christopher murray admitted to killing his own wife as she power walked in pennypack park last summer. vernon odom was in the courtroom for the emotional plea and joins us now in center city with all the details. >> reporter: it was emotional in court this morning, christopher murray breaking down as he apologized to his wife's family and his own and his children who are teenagers that are basically now orphans, he entered a guilty plea to the third degree murder of his wife, connie and it took place of course in pennypack park. >> lawyers have worked out a deal with the district attorney that has the 48-year-old murray pleading guilty to murdering his wife and in exchange he will get 40 years in prison. he admits to strangling his

christopher murray admitted to killing his own wife as she power walked in pennypack park last summer. vernon odom was in the courtroom for the emotional plea and joins us now in center city with all the details. >> reporter: it was emotional in court this morning, christopher murray breaking down as he apologized to his wife's family and his own and his children who are teenagers that are basically now orphans, he entered a guilty plea to the third degree murder of his wife, connie and it took place of course in pennypack park. >> lawyers have worked out a deal with the district attorney that has the 48-year-old murray pleading guilty to murdering his wife and in exchange he will get 40 years in prison. he admits to strangling his wife after they confronted each other when she was jogging in pennypack park. >> it was about text messages he received from a female friend murray reported his wife missing, her body was found in the park and he failed a lie detecter test. he remains in the city prison without bail. he is remanded to the state prison and a third degree murder conviction me

connie murray was murdered last august in penny pack park in philadelphia the christopher murray admitted he snapped when his wife was upset when he was texting with another woman n court murray called connie his first and only true love, he faces 20 to 30 years in prison. >>> the the kappa delta row fraternity of penn state university has been suspended for three years' effective today. fraternity has been linked to a secret facebook page containing photographs, of nude and semi nude women university officials a say members had engaged in sexual harassment and hazing, and there was quote a persistent climate of humiliation for several females. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight taxpayer beware, we will tell you about the irs breach that has exposed 100,000 people to identity theft tonight. >>> plus what a fort lauderdale official was saying about the act of nature that sent a bounce house flying with kid inside. >>> and a new study revealed how waiting a few minutes after a baby is born to cut the court how it could lead to benefits years later, cecily. >>> it will be warm tomorr

christopher murray is due in court this morning. police say he confess today killing connie mcclane murray in the park last august, after she went out for a run. prosecutors have offered christopher murray deal that would send him to prison for 20 to 40 years if he pleads guilty to third degree murder. >>> still ahead this morning a scare in the air as several planes are searched after threats. >> fighter jets even scrambled to one of the planes. we'll have the very latest on the security scare. >> and memorial day celebration ends in tragedy. the added danger for the people on that porch after it collapsed. >>> and, a t-shirt scandal. now popular store responds to the backlash over these shirts. >> oh, and it is a steamy start to your day headed back to school, back to work. get ready. katie tracking some rising temperatures when we do traffic and weather together on the 3's. hitting 09 today she thinks. that will be hot. we'll be right >> new this morning, 38 people are killed in china after fire rips through a nursing home. take

the christopher murray of northeast philadelphia is accused of strangling his wife connie and leaving her body in pen i pack park this happened last august. connie murray'sed about i was discovered a few days after christopher murray reported his wife missing. >>> a trial begins today for former philadelphia officer accused, of, instigating physical fights, between teenagers. prosecutors say that meek a gross used her own son and daughter in those fights and in at least one case gross ace accused of throwing punches herself. gross is facing several charges, including endangering the welfare of the child and multiple counts of corruption of a minor. >>> city council is expected to begin hearing testimony on mayor michael nutter's proposed budget. >> big owes issue school funding. the mayor proposing 9 percent property tax increase in hopes of generating 105 million-dollar new dollars. the the democrat's final plan as marries valued at $4 billion. the fiscal year begins july 1st. >>> and there is no better place to be on the fourth of july then right here in philadelphia welcome america

christopher murray could plead guilty. police say that he confessed to killing connie mcclane murray in the park last august, after she went out for a jog. prosecutors have offered christopher murray deal, that would sends him to prison for 20 to 40 years, if he pleads guilty to third degree murder. >> also, a rutgers football player is jailed in florida on felony robbery charge, darian daily 19 year old defensive back. sarasota police say he and another suspect confronted bike sicklies with a gun and demanded monday i daily being held on $150,000 bail. >> vega investigation is underway into at least six telephone threats against commercial airlines. in one instance, usf15 fighter jets escort add air france flight from paris into new york jfk airport. someone claimed there was a chemical weapon aboard the plane. passengers said they did not know what was happening until they landed. >> up on twitter saw it before they even announced anything. so the flight ended. okay now you know. >> investigators found nothing on the pla

