Church community mourns couple killed; relative charged with murder
PRINCIPAL HAS RESIGNED. SCOTTO
IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
>> THE NEW TODAY THE NORTH
HAMPTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
HAS RELEASED NEW INFORMATION
ABOUT THE DEATHS OF AN ELDERLY
COUPLE FELL ON THEIR FRONT
LAWN. INVESTIGATORS HAVE
ARRESTED A 35 YEAR-OLD REGARDS
BUTCHER. THEY SAY HE SHOT.
73 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL POWELL AND
HIS WIFE, 70 YEAR-OLD CAROLYN
PAL. AND HE SAYS THAT THESE HE
IS RELATED TO THEM. THE 2 WERE
FOUND IN THE FRONT LAWN OF
THEIR HOME IN GASTON, NORTH
CAROLINA SHOT AT POINT BLANK
RANGE. LAW ENFORCEMENT
ARRESTED. BUT YOU'RE IN ROANOKE
RAPIDS. THE BUREAU'S HEIDI KIRK
IS LIVE IN GASTON TONIGHT WHERE
PEOPLE SAY THEIR DEATHS HAVE
SHAKEN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
IT.
>> GERALD, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THE PASTOR HERE AT COOL
SPRINGS MISSIONARY BAPTIST
CHURCH SAYS THAT THESE DEATHS
MAKES 3 PEOPLE MURDERED AS A
PART OF HIS CONGREGATION HERE
AT THIS CHURCH. AND NOW CAROLYN
AND MICHAEL'S NAMES ADDED TO
THAT LIST. HE SAYS THAT THEY
WERE REMEMBERED YESTERDAY AS A
PART OF THIS CONGREGATION.
>> THEY BROUGHT A PRESIDENT'S
REVEREND TRAVIS JUDGE. KEN SAYS
YOU'D ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THE
POWERS WERE THEY HAD THE
ABILITY THAT OFTENTIMES
ENTERING THE ROOM, ALTHOUGH NOT
SAYING MUCH, THEY COULD CHANGE
THE ATMOSPHERE OF THAT FOR THE
BETTER.
>> FOR 50 SOME YEARS, CAROL,
LYNN AND MICHAEL ATTENDED
CHURCH HERE. THAT WAS HER SEE
RIGHT THERE.
>> AND THANK YOU, BREE HAVE TO
STILL SEE THE DISCUS MARKS FROM
HER BACK IN PRINT. IT. I'M IN
THE UPHOLSTERY.
>> CAROLYN, SAD HERE ON THE
PEW. WELL, YOU'D FIND MICHAEL
WITH THE CHOIR EVERY WEDNESDAY
AND SUNDAY. THE AND LOVE WITH
THE METS AND GAVE.
>> TO THIS WORLD. AND THIS
GENERATION, THE CERTAINTY THAT
TRUE LOVE STILL EXISTS BETWEEN
2 PEOPLE. REVEREND JUDKINS
TELLS US HE GOT THE CALL THAT
THEY WERE FOUND DEAD ON
THURSDAY. BOTH SHOT IN THE HEAD
IN THEIR FRONT YARD ON MON CARE
STREET. AT THE SAME HOUSE, HE'D
BEEN TOO MANY TIMES.
>> ONE DAY LATER, THIS MAN,
35 YEAR-OLD REEVE RS BUTCHER
WAS ARRESTED FOR THEIR DEATHS
AND FOR STEALING THEIR CAR.
THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELLS US HE
WAS A MEMBER OF POWELL'S
FAMILY, BUT THE RELATION IS
STILL UNCLEAR. JUDGE GETTING
SAYS THIS SUNDAY, THE
CONGREGATION HONOR THE POWELL'S
FEELING THEIR PRESENCE, EVEN
WITHOUT THEM IN THE ROOM.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LOOK AT
THAT?
>> IN DEEP, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY
WILL NEVER SIT THERE AGAIN TO
LOOK AT THIS PLACE IN WHICH SHE
SAID IT AND TRULY ONLY SHE
SAID.
AND THIS PAST SUNDAY, IT WAS
OCCUPIED BY SOME OF THOSE.
IT DID NOT SEEM RIGHT.
>> NEEDLESS TO SAY, FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN
THIS COMMUNITY AND KNEW THE
POWELL'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PAIN
THERE. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S
STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
REMAIN. IN FACT, WE DON'T HAVE
A MOTIVE AS TO WHAT DROVE
BUTCHER TO COMMIT THESE
MURDERS. WE ASKED THE NORTH
HAMPTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN
ANSWER FOR US. SO WE'RE STILL
LOOKING FOR THOSE ANSWERS.
AND BUTCHERS GOING TO BE DUE IN
COURT ON NOVEMBER 19, HEIDI