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Brittany Smith and accused abdutor had cardboard sign begging for money outside store
Brittany Smith and her accused abductor were spotted outside a San Francisco Safeway store Friday with a cardboard sign asking for money, Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said during a 10-minute news conference this afternoon.
A Safeway customer's sighting of the missing girl, and her subsequent call to police, led to the arrest of Jeffrey Easley, 32, and the safe return of Brittany, 12.
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Amber alert suspect is now murder suspect
Roanoke police say 32-year-old Jeffery Scott Easley, who is accused of abducting a teenager, is officially a suspect in her mother's murder.
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Town reacts to Jeffery Easley's arrest
He was a man on the run, with a 12 year old girl in tow. Because he lived here in the East, deputies here were part of the search. Now, with the girl safe and the man under arrest, the community reacts.
The search for Jeffrey Scott Easley is over. The Ayden native was arrested friday in San Francisco. This all started on Monday when 41 year old Tina Smith was found dead in her Virginia home. Smith's 12 year old daughter Brittany and Easley were both missing. Pitt County Sheriff's deputies were put on high alert after learning Easley was from our area and that his brother still lived in town. Sheriff Neil Elks says the department worked tirelessly and they are happy Easley is behind bars.
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Brittany Smith case enters phase two
Roanoke County Police Chief Ray Lavinder said this Saturday about 32-year-old Jeffrey Scott Easley's connection to Tina Smith's murder: I'd say he's a very good suspect at this time.
Chief Lavinder turned the spotlight in the Brittany Smith story from an abduction to a murder investigation. And Easley is the first name attached to that investigation. But, as authorities look in to the murder, new details about Smith and Easley's time in California keep coming in.
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Child's abductor charge with mother's murder
Jeffrey Scott Easley, who was arrested Friday over the abduction of 12-year-old Brittany Mae Smith, is now a suspect in the murder of Brittanys mother, Tina Smith, Roanoke County Police spokesperson Teresa Hamilton Hall said Saturday.
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