Facebook live murder suspect in Philly? What we know, what we don't

Updated 11:57 AM Tuesday, April 18:

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The police started searching for the Facebook Killer Monday afternoon in at the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park. Steve Stephens allegedly killed a man on Sunday and posted about it on social media.

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Residents of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania have been told to be on alert, so there’s a lot of information swirling. Here’s everything we know so far about the Facebook Killer possibly being in Philly.

What we know

There haven’t been any confirmed sightings in Philadelphia. Sources told Fox 29 reporter Dave Schratwieser that “all reports (were) generated by social media.”

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Police are searching around the Belmont Plateau area in West Fairmount Park after several 911 calls came in reporting that Stephens had been spotted there. But in a mid-afternoon statement Monday, they stressed there’s no evidence he’s here:

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Nine Philadelphia schools — eight elementary schools and Strawberry Mansion High School — were on lockdown. The lockdown was lifted at about 3 p.m.
CNN reported Monday morning that a cell phone ping from Stephens was detected 100 miles east of Erie, Pa. It would take six and a half hours to get here from there.

What we don’t know

Whether he’s in Philadelphia or was in Philadelphia. Again, sources told Fox 29 there were no confirmed sightings of Stephens.
Much of anything about Stephens’ past, including what would draw him here. Police say he allegedly killed an elderly man in Cleveland and posted a video of it on Facebook Live. In the video, Stephens claims to have killed more than a dozen other people, but authorities in Cleveland say there’s no evidence of that yet.