dug 12-foot common grave with his dad's backhoe three bodies in large. he drove over mayor with the tractor and tried to burn the three bodies. investigators say all the murders are linked to marijuana deals. dawn, another note a community vigil will be held here at the garden of reflection to promote hea

of the men who went missing last week were eventually found on the solebury property, and dean and tom meo were found in the deep grave more than 12 feet underground. what dinardo calls a pig roast on his parent's farm. mayo's body had been run over by a backhoe before it was buried. authorities found jimmy patrick's body still in the property at top of the hill that authorities described to be somewhat like a mountain. now again, both dinardo and sean kratz have been charged with criminal homicide, robbery, and abuse of corpse, a mcother charges. they both have preliminary hearing at the district magistrate's office at the end of this month. for now reporting live from doyletown alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you. >>> we will of course continue to track any development in the, murder case stay on top of things here on "eyewitness news" and on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> well, powerful storm continues to roll rel through area again more storms second straight day of severe weather lets get to meteorologist lauren casey tracking things for you, lauren. >> i've g

other men from bucks county also reported missing, they're 22 year old mark sturgis, and 21 year old tom meo. the pair last seen together friday night in the doylestown area. sturgis' father told "eyewitness news" that the two men are friends, so there was possible break in the case that led police to search home on acqua tongue home solebury township 7:00 p.m., but it is unclear what brought investigators to that house, and if they found any clues there. let's take a look again at their photos, one more time, missing men are jimmy tar patrick, dean, marge stir gist, tom meo. bucks county district attorney offers, and several police departments are combining efforts to ensure these men come home safely. but for now, live in solebury township, trang do, cbs-3, "eyewitness news," rahel, jim, back to you. >> let's hope they do, trang, thank you. >> also new this morning, pedestrian is badly injured after being hit by a car this camden county. the crash happened before 12:30, 2,000 block of egg harbor road in lindenwald. the driver did stay at the scene. still, waiting for update on the victim's

two days later tom meo, mark okurgis, and dean finocchiaro also vanished. s and meo worked together. nicholas salgaro is friends with both. he never heard them mention dinardo's name. >> i hope that they're okay. >> reporter: walter marcinowski is a friend of jimi patrick. >> we're scared. we want to know something. ne reporter: dinardo was arraigned in court this afternoon and is being held at the buck's county jail tonight. anthony, his bond has been set at $5 million cash. >> mason: demarco morgan, thank you, demarco. coming up, a trillion ton iceberg breaks off antarctica. why scientists are not alarmed. trillion ton iceberg breaks off antarctica. why scientists are not alarmed. actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even higher. you didn't know that. no. yeah. but, wait, there's good news for adults who have type 2 diabetes and heart disease. jardiance is the only type 2 diabetes pill with a lifesaving cardiovascular benefit.

and as we go to some pictures of tom meo, these smiling, happy times, that tom meo's girlfriends, family and friend, are remembering most, not the sad or awful grizzly details of his horrible killing, authority learn, of last week, from the man who confessed, and said he shot tom meo cowardly in the back, and as he fell screaming, he then went after meo's best friend mark sturgis who ran away running for his life or at least trying to, then got shot and the confessed killer said he ran out of ammunition at sturgis, had to use a back hoe to run over tom meo to kill him. best friends in life, now best friends in death. because tom and mark sturgis services are on the same day, so once the crowd is done with the morning services for tom meo here in northeast philly, they will gay not too far away, after dinnertime, in bensalem tonight where the mark sturgis memorial is at 7:00 to 9:00 at another funeral home. another sad day for all of the families involved in this. and it doesn't ends today either. we've got two more funerals friday and saturday for the last two victims, guys? >> all right

he now stand accused of taking nissan maxima of 21 year-old tom meo, last seen july 7th and reported missing july 8th, july 9th according to court documents dinardo went to the friend and quote offered to sell him an older model nissan maxima for $500. when police found the car belong to go dinardo's family a subsequent search of the revealed thomas meo diabetic supplies. his family said he quote would not leave them behind. >> meo's title is still in there, car still registered to meo with the tight toll meo, and it is unsigned as though never having been transferred and meo's life saving life necessitating diabetic kitties still in that vehicle. >> reporter: prosecutors argued in part for such a high bail because they say dinardo has a documented history of skits friend y dinardo attorneys argued that the prosecutor's office was upset that he was able to post bail on the unrelated weapons charges, yesterday, and the judge tend todd agree with the prosecutor's office set ago this five million-dollar cash bail. live from doyletown, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> our t

