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Six MCS Schools to be Managed Through State Six MCS Schools to be Managed Through State

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(Memphis, TN 2/27/12) Six Memphis City Schools will either be taken over by the state, or be working side by side with charter schools.

Up to this point, the state and MCS have co-managed four schools: Frayser High School, Hamilton High School, Northside High School and Raleigh Egypt Middle School.

But today’s announcement focused on six elementary and middle schools, with the idea that starting when they’re young may mean a better chance for success. “To transform a high school, you must first work with great focus and intentionality in the elementary and middle schools that feed it,” said Dr. Kriner Cash, superintendent of Memphis City Schools.

The state’s Achievement School District, or ASD, will make a decision about the four currently co-managed schools at the end of the academic year. They are currently still under MCS and are not part of Monday’s announcement. Focusing on the younger students, ASD will take over three “feeder” schools in the Frayser area. ASD will take over Frayser Elementary School, Corning Elementary School, and Westside Middle School by August of 2012. Faculty and staff who wish to stay at the schools will reapply for their positions with ASD. All three schools are in Frayser and the ASD head office will likely be in Frayser, since Superintendent Chris Barbic says Frayser has the highest concentration of bottom five-percent schools of any community in Tennessee. “We know we can do better. We know the kids in Frayser deserve better.

And we’re excited to talk about the plans that we have to make sure that every single student in the Frayser community has access to a great, quality public education,” Barbic said. In addition, three other schools will “co-habitate” with charter management organizations. Lester Elementary School will have its kindergarten through third grade taken over by Cornerstone Academy in its first year, with fourth and fifth grade also taken over by 2013-14. Gordon Elementary will share its campus with Gestalt Community Schools. Gestalt will first open a sixth grade for those finishing at Gordon Elementary, then expanding through eighth grade. Cypress Middle School will co-habitate with KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools. KIPP will open upper grade level classes, then lower grade level classes. Faculty and staff at Gordon Elementary and Cypress Middle schools will not change, since the charter organizations are there to expand to new grade levels.

All three charter agreements have been signed for a period of 10 years. Superintendents Kriner Cash and John Aitken were joined by ASD staff and mayors Wharton and Luttrell for the announcement. “This is about transformation not merely of school buildings but of neighborhoods,” Wharton said.

The goal is to bring these three state-run schools into the top 25 percent after five years.

ASD then intends to turn the schools back to local control. Questions about these changes can be addressed at three parent information sessions held by ASD. They will take place March 8, March 15 and March 20. The locations have not been announced.



Updated: 3 Killed in I-55 Crash

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(Marion, AR)Three people are confirmed dead after a crash involving an 18-wheeler on Saturday.

An SUV collided with the big rig and another vehicle as it approached a construction zone where the traffic was backed up near Marion.

The Arksansas State Police says 26-year-old Jessica McGuire, 26-year-old Nicholas McGuire and 2-year-old Brinley McGuire were killed in the crash.

7-year-old Cadence McGuire is being treated at Le Bonheur. The victims are from Gosnell, Arkansas.

The drivers of the other vehicles were not hurt.

The Arkansas State Police shut down the interstate Saturday while emergency crews worked to reach the victims.

 

 


Woman Killed After Being Set On Fire

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(Memphis) A man admitted to setting his girlfriend on fire and killing her in their house on Coleman, near Highland.  Gregory Powell is now charged with first degree murder.

“There sure was a lot going on last night. They had the whole street blocked off. They taped all the way down, they blocked the corner,” said neighbor Jimmy Drum.

Memphis Police swarmed the street after they say 57-year-old Powell walked into 201 Poplar and turned himself in for setting his girlfriend on fire. Police then rushed to the couple’s home to try and save Powell’s girlfriend, but it was too late. She was dead.

Detectives say Powell told them the two got into an argument. That’s when Powell hit the victim over the head and she blacked out. Police records show Powell admitted to then dragging his unconscious girlfriend into the bathtub, dousing her with gasoline, striking a flame and then watching her burn before leaving their home.

