convicted in connection to the death of alexis murphy. randy taylor's request was denied by the high court. in 2013... a jury found taylor guilty of the murder of nelson county teen alexis murphy. he was sentenced to two life sentences. taylor maintains his innocence a family member of alexis murphy says they're happy with the decision... but it doesn't bring them closure. they still want to know where to find her body. # the man charged with first degree murder in the death of 13-year old nicole lovell hires his own attorney. 18-year-old david eisenhauer is now being represented by anthony anderson of anderson and friedman and john lichtenstein of lichtenstein law group. 19-year old natalie keepers also faces charges related to lovell's death. both suspects have preliminary hearings scheduled for march 28-th. eisenhauer and keepers are being held without bond.### february is teen dating violence prevention and awareness congress. it's a topic that doesn't come up often.. until sometimes it's too late. experts say only one in four parents

the state supreme court has denied the appeal of convicted of killing alexis murphy. taylor is behind bars, but alexis' body has never been found. life terms. >> you're taking a look over lynchburg tonight where the rain is moving in. >> george: we're already seeing a few small showers making their way into the heart of heart of virginia. the light rain extends towards madison heights. pittsylvania county, south of brookneal, you can see small showers that way, but the bulk of the rain has yet to come. we're not going to see that much rain in the next few hours. but closer to 10:00-11:00 p.m., you'll see are rain. in the morning, lows in the upper 30s and lower 40s. later we'll let you know how much cooler we'll be by the weekend. the board of supervisors is considering funding for a new middle school after the project came in millions of dollars over budget. they are using the forest middle school mobile classrooms as examples of cutting corners. >> if we want to have an attractive school and not have it like a prison. but not have a lot of deluxe features or roof li

it was started by trina murphy after her niece, alexis murphy was abducted and murdered. her remains were never found. >> if you've never been in this situation, there's things that you don't think about. for example, we built great relationships with the media. from the onset, you know. and instead of us having is to call and say will you put my loved one on tv, the media was information on alexis on today? >>> get ready for those bitter cold temperatures to make a comeback. we're talking temperatures in the teens next week. will stafford will have what we can expect. >> will: a lot of those mornings where temperatureses -- temperatures are in the teens, it's going to be chilly. we've also got a clipper system up here towards minnesota. that's going to be our weather-maker as we head into the next few days. the clouds will flow back to the area in the overnight hours of tonight. and we're talking wintry precipitation for monday. and we could see a cornucopia of precipitation. rain, sleet, and snow. >> mona: genworth financial stocks took a blow today after the company an

:5 in august of 2013 her neice alexis murphy disappeared. randy taylor, her abductor, is currently serving two life sentences for abducting and murdering the 17- year-old. but murphy's body was never found. "it can happen to anyone." :3 she created the aware foundation in her honor much like how "save the next girl" honors abduction victim morgan harrington. murphy says a key goal of the aware foundation is to help all families affected by a loved one's disappearance. " if it's someone local then we really want to be able to just go to that family and say look we understand what you're going through and here's some things you might want to think about." :10 another goal, to bring awareness to missing persons cases. as well as getting into schools to educate future generations. " we really don't want to teach them fear. we really want them to operate out of awareness hence how we came up with aware." :7 people are already starting to take notice. in less than a week, the foundation's facebook page has nearly 3,000 likes." we are excited." 3 m

how creators are remembering alexis murphy. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on wsls 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. kristina montuori joins us now.. kristina? today: scattered wintry mix with highs in the middle 40s tonight: light scattered snow showers with lows in the upper 20s tuesday: scattered snow showers with highs in the upper 30s wednesday: light snow for our western counties.flurr ies time now for your timesaver traffic report. happening today.. the mother of a five-year-old who died in a septic tank is due in court. 31-year-old ashely white faces abuse and neglect charges in connection with the death of five-year-old noah thomas. wsls ten's erin brookshier joins us live with the details in this case.### next month will mark one year since five-year- old noah thomas disappeared in pulaski county-- launching a massive five day search involving dozens of state and federal agencies. noah's body was found five days later... in a septic tank near the family's home on march 26. acc

