Madison County Double Homicide
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2012 · News & Politics
A Madison County man is behind bars, accused of killing his wife and her 86-year-old mother. It happened Friday night at a home on Foster Creek Road in Marshall. Deputies say 61-year-old James Lagrua shot his wife, Stephanie, and her bedridden mother, Hilma Barnett, inside the home. Another adult and two juveniles were able to barricade themselves in the basement and call 911. Officers arrested Lagrua on the scene. He is charged with 2 counts of murder and is being held without bond. Investigators say there is no known history of domestic violence at the home, and Lagrua has no prior criminal history. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