“That’s so much different than shooting somebody or stabbing somebody setting on fire. That’s just unreal,” said Drum.

Drum calls the murder a tragedy but says he didn’t know the couple well, they just moved in about a month ago.

According to court records, this is the first time Powell has faced violence related charges in Shelby County.


South Memphis Shooting has Police Searching for Clues

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(Memphis) Memphis Police Officers are investigating an early morning murder.

Officers were called to the 1400 block of Alcy Rd. just before seven o’clock this morning.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man laying in the driveway.

Memphis Police say the man had been shot at least one time.

At this time, no one is in custody.


A Shelby County Man Attacks His Estranged Wife And Her Boyfriend With His Car

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SHELBY COUNTY, TN- A man now faces attempted first degree murder and aggravated assault charges, accused of attacking his estranged wife and her boyfriend.
According to investigators, 31-year-old Michael Thompson assaulted the couple outside a home in the 1500 block of Estacada Way, Saturday.
The estranged wife told deputies, she and her boyfriend were on the way to the movies, when Thompson rammed his car into theirs, striking the boyfriend who was inside the car.
According to the affidavit, the boyfriend tried to get away, but was chased and beaten by Thompson with a club.
Thompson’s bond is set at $75,000. He is scheduled to appear before a judge Tuesday.


Memphis man charged in the death of his roommate

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his missing roommate.

Police say Eric Hopson was last seen January 11 when he was dropped off at his home on Kerwin in northeast Memphis.

According to a police affidavit, officers searched the residence and found evidence of a fight and what appeared to be blood.

When officers questioned his roommate, Johnny Brooks, he confessed to killing  Hopson and dumping his body in a garbage can in a wooded area.

Officers say Brooks admitted to burying his roommate’s body, and covering it with a large pile of leaves.

Brooks has a January 20th court date.


Mother who died after giving birth to quadruplets had Memphis ties.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Erica Morales’ story is getting world-wide attention. She gave birth to quadruplets in Pheonix, Arizona Thursday, but she died before she got to meet her babies.

Morales was raised in Memphis.  Sunday her family in Whitehaven held a candlelight vigil to honor her memory.

“I love you E. I miss you. You will never be forgotten.”

That’s LaTonya Rogers. Erica Morales’ cousin and best friend. She and the rest of the family, are struggling with the harsh reality that Erica is no longer with them. She died Friday, hours after giving birth to quadruplets. A medical emergency forced the babies to come two months early.

Rogers said she was getting text updates from her husband Carlos saying she was in the ICU, then, “Next thing I know I get a call the next morning, she was gone.”

Rogers last saw Morales this summer, at their family reunion in Memphis. She said when Erica was in town they were inseparable.

“It was just us bonding. Our quality time together. Me and her. And we looked forward to that every year.”

This summer she won’t be here, But her four babies will. Baby Erica, Paisley Tracey and Carlos Jr. They never met their mother, but now they are her living legacy.

” I lost my best friend,” Rogers started to cry, “But we`ve got the babies now, so I get to see her through them.”

Rogers says Morales tried for years to have a baby. She comes from a huge family with lots of kids and couldn’t wait to have her own. Now her husband Carlos is taking on the job, alone.

“She stated to me, you have a child I don`t. I want to know that feeling.”

Now the feeling of loss and memories of their loved one are all this family has.

With their candles raised in the air they yelled,  “We love you Erica!”

They are holding on to each other for strength while they cope with this loss. If you want to donate money to help the family, click here.

 


Three fired from Tunica County Sheriff’s Department

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TUNICA COUNTY, Miss. -- There has been a major shakeup at the Tunica County Sheriff's Department.

WREG has learned that several deputies are all out of a job following various investigations.

Commander Eugene Bridges, Commander Paul Biggins and Assistant Chief Willie Dunn have all been terminated.

The firings were because of administration issues.

