Morning news on WDBJ 7 for 12/07/95

06:00-01

HEADLINES

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Old man winter comes to Virginia.
Snow blankets much of the state this morning.
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Coming up road conditions and a complete rundown on school closings and delays.

Schoolwatch

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Surprise

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A thick blanket of snow has made driving very difficult throughout western Virginia this morning.
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Scott Prince has been following the progress of this storm this morning here in the Roanoke Valley.
Scott, How are drivers faring this morning?
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SUPER=03-Roanoke Valley;
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SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.;
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One-Larry

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(Live Interview)

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SUPER=13-Margaret Ray/Innkeeper;

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Storm

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Scott Prince has been foillowing the progres of this storm this morning.
How are drivers faring this morning?
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ROLL CUE : people have places to go.
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Schoolwatch

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Murder

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Three men face charges of capital murder, abduction, robbery and carjacking after taking the life of a Virginia Tech student Tuesday night.
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Montgomery County authorities discovered the body of Alexander DeFilippis in the Whitehorn area.
The three suspects, Mark and Ben Lilly and Gary Wayne Barker, allegedly carjacked and abducted DeFillipis in a convenience store parking lot and then killed him out of fear he would identify them.
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((LT. R.L. HAMLIN/MONTGOMERY CO. INVESTIGATOR: ONE OF THE BOYS TOLD HIM, SAID "GO AHEAD AND GET OUT OF HERE, START WALKING." AT THAT POINT ACCORDING TO THEM, BEN GRABBED THE GUN, OR HAD THE GUN, BEN POINTED THE GUN AT THE GUY AND SAID "NO," AND RUN UP BEHIND HIM AND STARTED FIRING. ))
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Giles County authorities later arrested the trio and charged them with armed robbery after they allegedly held up two convenience stores.
All three men have a number of previous convictions.
And each was free on bond for pending charges in Montgomery County ranging from burglary to grand larceny.
Ben Lilly was also recently paroled after serving three years out of a five- year sentence for malicious wounding, grand larceny and several other convictions.
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Fatal-Ax

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A husband and wife are dead following an automoble accident last night in Bedford County.
Police say the accident happened on Route 221 when 75- year old Willie Edgar Doss pulled out of a private driveway into the path of a pickup truck.
Doss and his 69- year old wife Ruth W. Doss were killed.
A passenger in their car, 74-year-old Frances Wright, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital.
She is in very serious condition.
The driver of the other car Ramona M.Williams was treated and released from the hospital.
The accident is still under investigation.

Two-Larry

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(Live Interview)

SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
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SUPER=13-Laura Bullock/VDOT Community Affairs Coordinator;

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larry-Hello
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2WX-HELLO

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CHYRON/ESS 1
(CURRENT STATS)
(RNKE/L'BURG)
ESS 2
(TODAY AREA FORECAST)

Schoolwatch

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Snow

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A thick blanket of snow has made driving very difficult throughout western Virginia this morning.
Scott Prince has been following the progress of this storm this morning here in the Roanoke Valley.
Scott, How are drivers faring this morning?
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Birthdays
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Three-Larry

Surprise

Schoolwatch

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crime-spree

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Virginia Tech is mourning the loss of a student following a violent crime spree Tuesday night in Montgomery and Giles Counties.
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Montgomery County authorities deputies discovered the body of 22-year old Alexander DeFilippis in the Whitehorn area.
The three suspects, Mark and Ben Lilly and Gary Wayne Barker, allegedly carjacked and abducted DeFillipis in a convenience store parking lot and then killed him out of fear he would identify them.
The killing has stunned a normally peaceful community.
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((LARRY HINCKER/UNIVERSITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR: IT'S A REPREHENSIBLE, FOUL, HEINOUS CRIME. THIS KIND OF THINK JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN IN BLACKSBURG, AND WHEN IT DOES IT JUST HURTS ALL THAT MUCH MORE. ))
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SUPER=03-Giles Co.;

Giles County authorities later arrested the trio and charged them with armed robbery after they allegedly held up two convenience stores.
All three men have a number of previous convictions.
They now face charges of capital murder, abduction, robbery and carjacking
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Fire

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An apartment fire in downtown Lynchburg sent one man to the hospital last night.
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The blaze broke out at the Virginia apartments at about 7:30.
Authorities say the fire started in a sofa in a second- floor apartment and quickly filled the room with smoke.
The resident of the apartment, whose name has not been released, was transported to Lynchburg General Hospital.
He reportedly was suffering from smoke inhalation.
Residents spent a chilly half hour outside before they could re- enter the building.
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Wx-Bye

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