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A new public art project is coming to Alamance County as Alamance Article launches its zodiac mural series. The new organization, spearheaded by Roger Moore, Carey Griffin, Stephanie Ruiz and Billy Willis, came together this summer and The Zodiac will be its first project. “We created a small organization called Alamance Article with some big dreams,” Griffin said. “Our main focus is just to create a platform for art, to really enhance the community, increase cultural programming and really connect neighborhoods across Burlington and Alamance County through art.” “One way we know that has been successful in other cities and towns is through public art. We wanted to start with some murals and, of course, we couldn’t just start with one,” Griffin joked. “We decided to do a mural project including 12 different murals across Alamance County that revolved around the Zodiac.” ....
The flames awaken ernest willis. i woke up in the early morning hours, i don t know, 4:00 or so. and the house was on fire. so i ran through the house trying to get to the back bedroom. i couldn t get there. so i run out the front door and around the side of the house and started breaking the windows and yelling for everybody to get out. his cousin, billy willis, makes a last-minute escape leaping out a bedroom window to safety. the two women are still trapped inside. it s too late to save them. the local fire departments responded. upon arriving at the scene, they found two subjects outside the residence and that there was two subjects still left in the residence. the house was almost totally engulfed in flames. gale alison and elizabeth belue ended up dying as a result of the fire. as firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames, police on the scene interview ernest and ....
The thresholds. much of the furniture, including a large dining room table, has been reduced to piles of ashes. they thought that any fire intense enough to make a large heavy dining room table go away was more intense than a normal fire. after days of sifting through the home s remains, the investigators reach a conclusion. this fire was no accident. on top of the forensic evidence they ve gathered, police believe that survivor ernest willis is lying about what really happened the night of the fire. he was the only likely person that could have put the accelerant on the floor and probably lit it and still gotten out of the house with what little bit of burns and stuff he had. a pecos county grand jury hands down an indictment. charging ernest willis with capital murder. if convicted, willis could face the death penalty. i received a phone call saying that they had a warrant ....
Billy willis. they questioned us, questioned me, and then they questioned my cousin, just asking us what happened, you know? billy willis is visibly shaken and suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation and injuries from his fall. to investigators, his story about narrowly escaping the fire seems genuine, but police think the uninjured ernest willis seems suspiciously unaffected. they find him indifferent to the dead women, and although he claims to have run through the burning house trying to save them, there are no burns on his body. his story was not matching up with what happened at the residence. he was the only one in the residence that was still alive that couldn t explain exactly what happened. they said we were free to go. stood around and watched for a little while and then we left, and i thought it was all over with. but when the smoke clears, the charred remains and willis behavior leave police in pecos county wondering what really happened that night. ....