WDBJ 7 morning news for 07/08/01

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Coming up .. Jennifer Barker tells HER story - after her alleged abductor's death.
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And... a touching victory at Daytona... Dale Earnhardt Junior takes the flag...
More on those stories just ahead.
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[2-shot toss to Hello]

[11Jennifer-Barker]

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[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=01-34 7:10]
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It was the ending many feared WOULDN'T happen. This weekend - Jennifer Barker is home safe - after she was missing more than a week... allegedly held captive by a man she had filed at least SEVEN restraining orders against. Dewy Lee Summerlin was cornered by police in Franklin County Friday night - where authorities say he turned the gun on himself after a shootout. Summerlin's teen-aged son - who was also found with Summerlin and Barker - is now facing charges. Jennifer Barker told News 7 about her harrowing ordeal... though she did NOT want to go on camera. Kate Weidaw reports.
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((Around six in the morning on June 28-th Jennifer Barker says she had just parked at the post office on Fifth Street... when the red van pulled up. She says Dewy Lee Summerlin opened the sliding door and pulled her into the vehicle - holding a sawed off shot gun to her neck. The driver of the van was Summerlin's 15 year old son.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: WHEN WE LEFT THE POST OFFICE HE TOLD ME TO STAY DOWN HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO SEE WHERE HE WAS TAKING ME BUT WE ENDED UP AT HIS APARTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE HE DRUGGED ME.))
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Over the next few days Summerlin drove to Maine and then to North Carolina and back to Virginia. Barker says the plan was to always be on the run.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: HE SAID I WAS GOING TO SUFFER FOR ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN JAIL THAT I WAS GOING TO BE AT HIS HOLDING AND THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE ANY OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS AGAIN.))
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((I FINALLY PERSUADED HIM TO DRIVE BACK INTO VIRGINIA AND WE WOULD GET MARRIED BECAUSE THAT IS ALL HE BEGGED FOR HE WANTED TO OWN ME.))
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Barker says she tried several times to escape - even from this hotel in Franklin County.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: I SCREAMED AND HOLLERED HE'S GOING TO KILL ME HE'S GOING TO KILL ME WELL THEN I KNEW I WAS DEAD.))
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((NOBODY HELPED ME NOBODY CALLED.))
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On Friday - Summerlin decided he needed to get rid of the green Honda police were looking for. Barker persuaded him to let her call her friend David Prillaman to switch cars with him. That's when Prillaman called police. Around 10 o'clock Lieutenant David Cunndiff with the Franklin County Sheriff's department pulled up to the Honda in the Ippy's parking lot in Rocky Mount.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: LEE SAID THE COPS ARE HERE AND I SAID PLEASE DON'T RUN I SAID PLEASE JUST SIT HERE AND LET US TRY TO TALK TO THEM PLEASE DON'T RUN. I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF. I KNEW IT WITH OUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.))
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Authorities cornered Summerlin and fired two shots into his legs, then Summerlin reportedly put the gun to his head and fired the fatal shot.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: IT WASN'T OVER IN MY MIND UNTIL I HEARD THE GUN SHOT OVER ACROSS THE STREET.))
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((KATE WEIDAW: BARKER RETURNED HOME FRIDAY NIGHT TO HER 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER - WHO NEVER LOST HOPE THAT HER MOTHER WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. AS FOR SUMMERLIN'S 15 YEAR OLD SON, HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ABDUCTION AND ANOTHER CHARGE OF POSSESSING A FIREMAN IS PENDING. HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE CORNER SPRINGS JUVENILE FACILITY. JENNIFER BARKER SAYS SUMMERLIN'S DEATH ENDS THREE YEARS OF CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER. KATE WEIDAW NEWS 7))

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[11SML-Murder]

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[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=01-21 - 1:34:10]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]
A North Carolina man is now charged with murder in what WAS believed to be a suicide at Smith Mountain Lake.
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[VO-NAT]
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A grand jury indicted Roy Sluder last week in the death of Loria Thurman Sluder of Roanoke. She died after being shot once in the head in June of 1995. Roy Sluder told police that his estranged wife shot herself in the head while the two were at the lake. Police originally investigated her death as a suicide, and will not disclose what information has changed the case to a murder investigation.
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[11Van-Crash]

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[TAPE#=01-38 17:41]
[GRAPHIC=Fatal Accident]
A Roanoke church van crash near Greensboro hospitalized several and killed one last week. Now - the National Transportation Safety Board wants to investigate.
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13-year-old Jessika Lewis died this week after the accident on Route 220 in North Carolina. The Virginia Heights Baptist Church van was returning from Myrtle Beach when a tire blew and the van flipped several times. A spokesperson with the N-T-S-B says bus and student transportation is a special emphasis of the organization.
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Three other teens remain hospitalized.

