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they could be connected. >> Macon Regional Crime Stoppers is offering a $20,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest of Daniel Bruce France II. He's the man accused of killing Vincent
Jr. at the Tanglewood Apartments on January 13th. That was the first of three deadly shootings this month.
>> Hours later down the road a gunman shot and killed Janet Patel, a cashier at the
Chevron gas station. When Robins Police Chief Brett Evans says they haven't named a suspect in that shooting but
says it could be related to the Tanglewood apartment shooting. >> Then Sunday night, 23-year-old Parker
Moore was killed during a robbery at Barberitos. Police cannot say for sure whether the Barberitos shooting death is
related to the other two, but Chief Evans did say they cannot rule out that friends was involved in all three
homicides. >> As police continue to search for answers, Chief Brett Evans says the
three shootings hit close to home for everybody in Warner Robins, including his officers.
>> Our families are intertwined in this community every day. We eat at the same establishments. We go
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[music] >> This week we are headed out to Warner Robins, Georgia. Warner Robins is near
Macon, Georgia and is located within portions of both Houston and Peach counties. It is one [music] of the
state's larger cities with a population of about 85,000 folks. We are going back to 2018.
2018 for the people of Warner Robins, that year was going to kick off in a really bad way. We're going to see a
dramatic uptick in gun violence and robberies in January of 2018. So let's start this timeline on
Saturday, January 13th, 2018. At 6:12 p.m., Warner Robins Police Department were dispatched to the
Tanglewood Apartments at 1005 Alberta Road. This to investigate a report of shots fired inside apartment
number 90. They didn't know it at the time, but they were responding to what would
ultimately be the Warner Robins first homicide of the year. There at that apartment, they found a
man shot dead inside. The victim in the Tanglewood Apartments shooting was identified as Vincent Jr., aged 28 of
Warner Robins. There were strong indicators at the scene that he may have known the
suspect. But the suspect was unknown to police at this time and was described as a young
black male, probably in his 20s, with a slim build and wearing a dark hooded shirt and blue jeans.
The two were heard arguing before shots were fired. It's believed that there were eyewitnesses as well as
earwitnesses in this case. The suspect fired several shots at the victim, killing him, and then fleeing
the scene. Vehicle information on the suspect was not known and he may have fled on foot.
Warner Robins Police Department were busy looking for the suspect and the one who was taking the lead on this captain
was Detective Carter Gravitt. Police were actively looking for the suspect who murdered this 28-year-old
Vincent Jr. on a Saturday evening. >> Do we know much about this apartment complex?
>> From my understanding here, this apartment complex is situated in a well-populated area. So, nearby you're
going to have a lot of businesses, a lot of strip malls and things of that nature. So, whether this individual fled
on foot or in a vehicle, as said at the time, was unknown. But, could have been if having fled on foot could have been
hiding anywhere nearby. And that kind of leads into the next piece of our timeline here. Because less
than 3 hours later, so this is at 8:56 p.m. that same night. Police officers responded to a 911 call of a robbery
with shots fired at the Chevron gas station. This is located at 806 Alberta Road. Notice that those are the same
roads. So, this is a Chevron gas station also known as Food Mart number three. Inside
they found a store clerk shot. Paramedics attempted to revive the victim, but they were unsuccessful. The victim's
name is Janak Patel. J A N A K, but he went by the name of Jack Patel. So, Jack was
working alone that night. So, less than 3 hours after the first call, Warner Robins police were
responding to what would be the city's second homicide of the year with Detective Justin Clark taking the lead
on this one. Again, it's the Chevron gas station {slash} convenience store. So, it's
a little bit of a larger gas station, pumps out front, you have snacks and drinks and beverages inside.
The clerk in the in this case was shot dead, as we said less than 3 hours after the fatal shooting at an apartment
complex nearby. When we say nearby, this is .4 miles these two locations. >> So, we have a crime scene at the
apartments and we have a crime scene at this gas station. And it's possible that they're
connected. >> Well, absolutely, because what we have here is the Warner Robins Police
Department Assistant Chief John Wagner, who said it hasn't been determined whether the two shootings are related.
