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The investigation of a hit-and-run is continuing in Asheville. The discovery of human remains in Buncombe County is being connected to another case. It remains unclear what caused a fire at Pardee UNC hospital.
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Both bodies found chained together in a Queensland dam have been identified. Darryl Smith and wife of 25 years Kirsty Smith were found by a kayaker on Saturday afternoon.
A woman who worked with the couple compared Darryl Smith to American cult leader Jim Jones who oversaw the murder-suicide of 909 people in Guyana in November 1978.
A kayaker found the bodies, floating about five metres from shore, at 3.30pm on Saturday at Gordonbrook Dam, about 170 kilometres north-west of Brisbane.