connie murray's body was discovered a few days after police say christopher murray reported his wife missing. >>> 6:10. you have to see this video there is a bounce house on this beach but gets blown away, lifted up in the air and there were kids inside. what saved those children. we will show you video when we come back. >>> first day back, after the the holiday, lot of folks like to stay down the beach for an extra day copping right back in the office with sand in your shoes. live look as we go for a fly route 55, not bad at all working your way toward freeway. we will check jam cams and sue is working on the forecast, we will be right back. evacuations are underway for rising what the their is threatening home. severe storm has knock out power to 81,000 people in the houston area national weather service declared a flash flood emergency, heavy rainfall reached 10 inches already. since friday, four people have died, due to the storm. >>> rescue workers are digging through ruble of the tornado that slammed through a in mexican city just across the boarder from texas. at least 13 peo

murray is expected to plead guilty at a pre-trial conference. police say he told investigators that he strangled his wife connie after an argument last august. her body was found in penny pack park the next day. >>> a pretrial hearing is being held today for one of the people who killed a woman. shaun ppoindexter killed fernandez rivera. he shot her outside a philadelphia corner store. they believe he was in on a hit to kill fernandez rivera after she witnessed a murder in 2011. >>> the time is 4:35. the lack of funding for philadelphia schools is one of the hottest topics. today the school board is going to ask city council for money. school officials are urging them to agree with mayor michael nutter's property tax hike. additional investment along with governor wolf's education friendly budget proposal will greatly improve academic performance and school culture. >>> another round of layoff notices is looming for school workers in atlantic city after tonight's board meeting. 75 positions still need to be cut to meet next year's budget. that's

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so christopher murray will now serve 20 to 40 years in jail. the 49-year-old pleaded guilty to third degree murder. he says he loved his wife connie and wishes he could turn back time. >>> a painful get away for a phone robber in north philadelphia. you can see him hanging out nearly a gain knee avenue and jasper streets on may 17th right there. now, moments later another camera shows him on his bike and what he's going to be doing right there flying around the corner until he wipes out. well the woman who's phone he snatched is in hot p suit gives him a few good wax enough to make him ditch away. he got away and got her phone. police are trying to track him down. >> officials with the school district of philadelphia appearing in city council today requesting more funding to sustain philadelphia schools. council president darrell clark had some tough questions for superintendent of schools william hite. clark thinks the district should ask the state for more money. rather than ask the cash strapped city. the city of philadelphia has already giv

murray will spend the next 20 to 40 years in prison. he pleaded guilty to strangling connie murray while she was walking in the park last august. murray cried in court today and apologized to his family. he originally reported his wife missing but later admitted to the crime after failing a police polygraph test. >>> police are searching for a man who is believed to have taken up skirt photos of the shoppers a at a wegmans. the alleged incident happened at wegmans on bethlehem pike in montgomery township back in may on may ninth today police released surveillance photos of the suspect and they say a he ran from the store after woman confronted him and drove out of that parking rot in the minivan. >>> more changes are coming to improved safety along a northeast corridor following deadly train derailment in philadelphia amtrak plans to install video cameras to monitor the engineers of the trains. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hunter is live at 30th street station with the details walt. >> jessica, first of the year every p

a judge sentenced christopher murray to between 20 to 40 years in prison for strangling his wife connie while she was walk walking in penny park last august. murray cried in court today and apologized to his family. he originally reported reported his wife missing but then admit mitted to the crime four days later. philadelphia police are investigating whether the same suspect is responsible for two different assaults on women. latest attack happened monday in point breeze a woman woke up to a suspect standing over her bed at her home on rosewood street. he demanded money and sexual sexually assaulted her. police believe the same suspect may be responsible for an assault nearby on chadwick street in march. >> the individual may be from win that neighbor. >> this is a composite sketch of that suspect. and both cases police say the suspect wore red or orange gloves. >>> police are also looking for a pair of teenagers in a string of robberies that happened near tim pell university. six different times the suspects approached victims with a handgun and demanded cell phones and other valuabl

murray could be sentenced immediately to as much as 40 years behind bars. police say murray told them he snapped during an argument and strangled his wife. 33 found the body of connie murray in pennypack park the next morning. murray has been in jail since august of last year. >>> cleveland has reportedly reached a deal with the u.s. justice department over a pattern of excessive force by its police department. details of the settlement are expected to be released this week. protests erupted yesterday when a white police officer was cleared in the fatal shooting of two unarmed black suspects. the officer insisted he feared for his life and the judge believed him. >> it's 6:47 and a preview of "good morning america" is next. david. >> warm out there today. already heading through the 60's up towards 70 over the next hour or so, so shorts and t's this morning. more of the same this afternoon. we'll have your day planner forecast coming up next. it's going to be a little bit on the sticky side later. >> ♪♪ music: etta james "at last" (plays throughout) ♪

