A long time-old chilly case in North Carolina will get new hope as reward for info rises
Up to date: 9:13 PM EDT Could 31, 2024
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. HERE’S CAROLYN NIGEL WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. HISTORY IN AMERICA. A FORMER PRESIDENT GUILTY OF 34 FELONY COUNTS. THIS IS A SCAM. THERE’S A RIGGED TRIAL. TRUMP VOWING TO FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING JUSTICE WAS SERVED. THE AMERICAN PRINCIPLE THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW WAS REAFFIRMED. WE HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE TONIGHT. CREWS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE 30 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING WHILE TUBING LAST SATURDAY. I’M TANIQUA PENNIX IN LAKE GREENWOOD WITH THE LATEST ON THEIR EFFORTS. ANOTHER QUIET EVENING AHEAD WITH TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE. LOWS IN THE 50S TONIGHT. HUMIDITY IS INCREASING THIS WEEKEND. WHEN TO EXPECT SOME RAIN AHEAD IN YOUR FORECAST? WE’RE HERE AT CLEMSON, WHERE THE TIGERS ARE GETTING READY TO HOST THE NCAA TOURNAMENT BASEBALL GAME TONIGHT. THEY ARE ONE OF FOUR TEAMS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYING IN THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT. WE HAVE TOURNAMENT COVERAGE COMING UP. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HISTORIC NEWS TONIGHT OUT OF NEW YORK. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BECOMING THE FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY TO BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY. IT COMES AFTER HE WAS FOUND GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE HUSH MONEY CRIMINAL TRIAL TODAY, TRUMP SPOKE TO THE NATION AT TRUMP TOWER IN MANHATTAN AND OUR JANE ROBALO JOINS US NOW WITH MORE ON HIS REMARKS. JANE. WELL, CAROL AND NIGEL, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ARGUED THAT THE VERDICT WAS ILLEGITIMATE AND WAS DRIVEN BY POLITICS. THE TRIAL WAS RELATED TO FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS RELATED TO A 2016 PAYMENT TO A — STAR BY HIS THEN FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN. TRUMP BEGAN TODAY’S SPEECH BY CALLING OUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON IMMIGRATION AND TAX POLICIES, THEN PIVOTED TO THE HUSH MONEY CASE. HE CALLED THE TRIAL UNFAIR AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED, THEN LAUNCHED INTO ATTACKS ON MANHATTAN SUPREME COURT JUDGE JUAN MERCHANT. MR. TRUMP ALSO DISCUSSED HIS NEXT STEPS IN THE APPEALS PROCESS. IT WAS A RIGGED TRIAL. WE WANTED A VENUE CHANGE WHERE WHERE WE COULD HAVE A FAIR TRIAL. WE DIDN’T GET IT. WE WANTED A JUDGE CHANGE. WE WANTED A JUDGE. THAT WASN’T CONFLICT DID. AND OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN’T DO THAT. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE APPEALING THIS SCAM. WE’RE GOING TO BE APPEALING IT ON MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. HE WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO HAVE WITNESSES. HE WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO TALK. HE WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, ALSO ADDRESSING THE NATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THAT HISTORIC CONVICTION. NOW HE’D BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, AS HE SHOULD, TO APPEAL THAT DECISION, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY. THAT’S HOW THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF JUSTICE WORKS, AND IT’S RECKLESS, IT’S DANGEROUS. IT’S IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO SAY THIS WAS RIGGED JUST BECAUSE THEY DON’T LIKE THE VERDICT. EVEN WITH YESTERDAY’S JURY DECISION, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN STILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL BE ALLOWED TO VOTE, WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON WHETHER HE’S SENTENCED TO A TERM IN PRISON. AND IF HE IS FINISHED SERVING THAT PRISON SENTENCE BY THE TIME OF THE ELECTION. ALSO, HOW THE APPEAL GOES. TRUMP’S SENTENCING IS SET FOR JULY 11TH. THAT IS JUST DAYS BEFORE REPUBLICANS ARE LIKELY TO SELECT HIM AS THEIR 2024 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. THE NEW YORK CASE IS ONE OF FOUR CRIMINAL CASES THAT MR. TRUMP IS FACING. NIGEL JANE, THANK