By Donna Swicegood
A dozen large notebooks, containing the case files from two double murder cases were handed over to the district attorney's office Wednesday afternoon.
The notebooks contain interviews, crime scene and lab reports, investigators' notes and photographs related to the murder of James and Delet Powell of Union Grove and Don and Sue Barker of Statesville.
Detective Sgts. Andy Poteat and Bill Hamby of the Iredell County Sheriff's Office said hte notebooks contained more than 5,300 pages of documents, representing more than 700 interviews in the two cases.
Sheriff Phil Redmond and Poteat delivered the handtruck of files to Jamie Sparks of the district attorney's office for use in the prosecution of Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Statesville.
Evans was indicted earlier this week by an Iredell County grand jury on four counts of first-degree murder. She is being held in the Iredell County Jail.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Sunday, August 6, 2006
Evans indicted in couples' deaths
By Donna Swicegood
A woman charged with murdering two elderly couples last year was indicted by an Iredell County grand jury Monday.
The grand jury returned indictments on four counts of first-degree murder against Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Jennings Road, on Monday afternoon.
Evans' court-appointed attorney, Mark Rabil, said he was not surprised by the indictments.
"Indictments are never a surprise. They're basically rubber stamps for the police investigations," he said.
The grand jury process consists of detectives and a prosecutor presenting a brief synopsis of the case to 18 citizens chosen to serve on the grand jury.
The grand jury then decides to issue a true bill of indictment or no true bill. A true bill means enough evidence was presented to allow the case to proceed to Superior Court.
Neither the defendant nor their attorney appears before the grand jury.
Rabil said the indictments do not change his client's assertion that she is innocent of the charges.
"This doesn't change anything," he said.
A woman charged with murdering two elderly couples last year was indicted by an Iredell County grand jury Monday.
The grand jury returned indictments on four counts of first-degree murder against Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of Jennings Road, on Monday afternoon.
Evans' court-appointed attorney, Mark Rabil, said he was not surprised by the indictments.
"Indictments are never a surprise. They're basically rubber stamps for the police investigations," he said.
The grand jury process consists of detectives and a prosecutor presenting a brief synopsis of the case to 18 citizens chosen to serve on the grand jury.
The grand jury then decides to issue a true bill of indictment or no true bill. A true bill means enough evidence was presented to allow the case to proceed to Superior Court.
Neither the defendant nor their attorney appears before the grand jury.
Rabil said the indictments do not change his client's assertion that she is innocent of the charges.
"This doesn't change anything," he said.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Barker reward donors will use funds in tribute
By Donna Swicegood
During hte months after the deaths of Don and Sue Barker, many people tossed in loose bills, coins and checks to contribute to a reward fund aimed at helping find their killer.
With the announcement this week of an arrest and the likelihood that reward money would not be paid, those who organized the reward effort are looking for a way to use the money and pay tribute to the Barkers at the same time.
Money to be used for a reward was also offered in the case of James and Delet Powell, who were shot to death eight months before the Barkers.
The deaths of both couples were linked to a single weapon.
Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of 138 Jennings Road, was arrested Tuesday evening on four counts of first-degree murder.
Some $10,000 of the $15,000 offered in the Powells' case came from the Governor's Reward fund. That money will go back to the state, Sheriff Phil Redmond said.
In the case of the Barkers, more than $42,000 had been raised through donations to a jar at the store Don Barker ran on Turnersburg Highway and from gifts from individuals.
Robert Taylor, who has operated Barker's Grocery since Don Barker's death in September, said he and the Barkers' relatives are looking at donating the money to a charity.
During hte months after the deaths of Don and Sue Barker, many people tossed in loose bills, coins and checks to contribute to a reward fund aimed at helping find their killer.
With the announcement this week of an arrest and the likelihood that reward money would not be paid, those who organized the reward effort are looking for a way to use the money and pay tribute to the Barkers at the same time.
Money to be used for a reward was also offered in the case of James and Delet Powell, who were shot to death eight months before the Barkers.
The deaths of both couples were linked to a single weapon.
Barbara Ann Evans, 65, of 138 Jennings Road, was arrested Tuesday evening on four counts of first-degree murder.
Some $10,000 of the $15,000 offered in the Powells' case came from the Governor's Reward fund. That money will go back to the state, Sheriff Phil Redmond said.
In the case of the Barkers, more than $42,000 had been raised through donations to a jar at the store Don Barker ran on Turnersburg Highway and from gifts from individuals.
Robert Taylor, who has operated Barker's Grocery since Don Barker's death in September, said he and the Barkers' relatives are looking at donating the money to a charity.
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