Quote, "It certainly is odd that they were close in proximity," he said. "We are certainly not ruling that out." End
quote. >> Do we have surveillance footage at the apartment complex? I think any of these
large apartment complex should have at least outdoor surveillance. >> In this case, it doesn't sound like that
was available to police or existed, but what we do have is the suspect description
from the Chevron gas station homicide. Right. So, in this case, the suspect is described by police as a
black male wearing dark clothing with his face partially covered. And they say that they know that the suspect fled
toward Greenbriar Road. They used a tracking dog in attempts to locate the suspect, but this was
unsuccessful. So, at the Chevron Captain, they did have surveillance cameras, working
surveillance cameras. >> Wow. >> That's right. Amazing. So, using those, they can confirm that the description of
the suspect that they put out is very accurate, okay? And they eventually would go on to
release a still image of the suspect at the Chevron robbery and homicide where that went
down. So, based off of video footage what they know law enforcement is that the suspect
walked in gun pointing at the lone clerk the gunman demanded money and demanded it
to be fast when handing it over. Jack Patel handed over the money and then the gunman, who could have simply
have just turned and fled having got what he wanted, decided to do something so cold, something so evil. So, with the
money already in his possession and Jack Patel giving him no problems at all, totally compliant to the gunman,
the masked gunman shot and killed Jack before fleeing the scene. >> Yeah, it makes you wonder if
this killer thought that Patel recognized him. >> It's a possibility. Could have
recognized his voice. What we can see of the actual suspect, he's completely covered head to toe with the exception
of his eyes and the bridge of his nose. Jack Kumar Patel of Warner Robins was just 25 years old. As we said, he was
working alone that night. This was supposed to be his last shift. He had already lined some things up and was
moving on to greener pastures with just one shift left to cover when he was robbed, shot, and killed
that night. The Chevron station on Alberta Road in Warner Robins was blocked off with crime scene tape.
And that crime scene tape remained up the following morning on Sunday morning. So, on Saturday, January 13th, 2018,
Captain, the city of Warner Robins, Georgia, experiences the first two homicides of the year on the same night.
The previous year, the city had only six homicides for the entire calendar year. Five days later, Warner
Robins police announced that they are looking for a local man wanted in the slaying at [clears throat] the
Tanglewood Apartments. Police said that Daniel Bruce France II has been charged with murder in the shooting death of
28-year-old Vincent D. Jr. has been charged with murder in the shooting death of 28-year-old Vincent D. Jr.
on January 13th. France had also been charged with aggravated assault. Okay, quote, France
has been seen in the middle Georgia area and is more than likely armed and considered dangerous.
The department said in a statement to the public, the 27-year-old France is described as a black male with a light
complexion who weighs about 160 lb, is 5' 7" tall. Vincent Jr., the victim from the apartments, was a city of Warner
Robins employee in the public works department, and police said anyone with information about France's whereabouts
is asked to call Detective Gravette or call the Macon Regional Crime Stoppers. Okay, so, taking
emotions out of this and to put it in its simplest of forms, we got a lot going on here in a very short period of
time. We have two homicides, both on that Saturday. Then a suspect in one of those homicides
is identified and police asking for the public's assistance in locating the suspect
by Thursday. Again, his name is Daniel Bruce France II, armed and dangerous. So, we have an active manhunt going on
when the unimaginable happens. So, on our timeline, this is Sunday, January 21st. So, just 8 days
after the first two homicides, this is just a little bit after 9:30 p.m. on that Sunday,
when Warner Robins police were dispatched to a Barberitos restaurant located at 3123 Watson Boulevard after
shots were reportedly fired there. Police arrive on the scene and they walk into a nightmare of a situation.
So, this restaurant was still open at the time of the incident. They would have closed that night at 10:00 p.m. We
have employees and customers in the Barberitos when the shots were fired. Once on the scene,
they find 23-year-old Parker Killion Moore shot and unresponsive. He was found lying behind the counter near the
open cash register. Also inside, we have another injured worker. He is severely injured. He's
described as a 21-year-old man who was shot in the head, but somehow he was able to tell police what happened.
This young man had to be rushed off to the hospital to save his life, but he tells police he was shot first
by the robber while he and others were trying to get the money that the robber had demanded. So,
they're trying to get cash out of the register to give to the armed robber. >> Right.