yesterday he was arrested on charges that he tried to sell the car of tom meo for $500 a day after he went missing. last night law enforcement officials made the grim discovery, uncovering the mass gave with multiple human remains in a 12.5 foot deep hole. buck's county d.a. matt weintraub. >> this is a homicide. make no mistake about it. we just don't know how many homicides. >> reporter: police have identified the remains of one of the missing four men, 19-year-old dean finocchiaro. officials haven't confirmed whether the other remains match jimi patrick, tom meo, and mark sturgis, who are still missing. the mother of mark sturgis, whose son is among the missing, wrote on facebook, "this was an act of pure evil. all we can do is continue to pray for our loved ones." investigators have not released a motive for the crime at this time. anthony? >> mason: demarco morgan with some very sad news from pennsylvania. thanks, demarco. president trump is in paris tonight, but the controversy over his son's meeting with a russian lawyer followed him. there here's mark phillips. >> reporter: if

. >> reporter: dean finocchiaro, tom meo, mark sturgis, and jimi patrick had been missing for over a week. authorities laying out a twisted timeline of events. they say on july 5th, jimi patrick went to dinardo's property to buy marijuana. they walked to a remote part of the sprawling farm and dinardo murdered patrick with a .22 caliber rifle, burying him in a six-foot hole. two days later, they say, dinardo meets dean finocchiaro on the property for another pot deal. this time, bringing along sean kratz, they walk to this barn where kratz shoots finocchiaro in the head. later that day they say dinardo and kratz meet tom meo and mark sturgis at the property, shooting them both in the back. firing at sturgis as he tries to flee. a neighbor hears the gunfire. >> it was literally almost like somebody was hunting people down in the woods. like chasing them, and was really trying to fire enough shots to hit them. >> reporter: prosecutors say they tried to burn the bodies in a large metal tank, ultimately burying them in that 12-foot grave. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: dinardo, who has a his

. >> reporter: they are dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and tom meo. exchange for deal with cosmo dinardo who investigator say confessed to the murders fourth victim jimi patrick's body also found. >> we'd still be looking for jimi patrick had we not made this agreement. i rode there in car on the same site as the other three men were found. it was so far away that i started getting stick my stomach on the ride. >> reporter: the details of what happened to these 19 and 20-year-old bucks county boys are sickening. investigators say in a confession thursday by cosmo dinardo on july 5th and he jimi patrick went to the corn field where he shot patrick after a marijuana deal went bad. and buried him in 6-foot deep grave. dinardo also says at the same corn field sean kratz he refers to as his cousin since dean finocchiaro. denardo fires at him while he's on the ground. kratz says never shot the vict victim. on july 7th mark sturgis and thomas mayo went up to dinardo and go to field where he shot meo in the back and sturgis as he tried to run. investigators s

in addition in addition shoots tom meo in the back and starts screaming. mark sturgis runs away. he shots him in the back. he put all three bodies in the oil tank called a pig roaster. they may have not have ever found jimi patrick's remains had they not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him. >> reporter: wine -- weintraub said the family showed strength as they hoped to bring their loved ones home. >> i hope i'm never in through their shoes, if i am, i hope i can handle it with the strength and dignity they did. >> reporter: cosmo dinardo was spared the death penalty for his confession. >> sean kratz was due in court next week on outstanding burglary charges in philadelphia. kratz had twice been arrested for break-ins in june. 2016 and february of 2017. he was in court early thursday for the february case. later that night he was taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder 'related offenses. 6abc app has details of the tragic case. there you will finds video of the news conference. we posted court documents from the case. >>> 9:05 a.m., a birthday