[11Water-Line]

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The water's back on for several Roanoke residents who had to do without yesterday ... after a water line break.

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Around five p-m the waterline on the corner of 27th and Crystal Springs broke, flooding a nearby home.
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((MARTHA BABB; OPENED THE FRONT DOOR AND I SAW MY NEIGHBORS RUNNING AROUND AND THEY SAID THE MAIN WATER LINE IS BROKEN AND WATER'S IN YOUR BASEMENT SO I WENT IN THE BASEMENT AND THE WATER WAS ABOUT UP TO HERE.))
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Water poured out into yards and ran into the street. At least one home was flooded ... several others went without water. This morning a city official says the problem's been fixed.
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[Tornadoes]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[WRITER=dal]
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Mother Nature's fury was felt in California yesterday and the spectacle was caught on tape.
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[SUPER=03-Near Joshua Tree, CA;]

A slow-moving desert tornado touched down yesterday afternoon just five miles north of Joshua Tree, California. A woman caught the tornado on home video.
No one was hurt by the twister. But two roofs were damaged.
[super=03-Myrtle Beach, SC;]

Residents and vacationers in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina are recuperating after the popular tourist spot was hit by tornadoes Friday.
No one was killed, but the twister did eight MILLION dollars worth of damage... mostly near the Pavilion - a popular shore-side amusement park.
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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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[BOTH MICS HOT]
Rick Boucher versus Oliver North? One Republican says they WON'T take Virginia redistricting that far... The story still to come...
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And...
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we'll have the latest on a shark attack off the Florida coast... that leaves a little boy fighting for life. Stay with us.

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[ANCHOR=Denise]
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Authorities resume their search this week in the waters of Philpott Lake. They're looking for additional clues in the murder of Ether Adean Smith. Her body was discovered in a submerged barrel last month after police received a tip they'd find ANOTHER body there. When word first got out that human remains had been recovered... one local man thought perhaps HIS brother had been found - after he was reported missing 14 years ago.
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[vo] In today's Virginia Newsreel - Keith Humphry has a look back at the missing person - turned - murder case... of Gene McPherson.

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[SUPER=03-Craig Co./May 1999; :04 QUICK!]
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[SUPER=10-Thaddeus Cox/Craig Co. Prosecutor/May 1989; 1:12 -- QUICK!!!]
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(([generic Sheriff walking or standing shot from SHERIFF MCPHERSON tape] For almost three decades... Craig County Sheriff B-B McPherson [McPherson at moonshine bust from 99-8 TC 1:56:55] has been fighting crime. McPherson estimates his department has [still photo of McPherson receiving award from SHERIFF MCPHERSON TAPE TC 2:21:53] solved hundreds of crimes since he took office. But the one case he can't get out of his mind - is one of only two homicides he's worked... the murder of his brother.
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((2:11:33 -- I HOPE EVERYDAY WE'LL HEAR SOMETHING THAT'LL BRING CLOSURE TO IT BUT SO FAR IT HASN'T HAPPENED - 2:11:41))

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Gene McPherson was reported missing in 1987. His pickup had been [pickup at rest stop from 87-59 TC 21:32 then best search pics] abandoned at rest stop on Interstate-81 near Radford. The Sheriff said his brother was dependable and told News 7 early on that
Gene might still be alive - but it was doubtful.
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((1:06:45 - THAT'S POSSIBLE. I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT BUT I DON'T I THINK HE'S BEEN KILLED - 1:06:49))