YOU. NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WILL HAVE MUCH MORE FROM TRUMP’S COMMENTS AND AMERICA’S REACTION COMING UP AT 630. LET’S TURN TO OUR WEATHER NOW AS WE GIVE YOU A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR HILTON GREENVILLE SKYCAM ON THIS FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY IS IN FOR CHRIS GRIFFIN. HOW’S THE WEEKEND LOOKING? WELL, WE GOT ONE MORE DRY DAY TOMORROW BEFORE THE HUMIDITY STARTS GOING BACK UP. AS WILL THE RAIN CHANCES ON SUNDAY LIVE. LOOK AT THAT PARIS MOUNTAIN SKYCAM. WE’VE SEEN SERIOUS CLOUDS OVERHEAD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. THEY WERE PRETTY THICK AT TIMES, BUT NOW WE’RE STARTING TO GET MORE SUNSHINE OUT THERE. HERE’S THE VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURE JUST BASED ON THE TEMPERATURES. YOU CAN TELL WHO SEEN MORE SUNSHINE TODAY AND WHO HASN’T. WARMER TOWARDS THE SOUTH, WHERE IT’S BEEN SUNNIER 78 IN ABBEVILLE, 80 STILL IN ELBERTON, 70 ESSENTIALLY EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND KIND OF COOL UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LOW 70S AND EVEN SOME UPPER 60S. ALL THOSE CLOUDS WERE THANKS TO THOSE STORMS THAT DEVELOPED LAST NIGHT TOWARDS ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA. STILL SOME RAIN ONGOING THERE, AND ALL WE’RE GOING TO SEE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. TONIGHT IS JUST PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MORE COOL TEMPERATURES FOR THE LAST NIGHT OF MAY. MID 60S FOR TEN BY 10:00 PM. UPPER 50S AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LOW 50S WHEN YOU WAKE UP EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN THE UPSTATE. SAME FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PARTLY CLOUDY, COOL AND DRY FOR TONIGHT. SO WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE DRY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES DO LOOK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. FOR SUNDAY THEY’LL BE HOTTER AND MORE HUMID NEXT WEEK. ALL OF YOUR FULL FORECAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BREAKING BREAKING NEWS IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY A MOTORCYCLIST IS DEAD AFTER A CRASH EARLIER TODAY. IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 176 NORTH OF PACOLET. TROOPERS SAY A MOTORCYCLE AND A PICKUP TRUCK WERE BOTH GOING EAST. ON 176, JUST BEFORE NOON TODAY. THAT’S WHEN TROOPERS SAY A PICKUP REAR ENDED THE MOTORCYCLE. MOTORCYCLE DIED AT THE SCENE. THE CORONER HAS NOT YET RELEASED THE VICTIM’S NAME IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. THE CORONER SAYS ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A CAR CRASH. THE CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED THE PERSON AS 39 YEAR OLD JOHN ERIC CHILDS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CRASH HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG AUGUSTA ROAD. TROOPERS HAVE NOT SAID WHAT LED TO THE CRASH, BUT ACCORDING TO CANDIDATE FILINGS, CHILDS WAS RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT FOR STATE HOUSE DISTRICT SIX THIS YEAR. CREWS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING AFTER TUBING WITH FRIENDS ON LAKE GREENWOOD. OFFICIALS SAY SHE FELL OFF HER TUBE LAST SATURDAY. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX JOINS US FROM LAKE GREENWOOD WITH AN UPDATE ON THEIR EFFORTS. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS DAY SIX OF THE SEARCH FOR 30 YEAR OLD PORTIA GRIFFIN. EARLIER BOATS COULD BE SEEN TRAVELING FROM THIS SIDE OF THE LAKE FURTHER DOWN TO THE STATE PARK SIDE OF THE LAKE. CREWS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR GRIFFIN SINCE SATURDAY. OFFICIALS SAY SHE WAS TUBING ON THE LAKE WITH FRIENDS WHEN THE GROUP FELL INTO THE LAKE. OFFICIALS BELIEVE NONE OF THEM WERE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. AUTHORITIES TOLD US THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED, BUT GRIFFIN NEVER RESURFACED. TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAY THEY’RE CONDUCTING SURFACE SEARCHES WHILE ALSO USING DIVERS AND SONAR. DNR SAYS THEY’VE ALSO FLOWN THEIR AIRPLANE AND BROUGHT IN CADAVER DOGS. FAMILY TELLS US GRIFFIN IS A MOTHER NURSE AND A STAFF SERGEANT WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD. OFFICIALS SAY THEIR PRIORITY IS TO BRING CLOSURE TO THE FAMILY. REPORTING IN LAKE GREENWOOD, TANIQUA PENNIX, WYFF NEWS FOUR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE ACCUSED TANGLEWOOD SHOOTER APPEARED IN COURT FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT HEARING. 