officials haven't confirmed whether the other remains match jimi patrick, tom meo, and mark sturgis, who are still missing. the mother of mark sturgis, whose son is among the missing, wrote on facebook, "this was an act of pure evil. all we can do is continue to pray for our loved ones." investigators have not released a motive for the crime at this time. anthony? >> mason: demarco morgan with some very sad news from pennsylvania. thanks, demarco. president trump is in paris tonight, but the controversy over his son's meeting wita russian lawyer followed him. there here's mark phillips. >> reporter: if this paris visit was supposed to be an easy little sightseeing getaway for president trump, he brought along a lot of baggage. >> as far as my son is concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. >> reporter: the controversial meeting during the election campaign between donald trump, jr., and a russian lawyer said to be offering dirt on hillary clinton hung over this visit like a cloud. but the president was sticking to his story, that it was all part of the nasty game of politics. >> i

shell in the disappearances of 19-year-old dean finocchiaro, 22-year-old mark sturgis, 21-year-old tom meo and 19-year-old jimi tar patrick. 20-year-old cosmo dinardo the person of interest confessed to the missing men's murders and his admission is buzzing through communities like wildfire. >> the community i've heard a lot of people interested and shocked this could happen in our little sleepy community. i'm not i do not subscribe to that. like things happen everywhere. >> i just hope it never happens again, never. >> reporter: for days many have been glued to details of this case following each development and waiting on that next update. midnight thursday investigators confirmed the body of 19-year-old dean finocchiaro was discovered in a grave with other human remains on a property owned by dinardo's family, most people we talked to say they were not surprised by his confession. >> it was just sort of like the next logical piece to the story for me so i'm not in any way like shocked by this. >> reporter: the murder mystery is finally solved but this crime has disrupted a community. as

dean finocchiaro, tom meo and margin sturgis, two days later. all men shot and buried on a family farm in solebury township. it took dinardo's confession to find the remains. >> i'm going to estimate it was between a quarter and a half a mile. it was described to us as being on up on top of a mountain. and we found him. we found him where we were told we were going to find him and i don't know if we would have ever. >> and finally, why. >> i'm not sure we can answer that question. >> we may never know what led from alleged drug dealing to four murders. but investigators hope the victims' families have all the answers they need. >> we brought four young men one step closer to their loved ones, and so that they can rest in peace. >> so with all these questions answered, what happens next? >> despite cosmos dinardo's confession, both suspects still have to go through several court proceedings, and that began today at the bucks county courthouse. the judge denied bail for both suspects, and ordered they be kept in different jails, because dinardo co

police arrested dinardo gannon wednesday, he is accused of stealing and trying to sell car of tom meo one of the missing men. police found koran dinardo family property with the title and meo's diabetic kit inside a kit his family says he needed to stay live. >> we will see this investigation to the end, and we will bring each and everyone of these who boys home to their families, one way or another. >> dinardo is being held on five million-dollar on those theft charges and will to have powe that entire amount in order to be freed no other charges have been yet filed. 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 p

tom meo will be laid to rest in northeast philadelphia. memorial gathering will be held for mark sturgis in bensalem. cosmo dinardo confessed to killing mark sturgis and tom meo and two other young men on the family property in solbury township. >>> president trump has a golf course in bedminster, somerset county. the weekend trips have been costly. the designation will free up $41 million to cover the police protection. >>> supermarkets make shoppers buy more on the shopping list want to sell the groceries right to your door. maribel in atlanta with our market watch report. >> reporter: wegmans is getting into the home dislfer business in philadelphia -- delivery business in philadelphia. wegmans will use insta cart in delaware, new jersey and bucks county. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 closed at record highs. we have weekly reports on jobless claims. stay cool today. it's a scorcher everywhere. >> seems like it. everywhere you go around here. >> reporter: especially philadelphia and southwest tend to be areas that are heating up. that's go

he meets up with tom meo and mark sturgis. the car was left at his parents property and they head to the farm where kratz is working. he shoots him in the back and falls to the ground screaming. he is shot as he runs away. cosmo dinardo runs him over with a backhoe. all three were put in a pig roaster and buried under ground. the motive for this? >> i'm not sure we can answer that question. >> reporter: one thing they are certain of they would have never found jimi patrick's remains if they had not made the plea deal with cosmo dinardo. >> we found him i don't know that we would have ever. >> reporter: weintraub said the victims' families showed tremendous strength as they worked to bring their loved one homes. >> i hope i'm never in their shoes, if i were i hope ink handle -- i can handle it with the courage and dignity. >>> in change of cosmo dinardo's confession away spared the death penalty. in new hope, bucks county, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> "action news" learned that sean kratz was already in trouble with

