Details that we have not seen before and here they are. Two of them involve where the bodies of diz and king were found, the french broad river. Warrants indicate that is where pierre gririin took the two women, pulled the gun and threatened them with the intent of stealing alexandra kings car. Whether that same gun is used in their killings is not stated. A. 38 caliber gun was found. Three spent shell cases inside. Johnsons body was found in pisgah view apartments. Part of the indictments includes a charge of unlawfully placing their bodies in the river. Griffin is now officially charged with that felony as well. There will be a administrative hearing at the end of this month. The clock for buncombe County District attorney for todd williams. He now has 45 days to notify the court if he intends to seek the death penalty. He tells news 13 that that is now under consideration. Frank kracher, news 13. Larry as we mentioned, a grand jury has returned a first degree murder indictment forr
Heaviest rain in swain county right now, but wet pretty much every where. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about the timeline of this rain, how much more will fall, and when a big cooldown happens. But right now lets get a first look at the morning drive with jaclyn. Jaclyn thank, ingrid. We are accident free right now in the asheville area, thankfully. If you are taking i26 east towards Henderson County, you may see some delays on your commute. Traffic is tying up to exit 44 in four seasons boulevard so keep that in2 mind. Patton avenue is looking good through your morning drive. You can see everything is moving right along there at louisiana avenue. And like ingrid mentioned we are dealing with rain this morning, so of course the roads will be wet. Remember to take it slow on your morning commute. Give yourself a little bit of extra your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly new information this morning about a fire that tore t
Happened to terry butler. This morning, terry butler was found by his sister in this home dead. She called 911 and her other brother. John butler came up from spartanburg after he heard the news. He didnt deserve to die. That man would give you his shirt off his back. And him poor as all get out. Reporter born on the same day 14 years apart, john is trying to make peace with another side of his older brother. I love him so much that i told my mom on her death bed that id take care of him because id known he was an alcoholic. And i didnt stick to my guns otherwise he wouldnt be dead. Reporter he says terry got his daughter out of jail wednesday night and was happy to have her back. They had a heck of a party and my brother got killed at that same party. He wouldnt hurt a fly unless he was drunk. Was drunk. Aaron authorities are trying to find his son, joey butler. Deputies want to know if joey is okay. He lives here with his dad. My brother was a very loving man. He had a drinking probl
It just so happened two of our detectives were in this establishment and owey walked in. We were able to speak with him and early this morning he was charged in the death of his father. Officials say they have received more than 200 calls in the last five years from the home that the two lived in. At this point, Officials Say there are no other suspects in the case, nor additional charges expected to be filed against joey butler. Evan donovan was inside the Henderson County courthouse as joey made his first court appearance. He was visibly emotional as well as joeys sister who was sitting in the crowd. He spoke with the sister. Youll hear from her coming up later today on news 13. A missouri couple wanted for kidnapping and Armed Robbery in a multistate crime spree has the story starts todays newsreel. It happened during a standoff in florida. Fits gerald was pronounced dead at the scene. Britney harp er harper took police on a chase. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement took over
Turning to i26, a 15 minute drive for long sholes, watch for delays on i. 64 in hendersonville. Im jaclyn deaugustino. This ontime traffic report is brought to you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly breaking news from the vatican. A press conference is about the get underway there right now. Jay right now, a vat kahn spokesman will say an important announcement will be made. This is a live look from that News Conference. Clearly no one is seated yet. It has not begun. Its very unusual. Holly it is very unusual. Ice being called an impromptu News Conference. We are monitoring the situation and we will come back to this as soon as it gets reki ready to begin and we will stream it on our web site. We have been looking online and there is no indication on what this may be about. Jay no idea what this is about. The last time there was a News Conference kind of like this, we learned that Pope Benedict was retiring. This time though, we cant even might be about. Holly stay with us.