The department is also actively investigating a harassment complaint against Commander Bridges.

WREG has also confirmed Bridges still serves as the Tunica County Constable



Man turns self in after allegedly firing shots, leading police on chase in Arkansas

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HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — Helena-West Helena police officers have captured a man they say shot at police Monday night.

Officers say it all started when Helena-West Helena Police responded to a shooting call at the 300 block of North Second Street. When an officer arrived on the scene, a man started shooting at the officer.

The officer called for backup and the suspect took off in a silver/gray Dodge Magnum. Police chased him.

The officer and the suspect exchanged gunfire before the suspect wrecked his car at Kentucky Street, then jumped out of the car and took off on foot.

Police originally said the suspect also kidnapped a woman, but the chief of police later said the woman officers found in the car wasn't cooperating and they aren't sure of her involvement.

The suspect, Robert Beckwood, turned himself in Wednesday afternoon. He's being held on a $50,000 bond.

Family says law enforcement ransacked Raleigh house in search for escaped murder suspect

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The search for Antoine Adams, an escaped murder suspect from Marshall County, has moved North to the Memphis area.

A broken window, overturned furniture and a hole in the ceiling show where a Raleigh family claims law enforcement came looking for a fugitive.

Adams escaped from jail in Marshall County, Miss. this weekend and is considered to be extremely dangerous.

Adams is accused of several murders in Memphis and Marshall County where investigators say he climbed out of a window in his cell early Sunday morning.

Police entered houses off Raleigh Egypt Road around 2 p.m. Monday, but Memphis Police spokesman Louis Brownlee said officers did not find Adams.

A 15-year-old Raleigh resident witnessed police coming into homes with dogs.

"They came in aggressive," said the 15-year-old. "They threw smoke bombs in there. I started covering my face up with my shirt."

The teen says he sat in the cruiser for about 40 minutes before he was released by officers without a word.

He thinks officers thought he was Adams. "They put guns to my face and told me to get down. They dragged me out the back door and took me to a police car."

One person was taken into custody on outstanding warrants during the search, but they were unrelated to Adams.

A woman who lives in one of the houses said officers told her they were looking for someone from Marshall County. An affidavit for a search warrant confirms that police were searching for Adams.

The inside of this house in Frayser appeared ransacked after police searched it for a wanted man. (photo Lisa Dandridge)

After police left, the house appeared ransacked inside, with broken windows outside. Brownlee says the family could file a complaint with the department about the damage.

He also said there had to have been some kind of credible reason law enforcement would go there — either it was a past known hangout, or perhaps Adams knew someone in the house.

The family in the house said they have only lived there for a month and they don't know Adams.

Monday afternoon WREG crews saw a broken window, overturned furniture and a hole in the ceiling where a Raleigh family claims law enforcement came looking for a fugitive.

Adams’ former neighbor said officers were looking for him at a north Memphis duplex.

"When the police came it really frightened me because I didn’t know what was going on," explained Terance Miles.

Now Miles is nervous Adams is still out there and just like the teen whose home was searched today, uneasy.

"That’s scary. Especially in my neighborhood. I don’t know what’s gonna happen to me walking down the street.”

Adams is linked to a homicide in Whitehaven and was the subject of the WREG Manhunt Monday series back in June.

The mother of Marquis Bell, who Adams is accused of killing, said her family is distraught over the news of his escape.

"We'll just have to wait and see what's going to happen. I don't know, I wish they would catch him right now."

Records show Adams has also been in trouble multiple time in a Shelby County Jail for his behavior to jailers.

Adams, 27, is charged with three murders — one in Marshall County and two in Memphis. He had been in the Marshall County Jail since August after being arrested on a warrant in Houston, Texas.

"He is a very, very dangerous individual," said Marshall County Sheriff Kenny Dickerson.

Dickerson said sometime between 1 and 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Adams stuffed pillows under the blankets on his bed to make it look like he was asleep, then managed to lift a glass panel from a window in his cell, squeeze through a small opening and jump out before crawling under the barbed-wire fence.

