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Man Charged After Missing Haverford Woman's Body Found In Trash Bag In East Germantown

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Man Charged After Missing Haverford Woman's Body Found In Trash Bag In East Germantown
Man Charged After Missing Haverford Woman's Body Found In Trash Bag In East Germantown
Joe Holden reports.

JUNE 24TH, AND WELCOME TOCBS-3 AT 4:00 NOW STREAMINGLIVE ON CBSN PHILLY.GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M UKEEWASHINGTON.I'M JESSICA KARTALIJA INTHE CBS-3 NEWS ROOM POLICE SAYTHEY HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODYAFTER A WOMAN'S BODY WAS FOUNDIN A STUFFED IN A TRASH BAG INA EAST GERMANTOWN NEIGHBORHOODWE LEARNED THE IDENTITY OF THEWOMAN WHO WAS FOUND."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERJOE HOLDEN JOINS US FROM UPPERDARBY WHERE POLICE HELD NEWSCONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON.JOE?Reporter: UKEE, JESS, SHOWSPOLICE WERE HOT ON THE TRAILOF THEIR SUSPECTED KILLERALMOST IMMEDIATELY.AFTER SABRINA DEBOS WASREPORTED MISSING, LETS GUESSAHEAD AND SHOW YOU THE MUGSHOP POLICE RELEASED THISAFTERNOON, HE IS KAREEM DAVISDUEPENS, HE TOLD HANDFUL OFPEOPLE WHAT HE HAD ALLEGEDLYDONE TO DEBOS, 25 YEAR OLDWOMAN FROM HAVERFORD.NOW HE FACES COUNTS OF FIRSTDEGREE MURDER AND ABUSE AFTERCORPSE THAT'S ALLEGED DAVISSTRANGLED SABRINA DEBOSDOCUMENTS SHOW THE COUPLE METLAID ON THE EVENING OF MAY 22IN THE AREA OF 69TH STREET.THE PAIR WENT BACK TO ANAPARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE DAVISWORKED, HE ALLEGES TO POLICETHE TWO FOUGHT OVER MONEY ANDDRUGS.COURT DOCUMENTS CLAIM HECONFESSED TO POLICE EXPLAININGHE STRANGLED HER ON MAY 22,AND THEN STORED HER REMAINS INA ELEVATOR SHAFT.THEN A WEEK LATER, HE MOVEDTHE BODY TO EAST GERMANTOWN,THE BOD HAD I BEEN WRAPPED INTRASH BAGS.COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HE HADACCOMPANIED OFFICERS TO THESPOT WHERE SHE WAS DUMPED,UPPER DARBY POLICESUPERINTENDENT TIMOTHYBERNHARDT.WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK THúWHEREABOUTS, IDENTIFY ASUSPECT, MR. DOBBINS WAS TAKENINTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY ANDADMITTED TO HIS ROLE IN THEKILLING.AND HIDING SABRINA'S BODY THENMOVING THAT BODY, TAKE THATBODY TO THE GERMANTOWN SECTIONOF PHILADELPHIA.AND THROWING THE BODY ONMUSGRAVE STREET THE 5700 BLOCKOF MUSGRAVE STREET WHERE THEBODY WAS LOCATED YESTERDAY.THE BODY WAS TAKEN, ANDAUTOPSY IS BEING PERFORMED,THOSE CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILEDAGAINST MR. DOBBINS.AND AS MANY AS SIX WINSCENTS CONTACTED POLICE ABOUTSTATEMENTS DAVE ISAYPARENTALLY MADE TO THEM,IMPLICATE HIMSELF SELF IN THISHOMICIDE.AGAIN POLICE SAY HE OFFERED ASTEP-BY-STEP STATEMENT OF WHATHE ALLEGEDLY DID, ALL LINED UPAND MAPPED OUT IN ARRESTPAPERS, WE DID REACH OUT TOTHE FAMILY OF SABRINA DEBOSTHEY DID NOT GET BACK IT CBS-3"EYEWITNESS NEWS," WITH ANYSORT AFTER COMMENT ON THISLATEST BREAK IN THE KATES.I'M BACK AT 5:00 WITH MORE ONTHE INVESTIGATION, AND HOWPOLICE NABBED THEIR SUSPECTEDKILLER, SEE YOU THEN, LIVER IN

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