"action news" reporter vernon odom has the story tonight. >> christopher murray age 49 is a convicted wife killer and he plead guilty this morning admitting to strangling his wife connie one night last august in pennypack park they had a dispute over text messages he received from a female friend they had two children ages 17 and 12 and when her body was found his story fell apart. >> it's gut-wrenching to know his daughter was out looking for her mother with him knowing full well what he did. i can't understand it. >> in courtroom 1105, he stood up and was sobbing and said i accept full responsibility for my actions and i never intended this to tap and i'm story. >> the judge immediately sentenced him to the 20 to 40 year sentence for third degree murder. >> he is getting the maximum sentence, he will not see the light of day for the next 20 years, connie murray's family was emotionally drained and they left court without common he will soon leave philadelphia bound for a state penitentiary where he will spend 20 to 40 years behind bars. >>> the son of allentown's police chief is on

so christopher murray will now serve 20 to 40 years in jail. the 49-year-old pleaded guilty to third degree murder. he says he loved his wife connie and wishes he could turn back time. >>> a federal probe in low income day cares in pennsylvania found a long list of health and safety violations including broken glass and in a play area. daycare regulators say they jumped all over 20 providers even before the release of the report by a federal inspector general. among many other things the feds found unsanitary toilet with mold and damaged floors and walls and a bathroom avenue daycare. sharp tree trimming saw stored by a door children walk in and out of. bleach accessible to children and a pool with no fence to keep them back. the inspector general found 17 of the 20 were in violation of state regulation. 17 of the 20. now pennsylvania's department of human services says it forced all of the providers to shape up and do it fast. it has since closed two of the 20. dhs says governor wolf has added more than $13 million to its budget so it can amon

murray admitted to killing his wife, connie he broke down as he apologized to his wife's family and his now teenage daughters. the two got into a confrontation over texts that murray got from a female friend, he strangled his wife and left her in the wood he reported her missing and later failed a lie detector test. >> he made it seem like it was a sexual assault, murder in fact it was he who rearrangered body. >>> early this morning on the 2100 block of tyson avenue in northeast philadelphia, officers arrived just as the men were heading out the front door and the three turned around and took off in the back and so far no aarrests were made and the victim was not seriously hurt. this is new video that could help catch a bicycle riding robber in port richmond the thief wiped out as he swiped a woman's cell phone last week on the 1900 block of allegheny avenue and she was able to catch up and pushed her away and ran south on jasper street. he was wearing a dark green cap and mountain bike with the letters wr on the front. >>> investigators are looking into a dog attack that happened

connie murray's body was discovered a few days after police say christopher murray reported his wife missing. >> yes. >>> city council is expected to begin hearing testimony on mayor michael nutter a's $4 billion budget proposal. biggest stumbling block his plan to fund education in philadelphia marries proposing an, 9 percent property tax increase and hopes of generating 105 million-dollar new dollars, for the struggling school district. the fiscal year begins on july . >> 9 percent. >>> are you ready for this? let's say, 55 years old. >> okay. >> and you have a baby. yeah, a six five-year old woman, from germany, is now a mother and she has a lot of kid to begin with. she made headlines after announcing she was pregnant with quadruplets. she has given birth, three boys, one girl. she is 65. the infants were born at just 26 weeks. their births make the schoolteacher, the oldest mother, of quad troop lets in history. her pregnancy was as a result of the artificial insemination using donated eggs and sperm reportedly, at a fcc requires me to say, mom and babies, are doing just fine. >

christopher murray of northeast philadelphia accused of strangling his wife connie and leaving perfect body in penny pack park this happened last august. the connie murray's body was discovered a few days after police say christopher reported his wife missing. >>> all right. so we all necessity this, philadelphia knows how to throw a party right. >> my goodness. >> how about the welcome america party those events culminate with the free concert on the ben franklin parkway. is there fire works. well to day we will learn which stars will head line the main events. so jennifer joyce, this is going to be announced evidently later today and it got us to thinking if we were to choose an artist we would like to see be the headliner who would it be, right? >> reporter: so we can't to hear from you, we have a hash tag, fox 29 good day so tweet us facebook us, instagram us, let us know who you are hoping to see. as we all know wawa welcome america facebook page is already trying to generate excitement about this announcement coming up on the an 11:00p. i don't know what you went last year, but t

