Transcripts For WLOS News 13 At 530pm 20160229

20 more employees laid off today. Storage areas are being emptied to show the building off. The vast majority of the building is vacant. 40 of the 60 remaining staffers who worked in the cd division will be let go by arvado in may. But there is another division in here that arvado hopes to keep here even if or when the building is sold. If we will sell the building, they would try if they can stay in the building or they will find a new building. Theres a lot of equipment that can be used. Kim the buildings 34 years old with multiple expansions. A company out of raleigh recently came here to tour the facility but in the end, were told, they just thought it was kimberly king, news 13. Anchor now to a developing story out of Mcdowell County where deputies are searching for a missing woman and a man who her family believes played a part in her disappearance. Melanie burleson was reported missing friday. The 36yearold mother of two was last seen at a party with walter mitchell, who has a long criminal history in the area. Hes been arrested for assault three times. I fear that he has hurt her really bad or even maybe killed her. I dont know. Its just, this is so out of her character. Its not like her. Thats why were all so worried. Anchor deputies say walter is not a suspect in the case but wanted for questioning. He had a court date this morning frank deputies arrest a marion man for child sex charges. Charged with one felony count of first degree sex offense of a child. She recently discovered videotapes of the suspect having inappropriate sexual connect with an 11yearold girl. A Mitchell County man is sentenced to decades in prison after he was found guiuity of statutory rape. Jeffrey dye will spend years for sexually abusing a 14yearold girl when he was 23. Anchor planned parenthood shooting suspect robert dear is facing 79 counts that left three people dead. Frank dear previously lived in two places here. Now hes speaking out in a what he says drove him to kill. Anchor heather skuld reports. Do you have any guilt . No, i dont have any guilt. Im in a war. Do you value life . Of course, thats why i did it. I value i killed three and i saved 3,000. Reporter in his phone interview, robert dear calls those who died on black friday, casualties of war. Do the names garrett swaesy, jennifer or Pierre Stewart mean anything to you . Yeah, those are victims. Were their lives not important . Well in a war, theres going to be casualties. Are you going to name the hundred million babies who were killed that nobody talks about . Nobody represents them . They have no voice. Have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. There are six children without a father or a mother. What do you want to say to those kids . I already answered that question about them. What do you want to say to their kids . Im not saying anything to their kids. Do you not care . I care about a lot of things. I care about innocent blood. The innocent blood of all those babies theyre killing and theyre selling the baby parts. Thats a holocaust. Thats an atrocity. Do you not care about six children who do not have a parent . I already answered that question. Clearly dodginggquestions, dear talked about his hero, paul hill, who killed an abortion doctor and the doctors body guard. Hill was convicted and given a lethal injection. Do you call yourself a yeah, of course im a christian because i actually did something to try to stop abortion not just talk and not just playing the game. How do you feel about the Ten Commandments . If you call yourself a christian and on the Ten Commandments it says do not kill. Actually it says do not murder. I didnt murder, i killed. Killing is not the problem, its who you kill. Thats the question. If youre killing to save lives, thats a different story than murdering people who are innocent. I did it to save lives vpt. Frank a hearing has been scheduled on march 23rd to determine dears mental competency. Anchor Army Staff Sergeant Ronald Hamilton will remain behind bars without bond. The 32yearold is charged with murdering his wife and killing a Authorities Say officer ashley gwendon was one of several officers responding satury. When they arrived on scene, hamilton opened fire. Officer gwendon had been sworn just one day before. I will always call this an officers worst nightmare. To go to a routine call and wind up dead. Anchor investigators found hamiltons wife dead. The couples 11yearold son was also inside but unharmed. The prosecutor said hell likely seek the Death Penalty on hamilton. News 13 has now confirmed a deputy of the Jackson County Sheriffs Office has been fired for giving a driver the middle finger. It happened on i40. Light says he was recording the and then on camera, anthony gave him the middle finger. Frank toxicology results from a fiery crash that killed upstate students. Horace, josh