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Weekend news wrap-up

Jason Sandford December 17, 2006

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

Two dead in Henderson County
Kassandra “Special K” Pride went to the Dana community of Henderson County on Sunday night to tell us that two people were dead in an apparent murder-suicide. The shooting on Regal Oaks Drive happened about 2:20 a.m. Sunday, Special K said.

The 20-something female and 50-something male lived in a doublewide trailer and had a rocky relationship, according to neighbors who talked to Special K. The case is still under investigation, she said.

Fighting brush fires
Fire crews battled a small brush fire in Leicester and protected a home, anchor Russ “Beefcake” Bowen said. There were several brush fires around the mountains on Sunday, he said.

Weather’s awesome
Sunday’s high of 69 was one degree off matching the record high of 70 degrees. Today (Monday), we’re supposed to hit 71.

Shaken baby investigation
The 18-year-old arrested for hurting a 3-month-old baby in Brevard will be in court today. Deandre Curry was arrested last week for felony child abuse after the baby’s mother called emergency workers for help.

In other news….
The man that wandered away from the Brian Center was found down in South Carolina… Police are looking for a suspect in connection with two home invasions in Transylvania County… And there was a Santa Camp in Canton on Sunday.

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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3 Comments

Ron from H'ville December 20, 2006

There appears to something strange in the murder-suicide in Dana. WLOS, the Times-News and Citizen-Times all refer to the deceased as an estranged couple. But if the Times-News obituaries for both are correct, they were also step-father and step-daughter. His wife was the mother of the dead woman. They also share at least one other survivor. Is it possible that all three news sources excercised some rare discretion here? Or is this just characteristically sloppy reporting? Could this crime be something other than as it initially seemed? Is there someone else who had a motive to murder both of the deceased? Is it time for for NBC to introduce "Law & Order: Hooterville"? So many questions, so little time …

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Dan December 19, 2006

I never noticed before but Kassandra Pride is hot. Hey I gotta have a reason to watch 13. I know I’m not gonna see any real news.

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BMac December 18, 2006

Unrelated to this day of news, but did anyone else see Friday’s morning and noon shows? Victoria had baby pictures of her son since it was his 2nd birthday. They put them up as fullscreen shots (for 3 different shows). Ahh, the credibility of our Asheville news.

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