Manhunt Monday: Murdered 14-year-old’s mother pleads for killer’s capture

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A devastated mother wants justice for her daughter who died in her arms.

14-year-old Gabrielle Harris was murdered as she washed dishes in her Whitehaven home.

Bridgett Harris is talking about the moment her daughter died in her arms.

She doesn't want her face shown, because she is afraid.

"I heard a loud pop, and I yelled "What was that?" the mother said said.

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"She came around the corner holding her head, and she said "Mom, something hit me in my head.' She let her hand go, and it was just blood streaming down."

Harris rushed to help her daughter, not knowing that she was shot.

Family members called 911.

"I was rocking her, and she was hugging me and trying to breath. She kept trying to hug me," Harris said.

Paramedics soon arrived and started trying to save Gabby's life.

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Leaving her mother to do the only thing she could.

"I said God please, please. Please save my baby."

Moments later, she got the news that no parent should ever hear.

I heard one of the paramedics say, 'We called it,' and I said 'Called what? Don't call anything. Help my baby. Get her breathing," Harris said.

She says she is grateful she got to hold her daughter.

"I'm very thankful I got to rock my baby and talk to her. She could hear me until her last breath. I got to kiss her and tell her I love her," Harris said.

If you know who killed 14-year-old Gabrielle Harris, call Memphis police at (901)-528-CASH.

Source: Van where body found was set to be auctioned by police

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police had already started the process to auction off a van in its impound lot when its owner returned weeks later and found a body inside, a source says.

A letter was sent to Pablo Castor, the owner, that his van was going to be auctioned if he didn’t come and pick it up, so he rushed over to the impound lot.

When he inspected the van he found the body.

A source also confirmed that pictures were taken of the van, but no one saw the body.

►Related: Man found dead in police impound lot more than 6 weeks after shooting

Police said Wednesday that the person who was located inside of the van has not yet been identified, but does not match the description of anyone in their missing persons report.

The surviving victim did not know the dead man’s name, police said.

At least three levels of inspection failed to turn up the body of a homicide victim that sat at the police impound lot after three men were shot during a robbery Dec. 18.

Mayor Jim Strickland said Wednesday he had called for an immediate investigation. “This is absolutely not acceptable,” he said. “It was a clear violation of policy. I await the investigation and look forward to the director holding whatever parties are responsible, accountable.”

Strickland said there are approximately 1,900 vehicles in the police impound lot and the city’s policy is to inspect and inventory them.

“Anytime the Police Department takes custody of a vehicle they need to review that vehicle and do an inventory of what’s inside,” he said. “That obviously was not done. There was not a complete inventory of this vehicle. Otherwise, the body would’ve been found.”

The vehicle had supposedly been inspected by the Crime Scene unit, Uniform Patrol and workers at the impound lot.

Typically on a crime scene, before MPD tows a vehicle, they need to do inventory where they search the vehicle. They then fill out a towing slip with that information and give it to the tow truck driver. The tow truck driver hands off the slip at the impound lot and someone there needs to check its accuracy by re-searching the vehicle. They then check the vehicle into the impound lot.

However, in a case where a critical injury is involved, like this one, the protocol is different, according to multiple MPD sources.

MPD will secure the vehicle and have it towed to what’s called “the tunnel” at the impound lot. This is inside a warehouse where they can process vehicles for fingerprints and search it thoroughly in a controlled environment. The tow truck driver would have the towing slip that says the vehicle needs to be processed still.

Typically, the processing of the vehicle will happen within 24-48 hours by a detective and crime scene officer. They’ll obtain a search warrant depending on the circumstances. After they search it, the vehicle would be moved to the impound lot.

When asked about his faith in the Memphis Police Department, Mayor Strickland stated it’s “very high, very high. The Police Department responds to a million calls year. There are thousands of cars that go through the impound lot every year. One incident, as bad as it is, does not effect my opinion of the police director at all.”