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[more search / investigation pics from 87-50 around TC 1:06:20-ish] A murder-for-hire theory emerged surrounding Gene McPherson's disappearance. Career criminal John Colclasure confessed to being the hit man. State Police say he was hired by a local doctor - whose wife was reportedly having an affair with McPherson. Without a body - prosecutors decided to charge Colclasure with capital murder... [generic trial pics from FILE MCPHERSON TAPE TC 46:42-ish] One source said the ULTIMATE goal was to flush out the man who paid for the hit.
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(( 48:13 -- I WOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER CHARGES COMING DOWN ON THIS CASE - IT'S REALLY UP TO COLCLASURE (shrugs shoulder) - 48:19 ))
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But Colclasure did not give up information on the man who reportedly hired him. He did, however, say he would [search pics from FILE MCPHERSON TAPE around TC 52:47-ish] fill in one missing piece of the puzzle...
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((46:04 - MARK STANDUP SU - AFTER THIS LATEST SEARCH POLICE SAID THEY AGAIN CAME UP WITH NOTHING.))
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Time and again - Colclasure led authorities on fruitless searches for the missing remains. Sheriff McPherson believes today that Colclasure was just looking for chances to escape. In fact, he tried it. The convict expressed little concern about the toll his stories were taking on authorities - AND on McPherson's family.
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((43:51 - DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU TO TAKE THEM TO THE REMAINS? - 43:55 -- I REALLY DON'T CARE - 43:56))
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Colclasure eventually said he would lead police to the remains - for 5-THOUSAND dollars. He offered to tell News 7 the full story for 350-bucks. At the time - he had no takers. But Sheriff McPherson says after Colclasure's guilty plea - and after the media spotlight dimmed - he went to the convict personally - and offered him 15- THOUSAND dollars.
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((2:07:01 -- I TOLD HIM HE COULD DO WHATEVER HE WANTED TO WITH IT HE COULD SEND IT TO WHOEVER HE WANTED TO OR HAVE THE ATTY TAKE THE CASH MONEY AND I WOULDN'T ASK FOR ANYMORE NAMES OR ANYTHING IF I COULD JUST BRING THE BODY HOME AND BURY HIM - 2:07:13))
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[more Colclasure pics] But Colclasure wouldn't - or couldn't - lead the Sheriff to his brother's body. [more Sheriff today pics] It's a key reason Sheriff McPherson thinks Colclasure lied - about killing his brother.
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((2:08:11 -- HE'S BEEN A LIFE - TIMER. HE'S IN JAIL SO UH AGREEING TO MURDERING GENE AS LONG AS IT WASN'T A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE BECAUSE HE ALREADY HAD THE TIME ANYWAY - 2:08:23))
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[Sheriff today] The Sheriff says the man who paid to have his brother killed has since died himself. As for McPherson, he says he WON'T seek re-election in two years. But after retiring - there is at least one case - he's taking with him.
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((2:13:33-- IF ANYTHING COMES UP AFTER I RETIRE I'M SURE THAT WHOEVER REPLACES ME WILL LET ME KNOW - WE'LL GO WITH IT FROM THERE - 2:13:41 ))
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For Virginia Newsreel, I'm Keith Humphry.))
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Sheriff McPherson says there are new leads in this case - but he can't reveal them at this time. And he says he will give the 15- THOUSAND dollar reward to ANYONE who can lead him to his brother's remains. News 7 Sunday Morning will be back after this.

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A National G-O-P representative is dashing hopes of conservative Virginians... who wanted to see a district carved out for Oliver North.
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[SUPER=04-1994]
The controversial Iran-Contra figure says he WOULD run for a Congressional seat... if state Republicans redrew the ninth-district. The proposal would have had Democrat Rick Boucher's district stretching 350 miles... from Southwest Virginia... to Clarke County, where North lives.
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But Congressman Tom Davis -- who chairs the National Republican Congressional Committee - says such a district will not even be considered. Redistricting has already prompted some prominent Virginia democrats - including Vinton delegate Dick Cranwell - to step down... The next redistricting session will be held tomorrow.

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The first Africans to arrive in America arrived at Jamestown in 1619.
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But former Governor Doug Wilder has reportedly given up on Jamestown as the location for the National Slavery Museum.

A source says the historically significant location at Gospel Spreading Farm in James City County fell through months ago. Taxpayers have given a million dollars for the project which Wilder first proposed in 1993...
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[anchor=Denise]
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Supporters had hoped there would be a groundbreaking for the museum this summer... Wilder is now apparently considering Richmond, Hampton or Fredericksburg as possible locations for the museum.