>> I I will use the words that the Macon Telegraph used. Parker Killion Moore was fatally wounded
by a parting shot that the bandit fired. A parting shot. >> What does that mean?
>> Sounding a lot like the Chevron gas station situation where he demands money, gunman demands money, gets the
money, and then shoots Parker Killion Moore anyway when he could have just turned
and fled without shooting anyone. >> Yeah, and I don't know if this [snorts] is in the reports, but he probably
didn't get much money, and it's pretty pathetic. It's a pathetic move by somebody that's
in my opinion less than human to get a small amount of money and take somebody's life.
>> Absolutely. And we'll stick with this here, Captain, and then get into some far more in-depth and detailed
information about this robbery homicide as we have several witnesses in this case, some that we were able to speak
with to get first-hand accounts of the events of that horrific night. But, we'll stick with what was publicly
reported here for the moment. The Macon Telegraph reported a third employee who was inside the restaurant ran to a
nearby Dunkin' Donuts telling the employees there to lock the doors and call 911.
We had four customers, reportedly, that were also inside the Barberitos when Moore was shot. Video surveillance was
pulled from Barberitos, from the Dunkin' Donuts, from a convenience store across the street,
two nearby hotels, and other nearby businesses. The suspect was seen on surveillance
video at 9:28 p.m. coming from alongside a hotel near the restaurant, going through some bushes, cutting through
some bushes, and then running to the back door of the Barberitos. And then the video also shows him
fleeing south bound just minutes later. Warner Robins police patrol officers, detectives, and
crime scene investigators continued to work that crime scene well into the night and then into Monday. Crime scene
investigators use special equipment to make a 3D image of the scene. Detectives and uniform officers
canvassed a parking lot and a nearby field looking in trash containers for possible evidence.
The killing of restaurant worker Parker Killian Moore was the city's third homicide of 2018,
and it was January 21st. This is three homicides in just eight days, and there was very
nearly a fourth homicide that night. The other man that was shot came within just a centimeter or two of losing his
life. Thankfully, he was able to be saved. Well, we're going to learn a little bit about this
suspect from the surveillance inside, but to me, if I'm investigating this, I want the surveillance from outside
because it's more likely I'm going to be able I'll be able to identify the vehicle.
>> Yeah, you were hoping to see So, the the surveillance footage that they they have that captures the suspect
approaching the Barb Burritos and fleeing the Barb Burritos. They don't They're unable to pull any vehicle
information from that footage. Or at least as far as we've been told and what has been
released to the public. What you do have, which is interesting because we don't always have this in many of the
cases that we've looked at, is you do get to see him approaching the business and also fleeing the
business. So, it does give you some idea of if it's just general information, it
still gives you some information as to where he came from and where he may have gone.
You also get to see him his movements and how he chooses and approaches the business and then later flees the
business. So, let's get to a um This is a news conference regarding the three January 2018
homicides. It was scheduled for that Tuesday. Remember, police and crime scene techs
are still at the scene of Barb Burritos well into Monday. So, the next day on that Tuesday, Warner Robins Police
Headquarters is hosting a news conference regarding these three homicides. And we played a news clip of that press
conference for you in today's trailer. At that press conference, we learn how the police were working
these three cases. They announced to the public that the Barb Burritos restaurant worker
fatally shot in an armed robbery that Sunday night may not have been the killer's first victim.
Warner Robins Police Chief Brett Evans told reporters and the public that one man may be behind the three
killings. Warner Robins and Police Department investigators were trying to determine
if the shooter at Barbaritos is the same man who killed a Chevron convenience store clerk on January 13th in an armed
robbery, said Warner Robins assistant police chief John Wagner. The features of the suspects are
similar, he said. The suspect in the Chevron slaying was described as a skinny black male about 6 ft tall
wearing dark clothing and partially covering his face according to a police release.
