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NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH
FOR A MAN DEPUTIES CALL ARMED
AND DANGEROUS.
THEY'VE FOUND HIM. BUT
THEY'VE ALSO FOUND IN BODY IN A
BURNED OUT CAR.
BUT WE BEGIN WITH MORE BREAKING
NEWS. A HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT
COACH ... IN SOME TROUBLE WITH
THE LAW.
WYFF NEWS 4'S MIKE MCCORMICK
JOINS US LIVE FROM SPARTANBURG
HIGH SCHOOL. MIKE... SHE'S BEEN
ARRESTED.
RIGHT.. AND SHE'S CHARGED WITH
D-U-I AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
UNTIL HER ARREST.. SHE WAS AN
ASSISTANT CROSS COUNTRY COACH
HERE AT SPARTANBURG HIGH.
DISTRICT SEVEN OFFICIALS SAY
DEDRA KISER WAS DRIVING SEVEN
STUDENT ATHLETES IN A DISTRICT
VEHICLE - TO A CROSS
COUNTRY INVITATIONAL IN THE LOW
COUNTRY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY NORTH
CHARLESTON POLICE STOPPED HER
FOR ERRATIC DRIVING.. AND
ULTIMATELY
ARRESTED HER. DISTRICT
OFFICIALS SAY SHE'S BEEN
RELIEVED OF HER COACHING DUTIES.
SHE'S ALSO ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
A DISTRICT SPOKESWOMAN TOLD US
QUOTE - OUR GIRLS WERE PLACED
IN A POTENTIALLY HARMFUL
SITUATION AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
INTOLERABLE - END QUOTE. MIKE
MCCORMICK, WYFF NEWS FOUR, LIVE
IN
SPARTANBURG.
NOW TO ELBERT COUNTY ... WHERE
DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A
BODY... FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF A
BURNED OUT CAR...
WYFF NEWS FOUR'S MANDY GAITHER
JOINS US LIVE AND LOCAL FROM
ELBERT COUNTY WITH MORE.
MANDY...
SINCE 5...WE HEARD BACK FROM THE
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
GBI SAYS ALL INFORMATION WILL BE
COMING FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
IN THIS CASE...
AND AT THIS POINT...THIS IS ALL
THAT'S BEING RELEASED...
AT 8-30 LAST NIGHT...A MAN AND
WOMAN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY...
THIS IS AFTER A MANHUNT WHICH
TOOK MOST OF THE DAY SUNDAY...
IT STARTED AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE
MORNING...ELBERT COUNTY DEPUTIES
GOT A CALL ABOUT TWO VEHICLES ON
FIRE ON HIGHWAY 368 AT THE SOUTH
CAROLINA STATE LINE... WHEN
DEPUTIES GOT ON SCENE...A
WITNESS WHO SAW THE FIRES SAID
HE HAD STOPPED TO SEE IF ANY
HELP WAS NEEDED AND WHEN HE DID
A MAN GOT OUT...AIMED A GUN AT
THE WITNESS AND SAID HE DIDN'T
NEED ANY HELP. THE SUSPECTS
HAD ALREADY LEFT BY THE TIME
DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO GET ON
SCENE... AT 4-30...A BODY WAS
FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF ONE OF THE
BURNT VEHICLES. AT THIS
TIME...THE NAMES OF THE SUSPECTS
HAVE NOT BEEN
RELEASED...AND INVESTIGATORS ARE
STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE
VICTIM... ELBERT COUNTY SHERIFF
MELVIN ANDREWS TOLD ME DEPUTIES
ARE INTERVIEWING EVERYONE IN
THIS CASE...HE
DECLINED MY REQUEST FOR AN
INTERVIEW SAYING HE WANTED HIS
INVESTIGATORS TO FIRST FINISH
THEIR INTERVIEWS...
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO GET MORE
INFORMATION... AND AS SOON AS
WE HAVE IT WE'LL BRING IT TO
YOU. MANDY GAITHER WYFF NEWS 4
LIVE IN ELBERT COUNTY, GEORGIA.
THE HIGHWAY PATROL IS TRYING TO
DETERMINE IF A MECHANICAL
FAILURE CAUSED A PARKED TRUCK
TO ROLL BACKWARDS AND CRUSH A
3-MONTH-OLD BABY.
WYFF NEWS FOUR'S MYRA RUIZ HAS
MORE ON THE INVESTIGATION.
"Greenville County investigators
tell us this is the neighborhood
where that accident happened, as
a 12- year-old was holding a
3-month-old baby when that baby
fell and the truck backed up
over him." "A number of people
had gathered, as I understand
it..." AND INVESTIGATORS
SAY...INFANT JACOB JOEL
FORD...AND HIS TWIN NOAH
NOEL...LIKELY GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION...AT THE FAMILY
GET-TOGETHER ON SATURDAY. A
YOUNG COUSIN HELD JACOB AND
VISITED WITH OTHERS WHILE
SITTING IN A LARGE PICKUP
TRUCK... "Someone was going to
be leaving the gathering and
they asked mother if she would
move the truck -- just a short
distance." DEPUTY CORONER
KENT DILL SAYS MOM MOVED THE
MANUAL TRANSMISSION TRUCK....AND
GOT OUT TO CONTINUE TALKING TO
OTHERS. "...and the young lady
and the child - or the baby -
were still in there and people
started screaming that the
truck's rolling. The truck's
moving." DILL SAYS THE MOTHER
TRIED TO STOP THE TRUCK...BUT
GOT KNOCKED DOWN BY THE DOOR
WHEN SHE TRIED TO GET IN.