lee all died. Authorities say the car they were in, veered off the pavement, slammed in to a tree and caught fire. This tragedy should serve as yet another reminder not to drink and drive. Just out of respect to these families, i wont go much further. But i will tell you time and time again, ive been heavily prosecution on dwi. And i see the pain it causes and its definitely a problem. Frank a recently ruling them without violating the law. Tonight, find out why one of the familys fought to keep this report from going public. Jaclyn, theres a lot happening on the roads in weaverville. Jaclyn right. Crews are responding to a rollover crash. It happened just off of mars hill highway. Avoid that portion of the road if you can. Also happening in weaverville, this construction project might slow you down a little bit. This organization of ox creek road is closed. The dot is expected to wrap up on thursday night. Tunnel road is very congested right now as usual. Get ready for back ups on the west bound side. Thats a look at your on time traffic report brought to you by debruhls used car superstore. Frank coming up, cheaper tickets if youre willing to fly without frills. How you can get lower airfares very emotional but very rewarding. Anchor remembering a hero. Coming up in carolina moment, how this led to an emotional family reunion. Jason no slouch here. Look at our temperatures in the low 60s and low 70s across the area for official highs today. Well take that. In most cases it was very mild. Your evening planner is going to stay mild. 50 at 9. Maybe a heavier jacket by 11 at 45. For the rest of the work week. Steve today is your lucky day. Woman surprised oh, my goodness mark youve just won a thousand dollars woman thats amazing thats amazing shrieks woman ok, nice job. Mark, way better than yesterday. Maria, that delivery felt a little forced. And steve, steve yeah . Woman pretty awesome for a tuesday, but tomorrow is hump day, so lets really bring it lucky for life. Win a thousand dollars a day, frank stocks slide at the start of the week on wall street. The dow was down 123 points to. Nasdaq lost 32 and ended at 4557. Anchor a u. S. Bank is now being questioned in a fifa corruption scandal. Citibank has been investigated. Antimoney laundering laws senior officials with the professional Soccer Association used various u. S. Banks to transfer and receive 150 million in bribes and kickbacks. Theyre questioning whether citigroup turned a blind eye. Anchor theres now a cheaper way to fly but youll have to give up a few comforts. A new class called basic economy. Ssengers who use this service wont be able to reserve seats, cancel them or upgrade. Delta was the First Company to introduce it. United and american are expected to roll out their versions of it later this year. Frank who needs to go anywhere . Anchor im too scared to cancel or move anything. Frank it was a beautiful day. No coat or jacket. Jason these types of days, this time of year. We still have big swings. 67 degrees for the High Temperature today. 39 on the low this morning. All of those above average by several degrees. No rain or snow. And we sit at 8. 98 inches. This was the warmest day in a while. We gotta go all the way back to the first day of the month. But the rain shall return, along with winter as well. Some captain ds make you feel better . Yeeeaah woo when you love seafood this much. Back again . I hope its just a clumsy phase. Its gotta be ds. For our new homestyle flounder meal or double dozen shrimp. Also, try our grilled menu featuring new tuscan tilapia. For full meals starting at just 4. 99, its gotta be ds. Whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 no ball nonsense. Get 300 per line and a stronger signal, weather. Jason look at this. Out west. Another dip in the mid section. All this warmer air situated mostly to the south of these ridges and the jet stream. Well take that. We sit on the warm side of the systems now. Single digits now at international falls. Its way eventually to the east. Yes, it will affect our forecast as well. 65 degrees in asheville. North wind at 9. Typically we would be talking about a wind chill factor. Because the air temperature is so warm, you cant get a wind chill. This is a system were going to watch. Our winds are going to be coming from the southsouthwest through much of the day tomorrow. As it starts to enter the Tennessee Valley late in the day tomorrow, it puts rain out ahead of it. Our chances of rain will be greatest in the afternoon and evening and even in to the early overnight. Once that happens, cold air will flood in behind that system. Were talking a chill and even a little moisture being rung out in terms of wintery weather before the next system comes our way in to the latter part of the week. That one, too, will bring us a mixed bag of rain and snow possibly. After midnight, clouds will