Buncombe County inmate found dead will have case dismissed by court, DA says
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Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams says Robert Charles Austin who was found dead at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on Friday will have his case dismissed.
By Kari Barrows
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams says the inmate who was found dead at the Buncombe County Detention Facility on Friday will have his case dismissed.
Robert Charles Austin, 68, who had been in the jail since August 2019, was found unresponsive in his cell by a detention officer who was making rounds. He received emergency medical care, but was pronounced dead by Buncombe County EMS.
Buncombe County inmate found dead will have case dismissed by court, DA says
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Henderson County District Attorney Greg Newman told the Citizen Times his decision to prosecute an alleged sexual assault case at Asheville School might hinge on public efforts to remove him from office.
The affidavit to remove Newman was filed under a relatively obscure law known as General Statute 7A-66. It was initiated Feb. 11 by more than a dozen families in North Carolina prosecutorial district 42, which encompasses Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties.
They filed the petition in Henderson County Superior Court. On March 3, Superior Court Judge Peter Knight referred it to Judge Robert C. Ervin, who has 30 days from that day - or until April 3 - to act on the motion, which could lead to a public hearing or to dismissal of the motion.
Valerie Owenby, known until now in court records at V.O., wants everyone to know her name.
Owenby grew up in the house her grandfather built, on a mountaintop in Henderson County. She lived there with her father, brother and grandparents at the end of a country road, surrounded by woods and very few neighbors.
The closest neighbor was James Franklin Sapp, who Owenby, now 22, said sexually assaulted, raped and terrorized her from age 5-12, most of her childhood.
“When I was 12 I started my period, and he decided not to do it anymore and told me to keep my mouth shut or my family would die,” Owenby said.
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Valerie Owenby, known until now in court records at V.O., wants everyone to know her name.
Owenby grew up in the house her grandfather built, on a mountaintop in Henderson County. She lived there with her father, brother and grandparents at the end of a country road, surrounded by woods and very few neighbors.
The closest neighbor was James Franklin Sapp, who Owenby, now 22, said sexually assaulted, raped and terrorized her from age 5-12, most of her childhood.
“When I was 12 I started my period, and he decided not to do it anymore and told me to keep my mouth shut or my family would die,” Owenby said.
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