Philadelphia child murder case reaches arraignment
NBC10 Philadelphia reports a defendant is being held without bond as a neighborhood memorial grows and its coverage turns to foster care oversight.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 56,193 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (1,692).
Foster mom arraigned after being charged in murder of 10-year-old girl
Balloons, candles and teddy bears line a West Philadelphia street in Lili Zheng's report for NBC10 Philadelphia, a memorial to a child found dead after nearly two weeks missing.
The report's central development is a court appearance: a defendant charged with the child's murder was arraigned overnight and held without bond, NBC10 reports. Authorities say the child's body was discovered in a car trunk in Lindenwold, New Jersey. A district attorney's office official also describes evidence of ongoing abuse.
The arraignment report drew about 37,000 views in its first 11 hours, far beyond the station's usual first-day audience. A separate report featuring family members and Philadelphia leaders remembering the child also drew unusually high viewing.
NBC10's coverage has since widened to questions about foster care, including a discussion with Leslie Slingsby of Mission Kids Advocacy Center. In Zheng's report, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel puts the loss plainly: "She deserved a chance to grow up."
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Where next?
- Channel
- NBC10 Philadelphia
- Subscribers
- 229,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,516,532
- Channel views, pace per day
- 460,418 (on a normal day: 189,542)
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 37,286 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 56,193
The numbers
Both the arraignment report and NBC10's separate remembrance coverage drew substantially more views than its regular reports usually receive on their first day.


