Suspect's life grew from petty crimes to alleged murder

Sunday, July 16, 2017

PHILADELPHIA -- The suspect started small -- break-ins, jewelry heists and traffic violations -- but Friday, he and a cousin were charged in a grisly crime spree that ended with police unearthing the bodies of four young men from two pits buried deep on a family-owned farm.

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