He also said it’s “too early” to make any conclusions on whether the Memphis Police Department should continue to have control over the impound lot.

WREG will have more of this developing story online and on News Channel 3 beginning at 4 p.m.

 

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Frederick Lewis?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Disturbing details in a Memphis murder case left a family anxious for answers and looking for justice.

Alan Lewis will never forget the day his brother was found dead in his apartment.

Memphis Police say 53-year-old Frederick Lewis' body was found on the floor.

He was shot in the neck.

"I'm upset, I'm hurt and I don't sleep," Lewis said. "Fred was just a caring person, a giving person and if he could help you, he would."

Lewis knew something was wrong when he tried calling and visiting his brother, and he didn't answer.

Family members forced their way into his brother's apartment only to find out their worst nightmare had come true.

Someone had murdered his brother and no one knew why.

"Everybody is on an emotional roller coaster right now, because all of us had our own personal relationship with my brother," Lewis said.

Homicide detectives say Lewis may have known and trusted his killer to allow them inside of his apartment.

"Somebody that he knew could have come in under one pretense and shot him. It may have been that he was just robbed, but we can't just easily tell that," an officer said.

Lewis' family said he suffered from dementia and spent most of his time inside the apartment.

"It leaves you with a void. There are so many unanswered questions. You see it on TV, but it's nothing like when it hits home with you," Lewis said.

Family members are finding it hard to believe that someone would want to kill him.

They think something else could have happened.

"One of the neighbors said there was a drive by. Somebody came down the street and was just shooting up the neighborhood," Lewis said.

Frederick Lewis' family found two bullet holes in the front wall of his apartment.

His family says two different neighbors say their apartment was sprayed with bullets that night.

"There are a lot of people that loved my brother. We love him, and we miss him. We want justice served," he said.

If you know who killed 53-year-old Frederick Lewis call Memphis Police at (901)-528-CASH.

All calls are confidential.

If you have a cold case that you would like us to profile on Manhunt Monday, email us at ManhuntMonday@wreg.com.

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Steve Guidry?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It's a murder mystery that has Memphis Police asking for help.

Steve Guidry was found dead last November and his son says he won't stop asking questions until his father's killer is brought to justice.

Cory Guidry can't stop thinking about the day he found his father's body.

"He's the only family I had here in Memphis. I don't have no other family here," Guidry said.

Memphis Police say Steve Guidry was robbed, shot and left to die on the floor of Always On Heat And Air in November 2017.

"It kills me. I walk in here every day, and, in my mental image, I see my Dad laying on the floor dead," Guidry said.

Guidry was with his father minutes before someone walked in and killed him.

"People would come in and ask for heating and air conditioning calls, and I would run over to their house and fix," he said.

Guidry says that's why he didn't think anything was wrong when three men showed up at the business and asked for help.

"He said he couldn't get his heater to start running. It happens all the time, so I got up and talked to the guy for a minute," Guidry said. "I said, 'Yeah, I'll run over there with you."

He says he went back inside to tell his dad that he loved him and would be back shortly.

"I went to fix the heater. I got in my van and followed him out. When I left and came back, my dad was dead on the floor,"

Guidry never made that house call.

The blue impala he was following started driving erratically and running red lights to get away.

Investigators say this may have been a set up to lure Guirdy away from the business.

While he was gone, a man driving a tan SUV walked into the shop with a gun and killed his father.

"He never hurt anybody. He's just trying to run a business. In return, somebody kills him and robs him," Guidry said.

If you know who killed 67-year-old Steve Guidry, call Memphis Police at (901)-528-CASH.

All calls are confidential.

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Dominik Crowder?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Cynthia Martin can't stop crying. Memphis police say her 33-year-old son, Dominik Crowder, was murdered during a home invasion robbery in January.

Officers say Crowder was in his North Memphis apartment when three armed men knocked on his door and demanded money.