[Health-Check]

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[NEWSCAST=weekend am]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=Health Check]
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In this week's health check, a local company helps construct the first self-contained mechanical heart.
What are the warning signs of lyme disease?
And - a former Miss America writes a new book about diabetes.
Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton has details.
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(([on-camera]
Battling a chronic illness didn't stop Nicole Johnson from fulfilling her dream of becoming Miss Virginia and Miss America 19-99. [tape 501-11, 21:55]
It's a story she now hopes will inspire others. And that's why she's written a book about how she overcame diabetes.

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((THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT THING I'VE EVER DONE --IT'S VERY HARD TO POUR YOURSELF OUT --EVERYTHING FROM YOUR HEART AND SOUL --THINGS YOU HAVEN'T TOLD PEOPLE BEFORE --THAT YOU PUT IT ON PAPER FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO READ IF THEY WANTED TO)) [RUNS 13]
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The book chronicles the past eight year of her life when at the age of 19, she was first diagnosed with disease. [on-camera]
The book will be available in book stores in September.
In other health news,
Every year about 15-thousand Americans contract lyme disease. It's a bacterial disease spread by infected ticks. [tape 501-12, 20:04]
The problem is that the deer tick --which is commonly known to spread lyme disease --is very tiny. It's less than a third of the size of the common dog tick --so many people don't even notice it or realize they've been bitten.
Some signs of lyme disease include a skin lesion --that forms at the site of the bite --it usually gets bigger and looks like a bull's eye.
Other indicators are flu-like symptoms, fatigue, fever, headache, stiff neck, and muscle or joint pain.
If lyme disease is left untreated it can lead to nervous disorders, heart problems, or joint swelling and pain.
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((WE TREAT IT WITH ANTIBIOTICS --IT'S VERY EASY TO TREAT --IF IT'S BEEN LONGER IT CAN STILL BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS WITH VERY LITTLE COMPLICATIONS FROM IT NORMALLY )) [RUNS 13]
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[on-camera]
Also making medical headlines,
A self-contained battery powered heart was implanted for the first time in a human this week.
And a local company was responsible for helping to make it happen. [tape 501-12, 22:01]
Kollmorgen in Radford designed and produced the heart's motor --which makes it possible to pump blood.
The motor consists of two components and is only an inch in diameter. [on-camera]
That's this week's health check, I'm Joy Sutton.))

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[WRITER=chr]
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[VO-NAT]
Coming up .. Six years ago -authorities dismissed the death of a Roanoke woman as suicide. Now, her husband's charged with murder.
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[vo-nat] And .. A young boy loses his arm in a shark attack off the coast of Florida.
Those stories and more - just ahead.
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[2-11Jennifer-Barker]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=kwe]
[TAPE#=01-34 7:10]
[GRAPHIC=Barker]
After a more than week-long search for Jennifer Barker - the Salem woman is home safe.
Now... she's telling HER story after what she calls a TERRIFYING week as someone's hostage.
Dewy Lee Summerlin - the man Barker says abducted her at gunpoint - died in a shootout with police Friday night. Kate Weidaw reports.
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((Around six in the morning on June 28-th Jennifer Barker says she had just parked at the post office on Fifth Street... when the red van pulled up. She says Dewy Lee Summerlin opened the sliding door and pulled her into the vehicle - holding a sawed off shot gun to her neck. The driver of the van was Summerlin's 15 year old son.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: WHEN WE LEFT THE POST OFFICE HE TOLD ME TO STAY DOWN HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO SEE WHERE HE WAS TAKING ME BUT WE ENDED UP AT HIS APARTMENT AND THAT'S WHERE HE DRUGGED ME.))
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Over the next few days Summerlin drove to Maine and then to North Carolina and back to Virginia. Barker says the plan was to always be on the run.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: HE SAID I WAS GOING TO SUFFER FOR ALL THE TIME HE WAS IN JAIL THAT I WAS GOING TO BE AT HIS HOLDING AND THAT I WOULD NEVER SEE ANY OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS AGAIN.))
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((I FINALLY PERSUADED HIM TO DRIVE BACK INTO VIRGINIA AND WE WOULD GET MARRIED BECAUSE THAT IS ALL HE BEGGED FOR HE WANTED TO OWN ME.))
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Barker says she tried several times to escape - even from this hotel in Franklin County.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: I SCREAMED AND HOLLERED HE'S GOING TO KILL ME HE'S GOING TO KILL ME WELL THEN I KNEW I WAS DEAD.))
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On Friday - Summerlin decided he needed to get rid of the green Honda police were looking for. Barker persuaded him to let her call her friend David Prillaman to switch cars with him. That's when Prillaman called police. Around 10 o'clock Lieutenant David Cunndiff with the Franklin County Sheriff's department pulled up to the Honda in the Ippy's parking lot in Rocky Mount.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: LEE SAID THE COPS ARE HERE AND I SAID PLEASE DON'T RUN I SAID PLEASE JUST SIT HERE AND LET US TRY TO TALK TO THEM PLEASE DON'T RUN. I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIMSELF. I KNEW IT WITH OUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT.))
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Authorities cornered Summerlin and fired two shots into his legs, then Summerlin reportedly put the gun to his head and fired the fatal shot.