14 YEAR-OLD JORDAN WILLIAMS, WHO WAS BEING TRIED AS AN ADULT, PLEADED NOT GUILTY. HE IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING 12 YEAR OLD JAMARI JACKSON BACK IN MARCH OF 2022. WE SPOKE WITH A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST WHO GAVE HER INSIGHT ON WHETHER A 12 YEAR OLD WOULD BE AWARE OF THEIR ACTIONS IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION, WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT’S TANGIBLE, WHAT’S IN THEIR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, THINGS THAT THEY CAN SEE, HEAR, TOUCH, SMELL AND TASTE. HOWEVER THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND. KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE CALL LIKE THOSE GRAY AREAS OF DECISION OR THEORIES. UM, SO THEY DON’T QUITE 100% UNDERSTAND. AND ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR DECISION IN ORDER TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE. WILLIAMS RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AFTER YESTERDAY’S ARRAIGNMENT IN GREENVILLE. A MAN WILL STAY BEHIND BARS AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO ASSASSINATE A LOCAL ATTORNEY. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST APRIL, WE’RE TOLD, IN THE PARKING LOT OF A DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE LAW FIRM. TRAVIS DOUGLAS IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER. THE SOLICITOR SAYS THIS CASE STARTED WHEN THE LAW FIRM WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SUED AN ARCHITECT NAMED DAVID SMITH. THE STATE ALLEGES DOUGLAS, WHO WAS A FRIEND OF DAVID SMITH, SHOT AT THE VICTIM AS A RESULT OF THAT LAWSUIT. TODAY, DOUGLAS WAS DENIED BOND AGAIN. LET’S TURN TO SPORTS NOW. THE ROAD TO OMAHA BEGINS TONIGHT FOR THE CLEMSON BASEBALL TEAM IN THEIR OWN BALLPARK. SPORTS DIRECTOR MARC WHITEMAN AND JULIA MORRIS ARE IN CLEMSON AS THE TIGERS PREPARED TO TAKE ON HIGH POINT. GOOD EVENING. YEAH. HEY, NIGEL AND CAROL. UH, ERIC. PACKAGE HOPING DOUG KINGSMORE IS ROWDY AND AMPED UP ALL WEEKEND LONG, ASKING THE FAN BASE TO SERVE AS THE TEAM’S 10TH MAN THIS WEEKEND. WITH THEIR ENERGY AND ENGAGEMENT MARK. WHAT PACKAGE HAS DONE WITH THE PROGRAM IN HIS FIRST TWO SEASONS AS HEAD COACH? TRULY REMARKABLE. HE’S WON MORE THAN 70% OF HIS GAMES NOW HE’S TRYING TO GET CLEMSON ITS FIRST REGIONAL WIN SINCE 2010, AND HE HAS A TON OF RESPECT FOR THE TIGERS OPPONENT TONIGHT, CALLING THIS THE HIGH POINT REGIONAL THIS WEEK. AND HIS TEAM HAS GOTTEN THAT MESSAGE. NEARLY HALF OF THE STARTING LINEUP FOR CLEMSON TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE THEIR FIRST EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME. BUT THEY’RE IN THE RIGHT MINDSET AS THEY HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND. AND THEY GOT SOME SOME ADVICE EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM A GUY WHO KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT PLAYING POSTSEASON BASEBALL. WE HAD A LITTLE CALL WITH SPENCER SCHRADER YESTERDAY. HE TALKED ABOUT A GREAT KIND OF JUST TO EMBRACE THE MOMENT AND THE POSTSEASON. OBVIOUSLY, THE STAKES ARE HIGHER. HEART RATES GOING TO BE GOING TO BE HIGHER. FANS ARE MORE INTO IT. IT’S COACHES ARE MORE INTO IT AND ALL ITS KIND OF JUST EMBRACING IT AND SAYING LIKE, I CAN, I’M GOING TO USE THIS ENERGY IN A GOOD WAY. HONESTLY, WHEN WE’RE OUT THERE, I’M ASSUMING THE ONLY THING WE’RE FOCUSED ON IS IS THE NINE PLAYERS ON THE FIELD AND THE OPPONENT. AND CLEMSON HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF STAYING IN THE MOMENT ALL YEAR. MARK. THE TIGERS, 24, COME FROM BEHIND WINS THIS SEASON, THE MOST IN THE ACC. CLEMSON HOPING THEY DON’T HAVE TO COME FROM BEHIND TONIGHT. BUT AS ERIC PACKAGE SAID THIS WEEK, IF THEY NEED TO, THEY’RE CERTAINLY COMFORTABLE DOING JUST THAT. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COVERAGE OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM CLEMSON. BUT FOR NOW, FOR JUL
A long time-old chilly case in North Carolina will get new hope as reward for info rises
Up to date: 9:13 PM EDT Could 31, 2024