"My son's life was taken for nothing," Martin said. "For someone to do that to him is absolutely wrong, because he would never do somebody else like that. He was gentle."

When Crowder refused the gunmen's demands, they shot him in the head.

Crowder's mother says the gunmen then dragged her son's body outside of his apartment and left him to die.

"When we got to the hospital the chaplain was there. I walked in and I knew," Martin said crying.

Crowder's family knew they needed to pray.

"About an hour or so later they came out and told us he was brain dead. A few minutes later he had no vital signs," Martin said.

She says she doesn't understand why someone would want to kill her son.

"He would have given anybody anything that he had without question. For them to shoot him over nothing is sad. From what I understand, they didn't get what they were looking for. They got nothing," Martin said.

Now Memphis police are stopping at nothing to put Crowder's killers behind bars.

"Robbers don't commit one robbery and stop. They've done this before and will do it again, so everyone else around is a victim waiting to happen,"

Crowder's mother will never give up hope that her son's killers will be brought to justice.

"I sit and I can get a flash of what he must have been feeling or how everything went down, and I just cry," she said.

If you know who killed 33-year-old Dominik Crowder, call Crime Stoppers at (901)-528-CASH.


Manhunt Monday: Who killed Terrell Neely?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police have no answers after a father was murdered while sitting in his car.

Rosolin Crayton says she is tired and frustrated. "I don't want to be around people."

She spends her days trying to understand why someone would kill her grandson.

Memphis Police say 25-year-old Terrell Neely was killed December 2017.

Neely was sitting in a car in front of his house on Elbert Street in Frayser when two men walked up and opened fire.

"I wake up at 5 a.m. every morning. I can't hardly function on Sundays, because it happened on a Sunday morning. It was mind blowing. Just mind blowing," Crayton said.

Neely's fiance', and the mother of his child, thinks he knew his killer was set up.

"My son talks about his daddy everyday. He is so strong. He doesn't drop one tear, but he talks about his daddy everyday. I have to deal with that," she said.

She says she tries to hold it together for the children's sake but admits it's difficult.

"I've been with him since I was a child. He's all I know. I have two kids by him. I've been in his daughter's life since she was two, and I'm pregnant now. I found out after he passed," the victim's fiance' said.

Homicide detectives say a witness heard the gun shots and saw two people running away.

But when emergency crews arrived on the scene, it was already too late.

"I hold on to God, because I know that it's only God that is going to see us through this," the victim's grandmother said. " I know the people that were around know more than what their saying. They're just closing their mouth."

If you know who killed 25-year-old Terrell Neely, call Crime Stoppers at (901)-528-CASH.

All calls are confidential.

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Laronzo Davis?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A South Memphis murder remains unsolved and family members say they need the community's help.

Carolyn Miller's faith is strong, but nothing can take away the pain a mother feels when she has to bury her child.

"I just pray and ask God for strength every day to make it through and take it day by day," Miller said. "Some nights I cry myself to sleep."

Memphis police say 28-year-old Laronza Davis was killed in November 2017 when someone sprayed his car with bullets.

Officers say it happened in South Memphis at Crump Avenue and Mississippi.

"I just want to know who did this and why they did it," Miller said.

Family members say Davis had just left the College Park Apartments moments before someone pulled up along side of his car and pulled out a gun.

Officers say David tried to get away but couldn't. He lost control of his car and crashed into a concrete wall.

"We don't know if he was the target," his mother said.

Davis and his passenger were both shot, but the passenger survived.

Miller says her son didn't have any enemies. She says her son took part in a peace rally the week before his murder.

She says the shooter destroyed her life when he took her son's. "I pray every day about this."

Despite the pain that fills Miller's heart, she won't allow hate and anger to consume her life.

She had a message for the people that killed her son.

"I'm praying for you. I'm not mad at you, but I need my closure. For me to have peace, you need to turn yourself in," Miller said.

If you know who killed Loronzo Davis call Crime Stoppers at (901)-528-CASH.