mark sturgis of penns,b up -- pennsberg and tom meo have been missing for the past week.ach of the victims separately after selling them marijuana feeling cheated or threatened by the transaction and burned the bodies at his family farm. the person said three of the bodies were burned inside a drum adding a coconspirator was involved in three of the deaths. the district attorney said the families are holding up remarkably well. >> we're grateful for their trust in us. it's keeps us strong and keeps us going. >> reporter: cosmo dinardo is being held here in doylestown on 5 million-dollar bail from a previous charge. the district attorney has not announced formal murder charges in the case. he has a press conference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and we hope to hear then. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a veteran former fbi agent said cosmo dinardo's confession will aid investigators to find the clues in the case. >> he will tell them how did e kill them, where did he kill them. these are things they would have to put together like are a jigsaw puzzle from the forensi

-year-old mark sturgis left his home friday night telling his father he was going to meet up with tom meo. his car was found two days later. his stepmother says his family do great things in his honor. 21-year-old tom meo worked for a construction company. his car was found inside a garage on the delawainardo fami proper along with the insulin pump he used to manage his diabetes. a vigil will be tonight in newtown. it's scheduled to begin the at 7:30. >>> jimmy patrick finished his first year in maryland. he attended holy ghost preparatory high school. he graduated a year after cosmo dinardo. we have posted these stories on our website at nbc10.com. and also on our free nbc 10 app. we'll update you on any new information around the clock. >>> let's take a live look at the radar. this is what our team of meteorologists is using to track severe storms that are moving across our region tonight. a live look from our nbc camera at lynn cob financial field. the skies are dark, the turbine is not moving. you said erika martin is tracking the storl oos path. let's dpet tammie souza in here who ha

dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis of pennsburg, 21-year-old tom meo and jimi tar patrick have been missing the district attorney does believe foul play is involved. investigators have been looking at different properties saying they're chasing hot leads but there are a lot of questions we don't know the answer to including how and if these men know each other. the district attorney has been in touch with their families. >> have spoken to all of the families of the four young men. they're very prayerful. they're very anxious, they're fearful but they maintain hope and i think that that is the position they want to stay in at this point. >> reporter: police have searched several properties belonging to the dinardo family including this home in bensalem. cosmo dinardo was taken into custody charged with illegal possession of a firearm. according to court documents in february dinardo was found with a shotgun and ammunition despite a history of mental illness that includes an involuntary commitment. he's being held on 10 percent of $1 million bail and has not been called a suspect in this case

and coincidentally, tom meo's best friend, mark sturgis being laid to rest later tonight at bensalemome for a memorial service from 7:00 to 9:00. as these two best friends always together, in life, killed together, last week, and now soon to be remembered and laid to rest together on the same day today. alex, mike? >> all right, steve. 6:40 now on this thursday. >> president donald trump with some harsh words for top justice department officials. >> oh, man. he rips a bunch of people, the new york times, the new york times, not sure when this interview was done, but jeff sessions should never lee cues himself from overseeing the russian investigation, that's what president trump says. calling the move unfair to the president. so president trump talking third person there. president trump said he would have chosen somebody else for the job had he known he was going to recuse himself, jeff sessions. meanwhile donald trump, jr., jared kushner, and paul manafort, have been called to testify before the senate judiciary committee involving the russian meddling investigation. that should ha

and then on wednesday, cosmo dinardo is arrested for trying to sell tom meo's car. and let's go to yesterday. cosmo dinardo confesses to taking part in all four ki killings. in exchange prosecutors will not seek the death penalty. and thursday police searched the philadelphia home of shawn cats. fast forward to friday when police search a home linked to hill in upper dublin. and hours later we know police announced the murder charges. you can find this time line and the latest developments on our website at nbc10.com. >> this is making headlines across the country. today the district attorney says it's important to remember what this investigation was really about. >> we're not here to make moral judgment. we're here to accomplish two goals and that's to bring these young ben men home to their loved ones. and we're here to seek justice for them. >> the da thanked the many local and national agencies that spent b the last week helping in the search. friends and family will gatter in a few hours to remember tom meo. he vanished a week ago today. a vigil will be held i