there will be no appeal for the man convicted of killing nelson county teenager alexis murphy. when virginia's supreme court denied randy taylor's appeal for a new trial. and, parents pack the house at northside high school, expressing their concerns after last week's threat against the school. why some are angry that they weren't notified as soon as it happened. good morning, it's just after 6 o'clock on tuesday. i'm kimberly mcbroom. hirsbrunner. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. flooding concerns increase by midweek. as an investigation continues, students at hargrave military academy are back to their normal schedule. message was recieved over social media last week with possible ties to isis, the campus shut down for the weekend. law enforcement spent the weekend patroling the area and students were allowed to go home. school leaders say schedules are back to normal and there are no updates on the investigation. pittsylvania county sheriff's officers say they are aggressively following up on many different leads. the man accused of abducting and killing

the supreme court of virginia has denied an appeal for the man convicted of killing alexis murphy. the high court will not hear from randy taylor's counsel on why he wants a new trial. the appeal was filed in april and refused on friday. taylor is serving two life sentences for murphy's murder in 2013. he has continued to say he's innocent. a man charged in a double murder in roanoke from a year ago has taken a plea deal in court. pleaded no contest yesterday to felony murder for shooting ronald ramey and lenard hamlett. four others were injured in the shooting on shenandoah avenue at what prosecutors called a nip joint. several other felony charges against wade were dismissed. another man, christopher cabbler, already pleaded guilty for his role in the murders. montgomery county has voted to stop paying its circuit court clerk. the decision follows some controversy after erica williams did not re-hire four clerks and another one quit. wdbj7's eamon o'meara was at last night's meeting, and has details on how the board made the decision. just after nine p-m monday, the montgomery co

. >> tonight the state supreme court denied the appeal of a man convicted of killing of alexis murphy. her aunt tells her the commonwealth's attorney told her the news about randi taylor today. taylor is behind bars, but murphy's body was not been found. taylor was sentenced to two life terms. >> police say a man went on a shooting rampage in the middle of his shift as an uber driving >> it's intentional, deliberate, cold. this was not a momentary lapse. >> mark: jason dalton is accused of shooting eight people in three different locations in kalamazoo, michigan. and it's reported that he between those shootings.uber confirmed that dalton passed the background check. investigators say he admitted he took peoples' lives. >>> a new bill passed in the senate courts of justice committee would require local police departments to include any police involved shooting. it would include any shootings that resulted in a serious or fatal injury and whether they were ruled justified or not justified. the legislation was prompted by a report of shootings that were not identified as officer involve

alexis's aunt, trina murphy, tells abc 13 that commonwealth's attorney anthony martin told her the news about randy taylor yesterday. taylor is behind bars.. but alexis's body has never been found. she disappeared in august of 2013 from a gas station in lovingston. taylor was sentenced to two life terms. 3 3 you'll need the jacket and umbrella as cloudy, cool and wet weather is here to stay through wednesday. widespread rain will continue for the morning commute, before the rain begins to taper off later this morning. clouds will linger, and occasional showers - will be possible at any time during the day. temperatures hover in the 40s for tuesday. the rain will pick back up later tonight, and continue into wednesday. most local rain totals will range from 1" to 3". we'll be monitoring the threat for flooding across the heart of virginia. a few flash flood warnings are likely, especially toward the southside, including the dan river. we could even see a few strong storms on wednesday afternoon. highs reach the upper 40s and lower 50s for 3 whit tight right now a wanted woman is behind b

