It happened at bragg and Robert Street in robert cabinet shop. It spread to a third freestanding structure. The damage was so extensive investigators say they may never not they may never know the exact start of the fire. It seemed like the more water they put on it the fire would not go out. A small church was also affected but fortunately no one was hurt. One person is in the raig a witness called firefighters to the scene on carver street after 8 00 last night. It is unclear if the person injuries. No word on the cause. Police chief moves ahead. So far the recruitment process is right on schedule. A list of 42 candidates is now down to six. The next steps come today and part in a twoday assessment. That will provide more insight into their management, decision skills. And then the top two or three finalists will meet with the Durham Police Department Staff and the public. That will happen in late march. City leaders would like to have a new person in place in may. Today is the day s
Outside the Wake County Justice Center with a look at what jurors must consider. Reporter the defense announced it would not put up any witnesses leaving jurors to decide based on witness testimony and eight new dna evidence. Jurors heard from friends of Lacoy Mcqueen who now even 20 years later break down when testifying. They testified that she was pregnant and her boyfriend, chris lawing, and nc state student at the time wanted her to have an abortion. Mrs. Told jurors the couples had argued and when Lacoy Mcqueen went to meet him at the belltower, she disappeared. Her remains were later found in vance county. Police arrested lawing in 1997 by lack of evidence forced them to dismiss the charges. Jurors last week heard about new dna tests not available insist now link him to the murder. But the defense suggested the lead investigator was an overzealous cop who neglected looking at any other suspects. Again, we expect closing arguments to start sometime this morning and the jury could
Murder trial. New overnight, and suv crash shuts down part of a heavily traveled raleigh road. We kick off the work week with unseasonably warm weather but how long will that last . Happy monday, everyone, thank you for joining us. Im renee chou. Im bill leslie. We begin with breaking news out of Cleveland County west of charlotte where a couple died after a crash in a house explosion. It happened around 10 30 last night, it happened around then triggering explosions at their home. At least two people killed, fire crews are on the scene cleaning up debris and making sure the gas is turned on. Two decades after a Shaw University student is murder, a jury could start deliberating against the man accused of killing her. Investigators charged chris mcqueen. Wrals julia sims joins us outside the justice center. Reporter jurors announced it would not present any evidence leaving them to consider results of a new dna test as well as testimony from witnesses about things they recall from 20 ye
On the computer. Hmm, big secrets. A simple case of murder. Or was it . A review of the slides showed what . Traces of bird feather . Yes. In trying to solve one mystery, police may have solved two. Here i have two women who appeared to die the same way. Lightning dont strike the same place twice. Thats a whole lot of women dead at the bottom of the stairs in this guys life, dont you think . But what looked like the end of this story its really stuff made for tv drama. Was just another beginning. I always had hope. It has to be made right. Shut with a resounding clank i was a wreck during this period. I really was. When the sun will come up through razor wire every day for the rest of your life thats where it begins and ends. A convicts glimmer of a successful appeal and retrial may keep desperate hope alive. I always had hope. It has to be made right. But in the real world of criminal justice, most of the time once youre inside, youre done. This is reality that we couldnt change. But
Lets take a live look outside at i85 and avondale drive where you can see traffic is moving just fine this morning. That light Traffic Volume is in that area. Thats the case on most of the thoroughfares on the triangle this morning. Lets look at the traffic map showing a couple of minor incidents. We had one accident on Holly Springs on sunset lake road. Theres an accident right at west cot ridge drive. Use caution in that area. Keep in mind, we have the ongoing closures through project fortify, and overnight tonight, the ramp to i40 westbound will be closing from midnight to 5 00 a. M. For repaving. That should be reopened by the time the morning rush hits tomorrow morning. So if you are traveling during the overnight hours, find a detour around that area. Well have more weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. Right now, the fbi is agist bill january officials in the search for the coordinated attacks in brussels. Authorities say the backto back terror attacks in the airport a