he was arrested for trying to sell tom meo's car to a mend for $500. the car was recovered at a garage that was owned by genardo. prosecutors sought a 5 million-dollar cash bail for him who has been a person of interest in the case. there were additional human remains found in the grave, so the d.a. the pains taking process will go on. >> we'll bring each and every one of these lost boys home to their families, one way or another. we will not rest until we do that. >> through their attorney, denardo this statement, as parents we sympathize with the parents of the missing young men and cooperating in every way possible with the investigation being conducted by law enforce him. this is a fast-moving story we'll bring you updates as we get them. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> a vigil was held at loyola university in maryland for jimmy patrick, fellow students gathered at the chapel for the vigil. >> we draw our hope and cold front from our spiritual prayer and jimmy patrick's family that's what they asked of us, when they notified us that he

district attorney's office says that carries a 1996 nissan maxima belong to go 21 year-old tom meo last seen by family and friend july 7th reported missing july 8th and dinardo is accused of trying to sell the car which has meo 's diabetic kit still inside july 9th. police say car was recovered in one of the dinardo properties, of course, that is where all of the searching has been happening, on property, owned by the family during last few days. in court d.a.'s office argued that dinardo has a diagnosed history of schizophrenia and he was a flight risk maintaining court community. there are two attorneys arguing from the police station in bensalem said he had no criminal history and d.a.'s office was upset he managed to post bail yesterday on that old weapons charge, but dinardo sat there in a gray tank top giving a one or two word answers when judge asked looking very relaxed. we just got court papers as related to this proceedings and we are go through them line by line and we will have a more complete report showing you everything that is inside this document coming up at 6:00. live

bucks county missing since last week, there you are, dean finocchiaro, jimmy patrick, mark sturgis, tom meo, where are they. there was a heavy police presence what did they find, steve. >> reporter: they found one of the four missing men's cars and they found it right here where you can still see police presence at this property. i will give you a history that goes back to when this country was just 45 years old. let's preface all this by saying they are missing, there is no indication of any foul play or any harm to any of these four. the family and all investigators are out here hoping they are alive and everybody is okay but missing men mystery has detectives from the bucks county district attorney's office, the pennsylvania state police and several local towns even philadelphia working to determine the link between all four vanishing since after the fourth of july 1 of them, and police not have said yet whether any of the four mens phones, bank, credit card have been used since all four were seen but that is something they checked early on this house was last sold in 2006 for $450,000,

later that day, they say dinardo and kratz meet tom meo and mark shooting them both in the back.gunfire. >> it was literally almost like somebody was hunting people down. prosecutors say the pair tried to burn the bodies in a large metal tank but ultimately decided to dig a deep grave using a backhoe to bury them in a 12-foot hole. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: dinardo who has a history of mental illness apologizing to cameras. prosecutors saying he confessed under the promise he wouldn't face the death penalty. as part of that deal, they say dinardo gave them details of what happened, revealing the location of jimi patrick's body which was buried a half mile away from the other three. prosecutors say they still don't have a motive and may never know. both of these men are due back in court on these charges at the end of the month. guys. >> that is just mystifying and horrifying eva. thank you very much. >>> let's check the weather with ro we'll start out west where heat advisories are posted again. here's the whittier fire in santa barbara county. 13,000 acres there, still over 2,0

off the table despite confess to go killing and burning bodies of four young men dean finocchiaro, tom meo, jimi patrick and mark sturgis. remains of finocchiaro has been located in a 12-foot hole in the family farm. according to the source dinardo told prosecutors there are two separate grave sites on the farm which contain all four bodies. at this point we still do not know exact relationship between victims and dinardo. source tells fox 29 a motive may be related to a drug deal and gun. dinardo's attorney addressed reporters yesterday as his client had a quick apology to our news cameras. >> cosmo you admitted to killing four people. anything to say these families >> i'm sorry. >> mr. dinardo confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to his participation, or commission in the murders of the four young men. >> how are the families holding up now would you say. >> as best as you can expect. they are exhibiting great, grace and poise, and i pray i never have to be in this situation but if i ever were, they are really been a model of grace and poise and dignity >> we are expect to go