Galax Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Wake County man charged with wife's murder

  Saturday | via ABC11 

  A man accused of murdering his wife and driving her body across state lines, is now in the Wake County jail.

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  Related Topix: Galax, VA

• Wake man, arrested as fugitive, faces murder charge ...

  Thursday May 24 | via News Observer 

  A Wake County man whose wife's body was found inside the pickup truck he was driving in Virginia has been charged with being a fugitive from justice on a charge of murder.

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  Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cary, NC

• Va. police find dead N.C. woman in truck, husband de...

  Thursday May 24 | via News & Record 

  When Virginia authorities stopped a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon, they discovered the body of a 50-year-old Wake County woman inside of the vehicle.

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  Related Topix: Wake County, NC

• Va. police detain N.C. man with dead wife in truck

  Wednesday May 23 | via News Observer 

  Virginia authorities stopped a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon and discovered the body of a 50-year-old Raleigh woman inside of the vehicle.

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  Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Wake County, NC, Criminal Defense Law, Law

• Wake man arrested in Virginia after wife's body foun...

  Wednesday May 23 | via WRAL.com 

  Police in Galax, Va., arrested a Wake County man Wednesday afternoon after finding his wife's body in his truck, authorities said.

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• NC homicide suspect in custody in Galax

  Wednesday May 23 | via WXII12 

  A Wake County man suspected of killing his wife has been taken into custody after being involved in a wreck in Galax.

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  Related Topix: Wake County, NC

• Police briefs

  Wednesday May 16 | via Mt. Airy News 

  Property valued at $2,520 was reported stolen Sunday from a city residence, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports, which state that the appliances and other items involved apparently were taken by a "known suspect." Marilyn Katherine Christop, a Wilmington resident, is listed as the victim of the crime that occurred at a single-family ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Wilmington, NC, Prison, Wilson, NC

• Relay for Life kicks off Friday

  Sunday May 13 | via The Carroll News 

  Last year, the Galax/Carroll Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society set a local record by raising $82,000. Organizers hope to at least match that total this year as the group hosts Relay for Life 2009 on Friday at Carroll County High School.

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  Related Topix: Carroll County, VA, Galax, VA

• Top Tickets: Festivals, previews and bashes

  Wednesday May 2 | via Roanoke Times 

  Bonus Top Tickets: See the listings we could not fit in print at cutnscratch, The Roanoke Times Music blog.

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  Related Topix: Blues, John Hammond, Ricky Skaggs, Country, Galax, VA, Roanoke, VA, Martinsville, VA