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Violent crime increases in West Virginia as pandemic stretches on By January 3, 2021 - 6:00 am Kanawha County detectives exit a house near Elkview on Dec. 13 where 4 people were killed including 2 children. (Photo/MetroNews) CHARLESTON, W.Va. Violent crimes and tragedies have been on the increase in West Virginia in recent months causing some to wonder how much the ongoing pandemic is contributing to the behavior. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford said 10 deaths in connection with six separate murder cases in his county from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1 have left him at a loss to explain it. “I don’t know,” Rutherford said. “I’m been doing this in Kanawha County for 48 years and I’ve never seen the likes of this.” ....
By January 1, 2021 - 11:15 am The shootings happened in the parking lot at this Sheetz in Cross Lanes New Year s Day morning. (Photo/MetroNews) CROSS LANES, W.Va. A Putnam County teenager was shot and killed during a fight in the parking lot of a Kanawha County convenience store in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford said it appears two men were fighting over a woman on the parking lot of the Sheetz in Cross Lanes at about 2 a.m. Friday when the situation turned violent. “During that dispute a firearm was displayed. One individual was shot and killed and another one was wounded,” Rutherford said during a Friday appearance on MetroNews “Talkline.” ....
A West Virginia man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports. Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford told WVMetroNews that investigators were trying to determine if an ax found at the scene was the murder weapon. Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara apparently died from multiple lacerations, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff’s office said neighbors called 911 to report the Kambaras son, Takanao Kambara, had been going door to door and “was piling up paintings across the street” from the home. When a deputy arrived, Takanao Kambara, 26, told the deputy “there were two dead bodies inside the house … they did not die naturally,” the sheriff’s office said. ....
January 2, 2021 Authorities in West Virginia believe a son may have used an axe to bludgeon his parents to death, reports West Virginia Metro News. Takanao Kambara has been charged in the bludgeoning death of his parents, Tsukasa and Claudette Kambara. According to WCHS-TV, Kanawha County Sheriff Deputies responded to calls that Takanao had been piling paintings across the street from the home. When they arrived, the suspect, 26, told a deputy “there were two dead bodies inside the house … they did not die naturally,” the sheriff’s office told Policereporter.com. WCHS reports court records indicate the couple was murdered in their bed and that the suspect’s father died while asleep. He is a local artist and his wife sold flowers. ....
Since both are juveniles, Rutherford said information on the investigation must remain strictly limited. She and the 16-year-old male do know each other, but that’s about as far as I can go, Rutherford said. We certainly don’t want to do anything to cause problems down the road with any possible prosecution. According to the sheriff s office, police responded to a 911 call placed at around 10:40 a.m. Sunday morning. The caller had gone to a residence on the street to check on some family after not making contact with relatives for days. When the caller arrived, he found the door unlocked and entered. ....