Officers elevated the reward as much as $94,000 for info resulting in the arrest of the individual chargeable for the homicide of Rhonda Hinson in Burke County, North Carolina, over 40 years in the past.(Video above: WYFF Information 4 Night Headlines 5.31)In December 1981, 19-year-old Rhonda Hinson was returning house from a Christmas occasion when she was shot inside her automobile touring towards Valdese, North Carolina, on I-40 West to the Mineral Springs Mountain Highway exit. After 42 years, her loss of life stays unsolved. The Burke County Sheriff’s Workplace and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation have spent hundreds of hours over the previous 4 many years looking for her killer. On Wednesday, the sheriff introduced a rise within the quantity of the reward for any info resulting in an arrest for homicide on this unsolved case to as much as $94,700, which is made up of mixed quantities being supplied by three businesses. $40,000 is being supplied by the Burke County sheriff. North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is providing as much as $25,000. Lastly, Morganton/Burke Crimestoppers is providing as much as $29,700. Extra Information: Upstate political candidate dies in early-morning crash, coroner says“I consider that there’s somebody on the market with credible info that might assist convey the individual(s) chargeable for this homicide to justice,” Sheriff Banks Hinceman stated. “I do know it’s been 42 years, and if you’re anxious about what folks will take into consideration you, it’s by no means too late to do the precise factor. My prayer is that the Lord will weigh closely on somebody’s coronary heart to come back ahead with credible info that can convey justice for Rhonda and her household, who’ve been ready for 42 years.”BCSO additionally states that anybody who supplies the knowledge might be required to testify in court docket to obtain the rewards.Extra Information: Police captain arrested, charged for assault and battery, SLED saysThe Burke County Sheriff’s Workplace has a devoted tip line solely for the Rhonda Hinson case. In case you have credible info, officers ask you to name 828-764-9549.
Officers elevated the reward as much as $94,000 for info resulting in the arrest of the individual chargeable for the homicide of Rhonda Hinson in Burke County, North Carolina, over 40 years in the past.
(Video above: WYFF Information 4 Night Headlines 5.31)
In December 1981, 19-year-old Rhonda Hinson was returning house from a Christmas occasion when she was shot inside her automobile touring towards Valdese, North Carolina, on I-40 West to the Mineral Springs Mountain Highway exit. After 42 years, her loss of life stays unsolved. The Burke County Sheriff’s Workplace and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation have spent hundreds of hours over the previous 4 many years looking for her killer.
On Wednesday, the sheriff introduced a rise within the quantity of the reward for any info resulting in an arrest for homicide on this unsolved case to as much as $94,700, which is made up of mixed quantities being supplied by three businesses. $40,000 is being supplied by the Burke County sheriff. North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is providing as much as $25,000. Lastly, Morganton/Burke Crimestoppers is providing as much as $29,700.
Extra Information: Upstate political candidate dies in early-morning crash, coroner says
“I consider that there’s somebody on the market with credible info that might assist convey the individual(s) chargeable for this homicide to justice,” Sheriff Banks Hinceman stated. “I do know it’s been 42 years, and if you’re anxious about what folks will take into consideration you, it’s by no means too late to do the precise factor. My prayer is that the Lord will weigh closely on somebody’s coronary heart to come back ahead with credible info that can convey justice for Rhonda and her household, who’ve been ready for 42 years.”
BCSO additionally states that anybody who supplies the knowledge might be required to testify in court docket to obtain the rewards.
Extra Information: Police captain arrested, charged for assault and battery, SLED says
The Burke County Sheriff’s Workplace has a devoted tip line solely for the Rhonda Hinson case. In case you have credible info, officers ask you to name 828-764-9549.