. >>> it has been 2 1/2 years in 17-year-old alexis murphy went missing. forced her family into the media spotlight and now her aunt is on a mission to keep other teens safe and to help other families who find themselves in the same situation. morgan dean has the story. after her niece disappeared from the nelson county gas station in broad daylight her and is still looking for answers. >> there's not a day or moment that goes by where she's not far from our hearts. >> she's not searching for purpose. >> one of the few things i can do to honor my nieces legacy is to reach out to other people going through this and try to prevent this from happening again. >> the community turned out to search for alexis using surveillance video police identified randy. alexis his body has never been recovered. >> having the person who committed this offense behind bars for the rest of his life is huge for us. it's huge for us in several ways. he will never be able to exact this kind of pain on another family. on some levels she does that justice. >> she has turned the sorr

virginia's supreme court man covicted of abducting and killing alexis murphy. randy taylor was found guilty back in 2014 of murder and of murphy. taylor has maintained innocence all along. a judge sentenced him to serve two life sentences in july 2014. in carroll county: a high speed chase ends with a man in jail and a police car police say randall jones was wanted for failing to appear in court. when an officer tried to pull him over on friday, jones sped away. he alledgely ran a stop sign at the intersection of frog spur road, jumped an embankment and landed in a field. another officer was laying down spike strips. police say jones ran off the road trying to avoid the spikes and almost hit the officer. charlotte, north carolina's city council has voted in favor of a non- discrimination ordinance ... that provides some protections for the l-g-b-t community -- including restroom choices for transgender people. before the vote ... there was some heated debate about the measure.david sentendrey was there when the legislation was approved ... there's a lot of tens

tuesdathe nelson county man convicted of killing alexis murphy appeals his case to the virginia supreme court. the decision... and what family members say about the developments. # "we can send a message to our constitutional officers" controversy continues to surround the montgomery county clerk of the circuit court. why the board eliminated erica william's supplemental pay. good morning and thanks for joining us on virginia today here on w-s-l-s 10. i'm jenna zibton. and i'm patrick mckee. an unsettling forecast across southwest virginia. this is a live look at blacksburg from our virginia tech skycam. storm team ten meteorologist

a jury found taylor guilty of the 2013 murder of nelson county teen alexis murphy. he was sentenced to two life sentences. taylor maintains his innocence roanoke mayor david bowers says he will not run in the 9-th district congressional race. bowers announced his decision today saying quote "this is my home and the star city remains in all honesty, my primary interest." bowers first announced in january he was considering a run for the seat... which congressman morgan griffith currently holds. while bowers is not running for the seat... he does have plans to reopen his law office full time.. and will continue to be involved in the city. meanwhile -- virginia beach seek re-election. the announcement comes after a recent conflict of interest scandal. sessoms was accused of voting in favor of projects that benefited town bank -- where he used to serve as president. back in december he pleaded no contest to a class three misdemeanor violation of the virginia conflict of interest act and had four other related charges dropped. with the virginia presidential primary just

virginia's supreme court has denied an appeal for the man covicted of abducting and killing alexis murphy. randy taylor was found guilty back in 2014 of murder and abduction in the disappearance of murphy. taylor has maintained innocence all along. a judge sentenced him to serve two life sentences in july 2014. a community meeting between parents and school officials got heated at northside high school. that meeting comes after a threat last week at the school, that parents say wasn't handled properly. wfxr's solina lewis was at that meeting and has reaction from parents and a response from school officials. "this is how we handled it? that's what the policy was?" nats clappingparents and community members at northside high school were furious after finding out a day after the fact about an alleged gun threat at the school last wednesday..."he said it was one of his classmates was going to bring a gun in"some parents said they heard through social media about the threat before being notified by the school..."when i got the phone call to go and pick him up i wasn't alarmed us the day befor

murphy. plus, there will be no extra pay for montgomery county's circuit court clerk. what other employment issues have surfaced within that office. good morning, it's just after 5 o'clock on tuesday. i'm kimberly mcbroom. i'm garrett turner. and i'm leo hirsbrunner. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. flooding concerns increase by

