Couple gets life in prison for 2021 murder of North Carolina woman found in suitcase
Brittany Smith, 28, was six months pregnant with a baby boy when, in February 2021, her body was found in a suitcase
Updated: 12:38 PM EDT Jun 17, 2023
WEEK AHEAD COMING UP. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF WINSTON-SALEM. MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS REPORTED THERE OVERNIGHT. SO FIRST, LET’S GET TO THIS ONE. TWO PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A FIGHT LED TO A SHOOTING. POLICE SAY AT 1245 THIS MORNING, OFFICERS FOUND A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOT ON WALL STREET. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE SHOT DURING AN ARGUMENT BETWEEN SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT LED TO A, QUOTE, BARRAGE OF GUNSHOTS. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THAT. ALSO IN WINSTON-SALEM, A SHOOTING ON UTAH DRIVE LEFT FOUR PEOPLE INJURED, INCLUDING A JUVENILE. OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON UTAH DRIVE JUST BEFORE 130 THIS MORNING. AND POLICE SAY THEY FOUND ONE MAN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PARKING LOT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THIS HOUR WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL, THOUGH, POLICE LEARNED THREE MORE PEOPLE WERE BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES RELATED TO THAT SAME SHOOTING. THAT INCLUDES THE JUVENILE WHO HAD INJURIES TO THE FACE AND LEG, ALL THREE OF THEM. THEIR INJURIES ARE CONSIDERED NOT LIFE THREATENING. POLICE ARE SAYING THIS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, BUT NO FURTHER DETAILS ARE BEING RELEASED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS INVESTIGATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT WINSTON-SALEM POLICE. ONE PERSON IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER AN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN GREENSBORO. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED AT THE CHOICE EXTENDED STAY ON EAST SENECA STREET JUST AFTER 1:30 A.M. POLICE FOUND ONE PERSON SHOT THERE. NO SUSPECT INFORMATION IN THIS CASE EITHER. AND MORE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WINSTON-SALEM. TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING LATE LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS WERE CALLED FOR THIS SHOOTING ON DAYTON STREET NEAR JUNIOR AVENUE JUST BEFORE 11 P.M. THEY SAY THEY FOUND TWO MEN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES INSIDE A HOME. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MEN HAD BEEN STANDING OUTSIDE WHEN SOMEONE DROVE BY IN A WHITE FOUR-DOOR CAR AND BEGAN SHOOTING AT THEM. THOSE TWO MEN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS WERE TARGETED. THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. AND AGAIN, NO ARRESTS IN THIS CASE. A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A POLICE PURSUIT ENDED IN A CRASH IN WINSTON-SALEM. THIS ALL HAPPENED AT EGBERT STREET AND OAK GROVE ROAD. THERE, POLICE ARRESTED TERRENCE MANAK. HE NOW FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING FLEEING TO ELUDE AND DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS HURT, THOUGH SOME POWERLINES CAME DOWN AND THAT SECTION OF TOWN WAS CLOSED OFF FOR A BIT. AN EAST BEND MAN IS BEHIND BARS ACCUSED OF MURDER. THIS MORNING. THE YADKIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON PRIDE’S ROAD YESTERDAY. THEY FOUND 48 YEAR OLD SCOTT MURRAY STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THEY ARRESTED THE MAN YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, DAKOTA CHAMBERS AT THE SCENE AS WELL. HE IS NOW CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER. CHAMBERS IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AND IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT NEXT WEEK. WESTGATE, MITSUBISHI AND GRAHAM WAS ROBBED ON BACK TO BACK NIGHTS THIS WEEK. THE MOST RECENT ROBBERY, ACCORDING TO POLICE, HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING. THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY WITH TWO BMW VALUED AT MORE THAN $50,000, ABOUT 24 HOURS PRIOR. THEY LOST. $200,000 WORTH OF CARS. SOMEONE TOOK A DODGE CHARGER, JEEP CHEROKEE, CADILLAC AND A PORSCHE. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT PROVIDE ANY SUSPECT INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY’RE LOOKI
Couple gets life in prison for 2021 murder of North Carolina woman found in suitcase
Brittany Smith, 28, was six months pregnant with a baby boy when, in February 2021, her body was found in a suitcase
Updated: 12:38 PM EDT Jun 17, 2023
A judge ruled this week that the couple linked to the 2021 death of a pregnant Raleigh woman and her unborn child will spend the rest of their lives in prison.Top StoriesCar chase ends in crash, DWI chargesThieves take 2 more cars from dealershipWizard of Oz theme park tickets now on sale for North Carolina's 'Land of Oz'Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking hereBrittany Smith, 28, was six months pregnant with a baby boy when, in February 2021, her body was found in a suitcase off Allen Drive, near the Neuse River, four days after being reported missing."They're going to be locked up the rest of their lives, but they're still breathing," said Eric Silver, Smith's father. "I feel like they shouldn't be here either. Their lives should be taken as well."Watch: NOWCAST streaming newscastsFor more on this story, visit our newsgathering partner WRAL.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Watch NOWCAST TV | Local News | National | News We LoveKeep up with local news, weather, and current events with the WXII app here
N.C. — A judge ruled this week that the couple linked to the 2021 death of a pregnant Raleigh woman and her unborn child will spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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Brittany Smith, 28, was six months pregnant with a baby boy when, in February 2021, her body was found in a suitcase off Allen Drive, near the Neuse River, four days after being reported missing.
"They're going to be locked up the rest of their lives, but they're still breathing," said Eric Silver, Smith's father. "I feel like they shouldn't be here either. Their lives should be taken as well."
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