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Robert Ucciferri’s 2002 Good Friday Murder Still Haunting Family 20 Years Later – CBS Philly

Robert Ucciferri’s 2002 Good Friday Murder Still Haunting Family 20 Years Later – CBS Philly

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (CBS) — More than 20 years after the murder of a Cherry Hill man, his family waits for justice. There have been few leads in the killing of Robert Ucciferri, but investigators say they’re not giving up. Robert Ucciferri was one heck of a talented guy. READ MORE: Major Water Main Break In North Philadelphia Floods Basements, Damages Several Cars “There wasn’t anything he wasn’t…

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CBS3 Mysteries: Aspiring Rapper Najay Williams-White's Murder Case Stalled, But Loved Ones Hold Out Hope For Justice

CBS3 Mysteries: Aspiring Rapper Najay Williams-White’s Murder Case Stalled, But Loved Ones Hold Out Hope For Justice

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A young, aspiring rapper was gunned down in Philadelphia three years ago. Police say the case has stalled, but Najay Williams-white’s grandmother isn’t giving up hope that justice will one day be served. We met Najay Williams-White’s grandmother on what would have been the young man’s 21st birthday. READ MORE: Slumping Phillies Fall 7-8 Against Diamondbacks “Today is his 21st…

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Suspect Stabbed Person, Intentionally Ran Over Another At Edgewater Park Wawa: Police – CBS Philly

Suspect Stabbed Person, Intentionally Ran Over Another At Edgewater Park Wawa: Police – CBS Philly

EDGEWATER PARK, N.J. (CBS) — Edgewater Park Township Police are searching for this man. They say he stabbed someone outside a Wawa during a fight and intentionally ran over a second person with his car. It happened on Route 130 early Sunday morning. READ MORE: CBS3 Mysteries: Arrest Made In 40-Year-Old Marcus Hook Murder Case, But Many Questions Remain Unanswered Police say the suspect was…

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Studio flyers say: 'you're not welcome here'

Studio flyers say: ‘you’re not welcome here’

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Anger and disgust in Oxford Circle after a woman was spotted on camera outside a local dance studio. Then parents saw the hateful message, saying “you’re not welcome here.” The owner says at first, she thought the flyers were innocent until they read the hateful message. The pieces of paper were quickly taken down before the children could see. READ MORE: CBS3 Mysteries:…

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Inside The Highly-Secure ATF Lab That Solves Massive Local Bombings, Explosions And Fires

BELTSVILLE, Md. (CBS) — Solving crimes by recreating them. At a federal laboratory in Maryland, setting things on fire is all part of the job.

Deadly explosions, mysterious bombings and fatal fires — all cases we’ve seen in our region over the past three years. And when the investigation is too large, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives steps in.

The scene is processed and the investigation goes into overdrive, all inside a nondescript, highly-secure building tucked within what appears to be a featureless industrial park.

It’s the ATF’s Fire Research Lab in Beltsville, Maryland, about two hours from the City of Brotherly Love.

Brian Scott Grove is a fire engineer at the facility.

“In this space, we’re burning large structures, large items. We’ve done multi-story compartments, different commercial structures — a lot of structures that involve fatalities — rack storage and warehouses, large vehicles,” Grove said.

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Evidence from at least six different cases in our area have been sent to this lab, including the still unsolved 2016 Center City mail bomb case, 2018’s Old City four-alarm fire — which was recently deemed arson — the fatal West Chester retirement home blaze and the deadly car explosion case in Allentown from the same year.

Electrical engineer Michael Abraham was one of the first members of the NRT on that scene.

“For the Allentown investigation, I was utilized for my expertise in components identification,” Abraham said. “We reconstructed the vehicle in an airplane hangar, so we could see how it looked after the blast to be able to identify the seat and assist with the investigation.”

The facility has multiple secure labs, where evidence, often fragments from explosions and fire cases, from across the country are shipped in metal cans and examined.

“We have forensic chemistry labs, forensic DNA labs,” one worker said. “On our side, we have a small scale pyrometrics laboratory.”

But what makes this facility so unique is the ability to recreate crime scenes and perform real-life tests.

Such as this one, which shows how fire travels, depending on the materials in the room and what doors and windows are open. It’s done in a space large enough to build three-story structures — one of only a few such facility in the entire world.

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“This room is huge. It’s able to take in and absorb a lot of energy,” Grove said.

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It has hoods and exhaust systems able to divert smoke from the area, and a central command center used to monitor every aspect of a fire. Interior cameras capture each moment, until they succumb to the flames.

“We test and retest our theories until we’re confident in the outcome,” one worker said.

Those outcomes can help answer the how of a fire or the person responsible — or exonerate the innocent.

“That’s what drives us every day, is that we help to keep the community safer, and we help to answer questions and give closure to families as best we can,” one worker said.

Source: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/05/13/inside-the-highly-secure-atf-lab-that-solves-massive-local-bombings-explosions-and-fires/

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The disappearance of Toni Sharpless carries personal weight for the private investigator trying to solve the 12-year-old mystery

The disappearance of Toni Sharpless carries personal weight for the private investigator trying to solve the 12-year-old mystery

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Toni Lee Sharpless was a Chester County nurse who was last seen leaving a party in Lower Merion and disappeared without a trace. His case has since baffled investigators. Sharpless’s file hasn’t seen activity for several years. The missing nurse from West Brandywine Township, County Chester, was last seen leaving a party in Lower Merion Township on the night of August 22,…

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Police: 4 people shot in drive-by shooting

Police: 4 people shot in drive-by shooting

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say four people were shot in a drive-by shooting in North Philadelphia Wednesday night. It happened around 10 p.m. at Germantown and Erie Avenues. Police believe this shooting happened at a makeshift sidewalk sale where people were selling clothes and shoes and other similar items. READ MORE: CBS3 Mysteries: Investigators Seeking Vehicle, Possible Witness Who Could Be…