Moved out of the area. Durham. 38 wake forest. 42 holly springs. We wont be cold enough for this to be frozen. Conditions. 37 roxboro. 41 rocky mount. 42 fayetteville. Its cool t. Expect upper 30s this morning, upper 40s lunchtime. Cooler than yesterday. High. 52 this afternoon. Lots of sunshine, still. The sentencing hearing begins today for travion smith. Jury found him guilty of murdering Melissa Huggins jones in her North Raleigh apartment. Tara lynn is live. Smiths life is on the line. Reporter it took the jury one hour of deliberating before they found him guilty. His lawyers will try to argue to save his life as they enter the sentencing phase of this trial today. Smith is accused and now old mother of two, Melissa Huggins joans in 2013. The defense tried to convince jurors, another man, Ronald Anthony was the ring leader. He pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. It wasnt enough to convince the jury that smith was also responsible for beating the mother to death. Family cri
The shooting happened on great bend drive in durham. Six bullets hit the house which doubles as the Day Care Center called tatums christian care. An 18monthold boy was hit in the leg. Police are trying to figure out what prompted the shooting and why the house was targeted. So far no one has been arrested. We expect to learn about the state of crime in durham. An annual crime report will be released at the City Council Work session. It includes a report on violent and property crimes, response times, and police staffing. The report comes out four times a year. This is the final Quarterly Report for 2015 and contains a summary of the entire year. Authorities believe the hit and run vehicle involved in a garner was used as a cab. 28yearold Kayla Higgins was found on highway 70 and yurgin road. It was a dodge van on by mohammed guadare. It was a cab used in raleigh and has consistent damage with the scene. On crash in wake county. Police say scotty horn ledthem on a chase on his motorcycl
Victims daughter. Reporter she was the only witness for the prosecution,ing the first witness to take the stand, she did so outside the presence of our cameras due to a judges order. 10yearold hannah jones found her mother dead the morning after the murder. The same jury who convicted smith of murder will decide if he lives or dies. Melissa Huggins Jones was found stabbed to death by her then 8 yearold daughter hannah jones. The child took the stand as her d ngof arnnlis ap aran sh. H s. Ng sh he udmandg rs w a ol teda. D e l daigiores ne ry fayet is t thrordemvi a reew s. Meerca the laser during preparations for touchdown in mexico city. No one was hurt. Many of you have plans to umre n ncocoaicoidsafee di mmdere r orrid emur, ra ch tas kasqecthe r stmt g r pe an duthuay as stabig. Gew,t. Habrd frks enere on stocks close hider led by gains in energy companies, a rise in the price of crude oil, dow up 257 points, nasdaq 98. Sp up 31. The show crime watch daily, has a voice mail , the h
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Beaten and stabbed by her 8 yearold daughter in her North Raleigh apartment in may 2013. The same jury found Travion Smith kildee of her first killed her and was convicted of firstdegree murder. On friday, the state and defense rested. Today, the jury is expected to get the sentencing case. The state requires a unanimous decision by all jurors. When the jury comes back with a decision we will stream live on www. Wral. Com. It is set to start at 9. 30. A michigan man will be arraigned withconnections to a seven hour crime spree that killed six people and left to injured. Asked on champion reports, authorities are now working to piece together the timeline of the suspect. A 45yearold uber driver who reportedly picked up passengers in between shootings. Multiple murder and apons charges connected to a deadly shooting rampage in kalamazoo. The 45yearold uber driver targeted victims at random, mark dutton gets chills thinking about his encounter. Its crazy to think someone could have gone o