 

Manhunt Monday: Mississippi deputies searching for armed suspects who beat, robbed man in convenience store

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MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. — Victor Aarar says he second guesses his decision to run the County Line convenience store in Marshall County, MS.

Aarar was attacked and robbed his first day on the job on April 4.

"I asked him, 'Can I help you sir?' He said 'No. I'm just looking for some candy for my pregnant wife," Aarar said.

When he turned to help the man, he realized he was being robbed.

"The other guy put a gun in my face and said, 'Lay down," Aarar said. "His friend put me on the floor and they hit me in my back."

Aarar says customers stood in the parking lot and watched as he was being brutally beaten and did nothing to help.

"In my culture if I see somebody that needs help, I have to help them,"

Marshall County sheriff deputies say Aarar is lucky to be alive.

"This is a dangerous situation. During the assault, the could have went off and killed the guy,"

Deputies say the two armed men took Aarar's wallet, cash from the register and even the keys to the store.

Four days later, the store was set on fire.

According to the fire investigator, there was some type of accelarent that was poured on the ground in two different areas inside the store in an attempt to burn it down.

"We would like to get these individuals off the street as soon as possible,"

The assault suspects were last seen leaving the store in a green 2006 Pontiac.

If you know who's responsible for robbing and attacking Victor Aarar and who's responsible for setting fire to the County Line convenience store, call the Marshall County Sheriff's Department at (662)-252-1311.

All calls are confidential.

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Esteban Dominguez?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elizabeth Carrera keeps living the nightmare over and over in her head.

Memphis Police say her husband, 32-year-old Esteban Dominguez, was attacked and shot in their driveway in front of her and their small children.

Detectives say two men ran up behind the couple and demanded cash. When Dominguez struggled with one of the men, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him.

Carrera says it all started when she and her husband of 13 years were returning home one evening in December 2017.

The couple had taken their two small children out for dinner and never expected what they would face in their own driveway on Boyce Street just two days before Christmas.

"He told him that he didn't have any money, and that's when he just shot him. It was cold blooded. There was no conversation and no reasoning, nothing," Carrera said.

Seconds later, the two men jumped in a brown car and drove off, leaving Carrera and her children heartbroken and devastated.

"They are traumatized. They watched their father die. It's not something that you can do over. They are going through a hard time right now," Carrera said.

Dominguez died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Now police need your help finding out who did this.

"We do know that the Hispanic community is victimized quite a bit," Lt. Tony Mullins, with the Memphis Police Department, said. "It's scary to think that you can't go to your own home. Where is your safe place?"

If you know who killed 32-year-old Esteban Dominguez call Memphis Police at (901)-528-CASH.

All calls are confidential.

Manhunt Monday: Who killed Army Sgt. Calvin Wilhite?

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shots rang out in the middle of a crowded street, leaving a veteran dead.

His mother is traumatized and police are still searching for answers three years later.

The tragic murder of Calvin Wilhite will be forever etched in the memory of his loved ones.

WREG uncovered new surveillance video police are checking out in hopes of finding his killer.

No one will ever know the pain that Valeria Henderson has been carrying in her heart for the last three years, unless you've had a child that was murdered.

"It's a void that no one can ever fill."

Memphis Police say 26-year-old Calvin Wilhite, a Sgt. in the United States Army, was home on leave when he was gunned down near the FedEx Forum.

Detectives say Sgt. Wilhite and his girlfriend had just left Beale Street and were walking near fourth street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue when three men driving a dark colored car started yelling at his girlfriend.

Wilhite and the men argued and that's when one of them pulled out a gun and started shooting. Sgt. Whilhite was hit three times.

"The young lady that he was with called me and told me he had been shot," Henderson said. "I went ballistic. I went crazy, because I didn't know if he was still alive or how many times he had been shot. I didn't know where he was or anything."

If you have any tips you are asked to call Crime Stoppers at (901)-528-CASH.

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