"...and the young girl who was
holding the child fell from the
vehicle to the ground. And after
that happened, the child was
crushed by the truck."
"Whenever we hear of any child's
death, the first thing we think
of is there something that could
have been done to prevent it."
CYNTHIA FRYER WITH SAFE KIDS
UPSTATE SAYS VEHICLES ARE MEANT
FOR DRIVING ONLY...
"So we recommend that parents
keep their vehicle doors locked
so that children won't climb in
and play in them."
"Someone inside that home where
doors locked so that children
won't climb in and play in
them." "Someone inside that home
where the accident happened
declined to be interviewed. Myra
Ruiz, WYFF, News 4,
Travelers Rest."
CONTINUING COVERAGE NOW ON THE
DEATH OF CLEMSON STUDENT TUCKER
HIPPS. IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE HE
FELL TO HIS DEATH IN THE SENECA
RIVER.
WYFF NEWS 4 HAS REQUESTED THE
AUTOPSY RESULTS... BUT THE
OCONEE COUNTY CORONER KARL
ADDIS... SAYS HE HASN'T RECEIVED
THE REPORT YET. HE ALSO SAYS
IT REMAINS AN ONGOING DEATH
INVESTIGATION BY HIS OFFICE AND
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ALSO... ADDIS SAYS THE STATE
SUPREME COURT RECENTLY RULED
AUTOPSY REPORTS DON'T HAVE TO BE
RELEASED TO THE MEDIA OR PUBLIC.
A UNION COUNTY MAN HAS DIED
AFTER A TEENAGER... BEAT HIM IN
THE HEAD.
ARREST WARRANTS SAY 19-YEAR-OLD
HERMAN FARR... BEAT 30-YEAR-OLD
CHAD WHITLOCK SUNDAY MORNING ON
BLASSINGAME STREET. THE
WARRANT SAYS A FIGHT.. STARTED
INSIDE A CAR AND CONTINUED
OUTSIDE. OFFICERS SAY WHEN
THEY ARRIVED... THEY FOUND
WHITLOCK.. UNCONSCIOUS... AND
SEVERAL MEN RUNNING AWAY. FARR
IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED
***... THE SOLICITOR WANTS TO
WAIT FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS BEFORE
DECIDING WHETHER TO UPGRADE THE
CHARGE.
THE GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS A MAN ARMED WITH A
HANDGUN... ROBBED A CONVENIENCE
STORE ON OLD AUGUSTA ROAD.
THEY SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND
10:45 AT THE LIL CRICKET.
DEPUTIES SAY THE MAN DEMANDED
MONEY FROM THE CLERK.. GRABBED
IT.. AND LEFT IN A BURGUNDY CAR.
AND THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND
HIM.
A 79 YEAR OLD ETOWAH WOMAN
REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
AT PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL AFTER
BEING MAULED BY THREE DOGS.
ACCORDING TO THE HENDERSON
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE-THE
VICTIM WAS IN HER GARDEN WHEN
THE DOGS BROKE FREE-AND ATTACKED
HER REPEATEDLY. WYFF NEWS 4'S
ALY MYLES HAS THE STORY...
17:58 shes just a sweet lady, a
good, good neighbor and I hate
to hear that's what happened.
CHRIS MCCOY HAS LIVED FOR 20
YEARS IN THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF
ETOWAH.
18:29 we're just like one big
neighborhood. HE LIVES NEAR THE
SMALL HOUSE ON LITTLE SPRINGS
ROAD WHERE THE
WOMAN WAS ATTACKED. AND HAS SEEN
THE DOGS-- WHICH LIVE JUST
BEHIND HER HOUSE-- GET OUT
BEFORE. 18:12 they've been over
here once or twice but they've
never been aggressive that I
know of.. C9 39:52 I'm standing
on the victim's property right
now. We're told she lives here
but then if you follow over this
way, we're told the neighbors'
dogs came under this fence and
attacked her. HENDERSON COUNTY
CAPTAIN STEVE CARTER SAYS THE
HOUND MIX, BEAGLE MIX AND
LABRADOR DRAGGED HER-ONTO THE
NEIGHBORS PROPERTY, REPEATEDLY
ATTACKING HER BEFORE SHE WAS
ABLE TO CRAWL TO SAFETY. 2:55
the dogs were confined in their
own yard, the neighboring yard
and they have shock collars on
them but unfortunately the
system didn't work. THE DOGS
OWNERS- REFUSED TO COMMENT- C2
35:59 Peel out-- IMMEDIATELY
DRIVING OFF THEIR PROPERTY. NO
CHARGES WILL BE FILED BECAUSE
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CANNOT
PROVE CRIMINAL INTENT. THE
DOGS-ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT
HENDERSON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.
3:10 they're being quarantined
right now for 10 days just to
make sure they're up to date on
their shots which we believe
they are but they'll be returned
to their neighbor at the
completion of the ten days.ALY