murphy the seventeen year old nelson county teen disappeared and twenty thirteen and her body was never found taylor could still appeal to the u s supreme court but there is no indication that he will do that at this time regulators the condition of the elf are o cargo ship today that ship sank during hurricane joaquin last year of virginia beach man was one of the crew members have died. a hearing is underway to find out if anyone is at fault for the tragedy today investigators asked about the condition of the ship's boilers and turbines the coast guard says the ship was on a watch list before its last voyage and its condition was supposed to be about the weight of those buses in the cp fleet. he's just ten percent show the most potential for being at risk and weave and dad dictate through a message out to the field. that's because the targeting list oc my staff are to conduct a periodic oversight review of that vessel as herring focuses on what caused the ship to sink and will last through february twenty the search effort is also planned. we started the day was some fog some low clou

virginia's supreme court has denied an appeal for the man covicted of abducting and killing alexis murphy. randy taylor was found guilty back in 2014 of murder and abduction in the disappearance of murphy. taylor has maintained innocence all along. a judge sentenced him to serve two life sentences in july 2014. in carroll county: a high speed chase lands a man in jail and a police car wrecked. police say randall jones was wanted for failing to on friday, jones sped away. he alledgely ran a stop sign at the intersection of frog spur road, jumped an embankment and landed in a field. another officer was laying down spike strips. police say jones ran off the road trying to avoid the spikes and almost hit the officer. will run over the top as black history month enters its final week, we take a look at the influence one roanoke man held on the railroad and the advice he gave that will continue to influence generations to come.al holland sr. passed away in december, but not before leaving a lasting memory with anyone who met him.he had worked his entire career on the railroad ... beginning as a

mays also was one of the lead investigators on the alexis murphy case.### now to a wsls 10 follow up... on a story we first reported yesterday morning. danville police are offering a 10-thousand dollar reward for information leading to arrests in monday night's double-shooting. police were called to the 2- hundred block of mount vernon doctor randolph neal says he was walking home... when two men walked up and demanded money. he was shot several times... before the suspects took off. doctor neal is recovering in the hospital. police department: "there are some certain parts of the investigation that we don't talk about. there are certain facts we like to keep closed until the investigation movies forward. its too early yo go into those types of details" a second person was shot in the 100 block of virginia avenue. released. # a new report out this morning says a record 149 people who were falsely convicted of crimes were exonerated last year in the u.s. registry of exonerations says there were 10 more exonerations last year than in 2014, which held the previous record. texas had the m

virginia's supreme court has denied an appeal for the man covicted of abducting and killing alexis murphy. randy taylor was found guilty back in 2014 of murder and abduction in the disappearance of murphy. taylor has maintained innocence all along. a judge sentenced him to serve two life sentences in july 2014. in carroll county: a high speed chase ends with a man in jail and a police car wrecked. police say randall jones was wanted for failing to appear in court.officer tried jones sped away. he alledgely ran a stop sign at the intersection of frog spur road, jumped an embankment and landed in a field. another officer was laying down spike strips. police say jones ran off the road trying to avoid the spikes and almost hit the officer. happening today: crews will begin the process of moving two historic slave dwellings in botetourt county. at a recent rally, protestors said they were hoping to have their day in court before work resumed to relocate two buildings at the historic greenfield plantation. a statement from botetourt county officials say parts of international drive will be bloc

murphy. the high court will not hear from randy taylor's counsel on why he wants a new trial. the appeal was filed taylor is serving two life sentences for murphy's murder in 2013. he has continued to say he's innocent. a huge crowd in kalamazoo, michigan for a vigil to remember the victims of saturday's they lit candles and sang songs to try and make sense of saturday's violence. the man authorities say confessed to the shootings was denied bail today. he's charged with six counts of murder. police arrested him after eight people were shot at three locations in a seven-hour period. two of the eight victims survived. prosecutors say it seems that all were randomly targeted, and that the shooter picked up uber passengers between police are still looking for a motive. some of the victims families from the 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting are suing the maker of the rifle used in the attack. it's protected by a federal law and the case should be thrown out- since the shooter's mother, f

