A timeline of events: the murder case against DJ Creato comes to a close
One of the most watched recent murder cases in the Philadelphia area in years wound to a close on Wednesday with David "DJ" Creato, 23, admitting to killing his three-year-old son, Brendan, in October 2015. He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the case after a 10-day trial on a first- degree murder charge ended in a hung jury and mistrial in May. THE LATEST: DJ Creato admits he killed son Brendan , takes manslaughter plea deal Here's a day-by-day timeline of the significant events surrounding the case. TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2015: David “DJ” Creato reports his son, Brendan, missing around 6 a.m. He suggests the three-year-old may have opened the door and left the second-floor apartment they shared. A large community-wide search in Haddon Township ends three hours later when a K-9 located the boy’s lifeless body in Cooper River Park . A death scene investigator from the office of medical examiner Dr. Gerald “Buck” Feigin goes to the scene and subseque...