start to advance in. Theres the lunch hour. Showers mostly light. But then we start to see the round of rain up here and approach from the west. This is going to be a line of heavy showers, maybe thunderstorms by evening tomorrow. Moving east ward. Watch the cold air get in here. That changes to snow in Higher Elevations wednesday morning. It shouldnt be too much in terms of accumulations. Northnorthwest wind really cranking. Mighty cold. Tomorrow evening it starts to fall in most places. By midnight tomorrow night, we have almost an inch to an inch in a half in andrews. You can see that the idea is well have much less in the French Broad River valley, as is typically the case. Temperatures dropping down. Well find ourselves in the 60s tomorrow. 66 in greer and pickens. Well have our temperatures drop significantly on wednesday. 44 for the high with that chance of wintery mix. 40s again on thursday before warming up in the weekend. Frank time to check out todays see it, shoot it, send it picture. Kelly rose sent us this shot from landrum. Reporter happy birthday to these guys. She said her triplets are all turning 12 today on leap day. Frank well have more on their very special birthday tonight on news 13 at 11 00. A news 13 tip leads to a touching reunion. To remember a for just 4 you can get an everyday value slam, all you can eat pancakes, our new biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, or the new cookies n cream mega sundae. You know, im more than a cook. Im everyones best friend. 4 dishes for 4 dollars each. Dennys. Welcome to americas diner. music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. Frank a news 13 viewer provides information that leads to an emotional family reunion. Early this month we told you about an induction in to the hall of fame. Anchor news 13s john le and photographer steve wilder explained why the sports heros honor. Winston, georgia, with solace. John at east henderson high, a plaque of normas son inspired thoughts of what could have been. He was a good boy. John theres so much life that denny never got to live. And i loved him. John denny was a multisports star who dreamed of playing for tennessee. 225 pounds with strength and speed to burn. Often in the news for his football heroics. But in august of 1970, a times news headline put sports in perspective. Pace was at the scene and wanted to help. But he stepped on a power line and was electrocuted. Now 102 words summarize an incomplete story. Family members see the hall of fame plaque for the First Time Since denny was inducted for the first time. His loss lingers. Hes going to walk through the door and hes going to come back. Very emotional but very rewarding. John it was exteam mates decision to put denny in the hall of fame. A tip from a viewer led to this reunion. After hearing chuck lost touch with the pace family. Everything started coming together. John now his mother is in awe of the accolades. Oh yeah. Very. You would think after all these years he would be forgotten. Its really an honor. Death, ten family members, including some who still live in henderson county, posed with pride. Cheese. John and after decades of mixed emotions, the chance to celebrate their hero is long overdue. I knew it would be a sad happy day. John john le, news 13. Frank dennys father passed away just a couple of years after his sons death. Anchor family members say he died of a broken heart. Very first thing out of their mouth will be, may i please see your photo id. Frank new rules at the next at 6, how you can vote when it comes to connecting to the world online, people have different needs. Thats why high Speed Internet from at t. Gives you the speed you need at a price youll love. Get high Speed Internetjust 15 dollars a month for 12 months with other qualifying service and a oneyear agreement. All on one bill no matter what you use it for, its a connection you can count on. Save on smartphone and tablet data usage when you connect all your wifi devices at home. 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News 13s Frank Kracher is standing by live at the buncombe county courthouse. Larry frank, have you been able to listen to the call richardson made at the night of the killing . Frank we have. We came here and obtained this copy of the cd less than an hour ago. Now its about ten minutes long. Routine. Questions and answers about where the house is located. Where deputies need to respond. But there are some pointed questions about what happened. The dispatcher talking to robin richardson. Richardson tells that dispatcher, i just shot my boyfriend. Also, hes dying right now. Then you hear in her own words what she later told investigators, her version of what led up to the shooting. Okay. Were you having an argument . Yes. Have you been assaulted . Im sorry. Have you been assaulted . Yes. Okay. And where did you shoot him out on his body