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UPDATE: Roanoke murder trial headed to jury
DAY 4, FRIDAY The murder trial of Gene Brown is now in the hands of a jury. Brown is accused of killing Steve Orange Jr. in July of 2011. Orange was working as a security guard at a Roanoke apartment complex when he was shot six times. In closing...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Theft
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New details about murder investigation in Rockingham County, North Carolina
New details about a murder investigation in North Carolina. Troy and LaDonna French were found dead in their home in February in Reidsville, North Carolina. Their 19-year-old daughter was also attacked, but did not suffer life-threatening injures....
Tags: Rockingham County (North Carolina), Murder
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Virginia Tech gets nearly $1 million research grant
Virginia Tech has received a nearly $1 million research grant from the National Science Foundation. The Blacksburg school says the three-year, $999,531 award will be used to increase the efficiency of laboratory processes that make custom DNA molecules...
Tags: Blacksburg, Virginia Tech, Science and Technology, Research, Biotechnology Industry
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Police, Metallica team up for multimedia campaign to catch Morgan Harrington's killer
Police are using social media to catch the man who killed Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington in 2009. Two composite sketches of the murder suspect, one with and one without facial hair, are being shown on billboards all over the east coast. The...
Tags: Government, Metallica (music group), Apple iTunes, Police Investigations, Twitter, Inc.
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Metallica uses its star-power to help catch the killer of Morgan Harrington
reporter"Hi, I'm James of Metallica. Back in 2010 our band offered $50-thousand for helping catch the person who killed Morgan Harrington," so starts the PSA starring James Hetfield. Hetfield is used to being in front of millions of fans as the lead singer of...Tags: Metallica (music group), Apple iTunes, Police Investigations, Virginia Tech, Giant Food, LLC
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Virginia officials investigate five cases that could be overturned by DNA, including one in Carroll Co.
Prosecutors are investigating four decades-old cases in which DNA was recovered that could lead to the exonerations of five individuals. Under a law that took effect on Sunday, the Virginia Department of Forensic Science disclosed the DNA results of more...
Tags: Justice System, Carroll County (Virginia), Lawyers, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice
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Faces of civil war sailors to aid in search for their identities
ReporterOutside the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, a wreath honored all of the sailors who served on the USS Monitor. Inside, the faces of two men were the center of attention. Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled...Tags: Reconstruction, Health, Anthropology, Human Interest, New Year's Day
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Nearly 150 years after their deaths, faces of two USS Monitor crew members reconstructed
ReporterOutside the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, a wreath honored all of the sailors who served on the USS Monitor. Inside, the faces of two men were the center of attention. Tuesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled...Tags: Health, Arts, New Year's Day, Arts and Culture, USS Monitor
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DNA confirms identity of two bodies found in Henry County
DNA has come back, confirming what deputies in Henry County suspected.
The bodies of two people found burned to death in a car last month are Robert Lawrence and Amanda Massey.
They were found in a charred sedan at the end of May.
The case is...Tags: Human Body
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Peeping Tom in Montgomery County convicted of rape and sodomy
A Montgomery County jury found Christopher Matthew Walrond, 34, guilty of rape and sodomy in a rape case in Christiansburg that happened in March 2011. The jury recommended a sentence of 16 years, 8 years on each charge. Earlier this month, Walrond...
Tags: Identification Technology, Health, Blacksburg, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry
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Sheriff to Childs-Metzler killer: "We will not rest until you are apprehended"
Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt says that investigators have DNA evidence of the person who killed Heidi Childs and David Metzler. Whitt made that announcement about the August 2009 killings during a brief conference Thursday in Montgomery County....
Tags: Health, Forestry and Timber, Montgomery County (Virginia), Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry
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