. >> whitney: sport denied an appeal of killing alexis murphy. the attorney anthony marten told her the news about randy taylor yesterday. taylor is behind bars but alexis 'body is not found she disappeared in 2013 from a gas station taylor was sentenced to two life terms. >> patti: class in session at the military academy in chatham law enforcement is not leaving after the possible isis threat. pennsylvania county sheriff's office is cysting through leads look for example information on the threats last week. has been arrested yet. the threat came through a social media, law enforcement is not releasing what the miscellaneousage said. >> now a woman is behind bars in lynchburg. on february first a grand jury indicted sky are lewis on multiple charges leading gang recruitment in a school zone and assault and battery by a mob. related to the arrest of spinner. pain and thomas back in august. lewis was taken in custody friday night without incident. >> patti: a bill passed in the senate would require local police departments to identify and include

murphy. taylor is behind bars.. but alexis's body has never been found. she disappeared in august of 2013 from a gas station in lovingston. taylor was sentenced to two life terms. 3 pattie tight the bedford county board of supervisors has approved just over 44 million dollars for a new middle school. that's about 7-million dollars more than the original budget. now they hope to move forward with the design.. and hopefully break ground in november. the goal is to have it all done in time for the 20-18 school year. 3 you'll need the jacket and umbrella as cloudy, cool and wet weather is here to stay through wednesday. widespread rain will continue for the morning commute, before the rain begins to taper off later this morning. clouds will linger, and occasional showers during the day. temperatures hover in the 40s for tuesday. the rain will pick back up later tonight, and continue into wednesday. most local rain totals will range from 1" to 3". we'll be monitoring the threat for flooding across

the supreme court of virginia has denied an appeal for the man convicted of killing alexis murphy. the high court will not hear from randy taylor's counsel on why he wants a new trial. the appeal was filed in april and refused on friday. taylor is serving two life sentences for murphy's murder in 2013. he has continued to say he's innocent. a man charged in a double murder in roanoke from a year ago has taken a plea deal in court. demetrius wade pleaded no contest yesterday to felony murder for shooting four others were shooting on shenandoah avenue called a nip joint. several other felony charges against wade were dismissed. another man, christopher cabbler, already pleaded guilty for his role in the murders. rain this morning rain wednesday. flooding concerns increase by midweek. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. increase by midweek. rain this morning followed by heavier rain flooding concerns increase by midweek. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. flooding concerns increase by midweek. rain this morning followed by heavier rain wednesday. f

murphy's life changed in august 20-13 when her niece alexis murphy vanished. a jury found randy taylor guilty of her abduction and murder, but her remains have never been found. trina murphy "this foundation is in honor of alexis, it's something that will be in dedication to her memory and we will always keep that in the forefront." aware plans to distinguish itself from other group, like help save the next girl, by focusing more on families and collaborating more with police. the facebook page launched more than 3 thousand likes. the foundation has a go fund me page where it has raised over 1 thousand dollars for start up costs.### let's check in with storm team meterologist kristina montuori. today: scattered wintry mix with highs in the middle 40s tonight: light scattered snow showers with lows in the upper 20s tuesday: scattered snow showers with highs in the upper 30s wednesday: light snow for our western counties.flurr ies for everyone else.highs in the lower 30s thursday: increasing sunshine friday: increasing clouds with >>> taking a look at the headli

murphy's body was not found. >> it is real. this really can happen. >> reporter: she created the foundation in her honest or like abduction victim morgan herrington. the key goal of the foundation is to help all families affected >> if it is local we want to go to that family and say, look. we understand what you are going through and here are things you might want to think about. >> reporter: working with law enforcement to bring awareness to missing person case. as well as getting to schools to educate future generation says. >> we don't want to teach them fear we want them to operate out of awearness. how we came up with aware. >> people are starting to take notice. in less than a week foundation facebook page has three,000 likes. >> we are really excited about the support we got. >> reporter: she hopes ash wear's reach continues to expand. gi would love to see it in every high school, middle school or where we can put it. we really want to get the message out there. pat mat in addition to the facebook page the aware foundat