christopher murray pled guilty to third-degree murder at a hearing today. he said he followed his wife connie after she left for a walk and strangled her as they argued over his texts to another woman. murray reported his wife missing last august and even took his daughter with him to search for her at area hospitals. he'll now serve 20 to 40 years in prison. murray says he loved his wife and wishes he could turn back time. >>> a rare disease from west africa has killed a new jersey man after he got back from that part of the world. the man died last night. he traveled from liberia and arrived in new york on may 17th. doctors diced him with the fever shortly after his return. it's rarely seen in the u.s. health officials say there's no cause for alarm. that's because lassa fever is not spread through casual contact. doctors at two different hospitals in new jersey treated this man but they're not saying which hospitals. they're also not saying where in new jersey the man was from. now, according to the cdc, the man did not reveal the hospital officials that

christopher murray, the public health guru behind the project, realized that to fight disease and death around the world more effectively, health care officials needed to know exactly what was killing and hurting the humans on planet earth. so he and his team are grabbing every bit of data they can get their hands on, a case of moneyball meets medicine, as smith notes. what's interesting about their latest report on 2013 is that there were huge variations among different countries when you look at causes of death. for example, three persian gulf states, the uae, saudi arabia, and oman, had very high road injury death rates. in oman's case over twice the global average. these countries could learn some lessons from sweden, which had just a quarter of the global average for road injury deaths. half of all suicides in the world took place in india or china. but since 1990, suicides have risen in india while they have gone down in china. in the u.s. maternal mortality rates have been on the rise and are much higher than in other developed countries. the study author reportedly said that les

christopher murray pled guilty to third-degree murder at a hearing today. he'll serve 20 to 40 years in prison. murray strangled his wife connie after an argument. then reported her missing last august. her body was found the next day. police say murray confessed to killing her a few days later. murray said he followed his wife after she left for a walk then killed her as they argued over his texts to another woman. >>> we have new information about the former revel casino in atlantic city. the 47-story building will stay closed until legal battles over electricity get ironed out. glenn straub is betting a judge will give the okay. but acr which currently powers safety lights in the building first wants straub to pay off construction debt. it's now in the hands of a federal judge. >>> two local men have been charged with ripping off the university of pennsylvania. allegedly billed the university for work they never did, according to investigators. the pair had vendors inflate invoices for workers at the hotel. the men allegedly kept the extra cash. >>> a ta

so christopher murray will now serve 20 to 40 years behind bars. the 49-year-old pleaded guilty to third degree murder. he says he loved his wife connie and wishes he could turn back time. >>> thieves target cars in a local neighborhood. but what they're after is something you don't often hear about. where all of this is playing out. >> pay attention phillies fans. your general manager says you don't understand the game. what he's saying tonight about those comments. >> i'd like to hear that one. >>> will public shaming make your children behave? one woman is betting yes and she's makeing her children hold signs explaining what they've done wrong but is this mom in the right? we'll let you decide. >> it seemed like the perfect prank. funny and memorable but after tens of thousands of lady bugs swarmed a high school authorities weren't laughing. the punishment some say is too harsh. i've got a to-do list and five acres of fresh air. top three tools: hammer, screwdriver, front loader. happiness is a drive-over mower deck. a john deere dealer can teac

. >>> a philadelphia judge sentences christopher murray to between 20 and 40 years in prison. today he pleaded guilty to strangling his wife, connie while she was walking in penny pack park last august. murray cried in court and he a apologized to his family. he originally reported his wife missing but then admitted to the crime four days later after he failed a polygraph test. >>> today amtrak announced it will install video cameras inside locomotive cabs to record actions of its trained engineers. that move follows the deadly derailment here in philadelphia earlier this month. "eyewitness news" investigative reporter walt hunter joins us live at 30th street station now with more, walt. >> reporter: chris, amtrak wants all of its passengers like ones boarding trains here at 30th street that come end of the year cameras will be monitoring every engineer in the cab. the question, however among attorneys for victims of this may 12th crash that killed eight people why weren't steps like this taken sooner. two weeks after train 188 flew off the rails ntsb investigators are still t