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((JENNIFER BARKER: IT WASN'T OVER IN MY MIND UNTIL I HEARD THE GUN SHOT OVER ACROSS THE STREET.))
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((KATE WEIDAW: BARKER RETURNED HOME FRIDAY NIGHT TO HER 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER - WHO NEVER LOST HOPE THAT HER MOTHER WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. AS FOR SUMMERLIN'S 15 YEAR OLD SON, HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ABDUCTION AND ANOTHER CHARGE OF POSSESSING A FIREMAN IS PENDING. HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE CORNER SPRINGS JUVENILE FACILITY. JENNIFER BARKER SAYS SUMMERLIN'S DEATH ENDS THREE YEARS OF CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER HER SHOULDER. KATE WEIDAW NEWS 7))

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[Chandra-Levy]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
[TAPE#=Net]
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One missing person case that has yet to be resolved... is the continuing mystery surrounding Washington intern Chandra Levy's disappearance.
Yesterday - police questioned California Congressman Gary Condit a THIRD time... but still say he is NOT a suspect.
A source familiar with the case says Condit has now told investigators he had a romantic relationship with Levy.
Aleen Sirgany has more.
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[Missing-Man]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=chr]
[TAPE#=None]
[GRAPHIC=None]

The search continues in Lexington today for an Alzheimer's patient who wandered away from the Mayflower Nursing Home yesterday morning. Herman Bennett is described as an 86 year-old white man, who carries a cane and walks with a distinct limp. He was last seen wearing a green-striped shirt, tan slacks, and a tan-colored hat that says New Jersey.
[anchor=Denise]
[graphic=None]
Bennett is also wearing a necklace that identifies him as a Mayflower resident. If you have any information on Bennett - you can call Lexington police at (540) 463 9177.

[2-11SML-Murder]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=rle]
[TAPE#=01-21 - 1:34:10]
[GRAPHIC=Murder Investigation]

Six years ago a Roanoke woman died at Smith Mountain Lake.
Now authorities are charging a North Carolina man with killing his estranged wife.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=@File]
A grand jury indicted Roy Sluder last week in the death of Loria Thurman Sluder of Roanoke. She died after being shot once in the head in June of 1995. Roy Sluder told police that his wife shot herself in the head while the two were at the lake. Police originally investigated her death as a suicide, and will not disclose what information has changed the case to a murder investigation.
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[Shark-Attack]

[ANCHOR=Denise]
[NEWSCAST=Sun AM]
[WRITER=dal]
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Eight-year-old Jesse Arbogast is in critical condition this morning after a bull shark bit off his arm Friday night.
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The boy's uncle wrestled the shark to shore and a ranger shot it so the boy's arm could be retrieved.
Doctors spent some 12 hours reattaching the limb and say it'll be months before they know how well it will function.
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Rangers say poor visibility may have led to the attack which happened near Pensacola, Florida.
Sharks have very poor vision and may strike if they can't identify something splashing in the water.
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As the Salem Fair wraps up... we have a look at one man who helped make it one of the BIGGEST fairs in the Southeast.
That's today's Virginia Profile , still ahead.......
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And...
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if the Roanoke Express ever doubted fan support - they don't now -- after around a hundred turn out at demonstrations yesterday. The story still ahead...

