Plea set in crash that killed Auburn broadcaster, wife Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 14, 2021 OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) - An 18-year-old charged in the wreck that killed an Auburn University broadcaster and his wife will face reduced punishment after being granted youthful offender status. Johnston Edward Taylor can receive a maximum sentence of three years following the decision by a Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin judge in Opelika on Tuesday. A plea hearing is set for April 28 in Lee County, his decision showed. Taylor originally was charged as an adult with reckless homicide in a crash that killed Rod and Paula Bramblett in May 2019 when he was 16. A conviction can carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.