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A Roanoke County barn burned to the ground this morning.
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Firefighters responded to the blaze at Feather Road just about an hour ago and found the barn engulfed in flames... At one point the blaze was spreading along the ground to nearby woods - but firefighters were able to put out the flames before it reached the woods. Authorities aren't sure yet what sparked the fire... but they think it MAY have been caused by a lightning strike.
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Twenty- four hours from now, Carey Harveycutter will be breathing a sigh of relief.
This year's 11-day run of the Salem Fair will be history and Harveycutter and his staff will be able to relax... but just for a while.
Joe Dashiell followed Harveycutter through the fairgrounds last week, and he's the subject of this week's Virginia Profile.
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((The Salem Fair is set to open in a few minutes, and Carey Harveycutter is attending to last minute details... making sure the grease produced by food vendors is hauled away... making sure the parking lot is passable. [MORE NAT SOUND]
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((I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT IT BOTTLENECKED THIS AREA UP PRETTY BAD.)) [RUNS :08]
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There's always something to do during an 11-day event that brings 350- thousand people to the grounds of the Salem Civic Center.
What started as a small local event 14 years ago has grown into the second largest fair in Virginia... the largest free fair on the east coast.
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((IT'S A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. WHEN JOHN SAUNDERS AND I CAME UP WITH THE IDEA 15 YEARS AGO, WE HAD NO IDEA IT'D BE AS HUGE AS IT IS NOW.)) [RUNS :07]
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Harveycutter has been working at the civic center since he was a sophomore in high school. He learned the ropes from Jack Dame, and now presides over a civic center complex that includes the fairgrounds, Memorial Baseball Stadium, and the Salem Football Stadium.
It's a role he relishes.
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((IT'S A GREAT JOB. I THANK GOD EVERY DAY THAT AM ENTITLED TO GO TO A JOB THAT I REALLY ENJOY.)) [OUT Q :10]
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But keeping it all running smoothly can be a challenge... and as the fair winds toward its conclusion, he's quick to share the credit with a full-time staff, part-timers hired just for the event, and the other Salem city employees who pitch in to help.
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((IF IT WASN'T FOR THE 20 PEOPLE FULL TIME UP HERE BEHIND ME GETTING THE JOB DONE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A FAIR. THERE WOULDN'T BE A HORSE SHOW OR ANYTHING ELSE UP HERE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MAKE IT WORK. AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SHOULD GET THE CREDIT.)) [RUNS :12]
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With a busy summer season ahead they won't get much rest. Harveycutter plans to visit the Ohio and Wisconsin state fairs to scout out new entertainment. And he's already making plans for the 15th edition of the Salem Fair that will open for business on July 3rd, 2002.
Joe Dashiell News 7 Salem))

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In sports, Dale Earnhardt Junior and Michael Waltrip traded places in Daytona finishing one-two in the Pepsi 400 last night. Back in February in the Daytona 500 it was a Waltrip-Earnhardt Junior finish.
Last night's race was the first at the track since Dale Earnhardt's death and needless to say an emotional win for Junior.
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Sterling Marlin started on the pole and he was the leader after 7 laps of the race.
But Dale Earnhardt Junior had the strong car he covered the field and was leading with 133 laps to go.
Then with just over 70 laps to go Michael Waltrip moved into the picture he would battle Mike Skinner for the second spot.
Moments later the first caution would fly when Andy Houston hits the wall in turn four.
Right before the final pit stop several cars including Sterling Marling, Jeff Gordon and Mike Skinner crashed in turn 4 bringing out the caution with 19 to go.
Another caution slowed the race but Little E came from six back with six to go working his way through the traffic to win the Pepsi 400.
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Michael Waltrip was second, Elliott Sadler third, Ward Burton fourth and Bobby Labonte fifth.

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It was a day of family fun in Roanoke's Washington Park.
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The third annual Stone Soul Picnic brought a variety of music to the park... Anything from rap, jazz and blues, and local church choirs. And anyone who went with an empty stomach - had plenty of food to keep them going. Organizers say the event brings the community together.
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((REV. LARRY MANNS: IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE SAKE OF THE PARK. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE SAKE OF SHARING UNITY AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF ROANOKE. A LOT OF GROUPS AND CORPORATIONS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SPONSOR THIS.))
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[OUT Q=to sponsor this.]
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(------------) The music didn't stop until around 10 last night.