The suspect in the Barbaritos killing was described as a black male about 6 ft tall who was wearing dark clothing and a
face covering. Police released photos taken from surveillance video of the two armed robberies. They also announced
reward money for leads in these cases. So, within less than 2 weeks' time we have three homicides, an active
manhunt for one of the murders, several formal statements from police to the press and
public, a press conference held within 2 days after the third murder, and reward money offered up for
information and leads. >> Well, this has to be scary for the community because it seems like the
motive is pretty simple, money, but not large amounts of money. And so, this individual is willing to
kill people over little to no amount of money. >> Exactly. And what you have here,
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the back. Power to the people. All right, Captain. Let me read portions of this from the
front page of the Macon Telegraph. So, this is January 24th, 2018. I want to read from it because it
clearly states the police's theory at that time and the ongoing manhunt for the one named suspect. Police Chief
Brett Evans said at a news conference, Daniel Bruce France II is wanted on charges of murder and
aggravated assault in the January 13th slaying of 28-year-old Vincent Jr. at the Tanglewood Apartments on Alberta
Road. Police do not have sufficient evidence to seek warrants for France's arrest in
connection with Sunday's fatal shooting of Barbareetos restaurant worker Parker Killian Moore
during an armed robbery and the January 13th slaying of Chevron convenience store clerk Jack Kumar Patel, also
killed during an armed robbery. However, France cannot be ruled out as a suspect in all three slayings, Evans
said. Additionally, the climbing reward for information leading to the whereabouts and arrest of France has
reached up to $20,000, said Regional Crime Stoppers Warren Selby. Quote, "We're here today to reach out to
the community to say, please help the Warner Robins Police Department and these men and women solve these cases
and make the streets safer for our community. Making Regional Crime Stoppers, Warren
Selby said at the news conference. He goes on to say you may not think it's a significant piece of information, but
crimes are like a puzzle. Every little piece goes together to make a big picture, end quote. Daniel Bruce
France, who is known to law enforcement, has been seen in the middle Georgia area
and they state is likely armed and considered dangerous. Also, a separate reward of up to $10,000
was being offered in the Chevron slaying and $7,000 reward in the Barberitos killing, Selby said. The emphasis of the
reward money is on locating France because an arrest warrant has been issued and his arrest could possibly
solve the other two killings, Selby said. Photos of the shooter in the Barberitos
and Chevron armed robbery homicides taken from surveillance video are strikingly similar.
As are the similarities in the physical descriptions, clothing, mannerisms, and weapons, Chief Evans said. Reasons for a
possible link between the Tanglewood apartments and the Chevron slayings other than proximity in time and
location have not been disclosed by the police and the police chief declined to elaborate.
>> Well, with so many crimes, you only have to get this individual for one. Yes, you
want all the crimes solved, but if you can at least bring charges and get a conviction on
one of these crimes, that maybe you're able to well one you get the guy off the street.
>> Mhm. >> And so now you're protecting the community but maybe you can make a deal
if he pleads a guilty to one of the other crimes. >> Yes, permission to offer up a little
foreshadowing here captain. >> Go for it. >> Thank you. I want to circle back to what
was said at the press conference here. Uh Crime Stoppers Warren Selby said you may not think it's a significant piece
of information but crimes like a puzzle every little piece goes together to make
a big picture and quote this most certainly can be true emphasis on the word can.
Crimes are often times like a puzzle. Each piece is very important and valuable.
He said every little piece goes together to make a big picture. That is true as well but not all of the time. Sometimes
every little piece does not fit together. Remember my friends that every little piece
as it was called at the press conference every little piece of evidence is a clue but not every clue is
in fact evidence. Okay, so nothing but bad news right for the city of Warner Robins.
Nothing but bad news in that 10 day span once we get from the first call to the press conference. Nothing but bad news
for 10 days straight but finally we get a little bit of good news. And we get a very dangerous
individual off of the streets. So this would be just hours just hours after that press conference with Warner
Robins Police Department when accused killer Daniel Bruce France II was arrested. So this is
late that night France was located at a home on Scott Boulevard after a manhunt and a $20,000 Crime Stoppers
reward offered for information leading to France's whereabouts and arrest. Accused killer Daniel Bruce France II
was arrested alongside of two others. This is Michael Joseph Brent age 20 who lives at the residence
and a Montravious Deshawn Lewis age 22. He and this other guy were charged with hindering apprehension
of France at that home. The men told police that France was not inside the home several times before
eventually allowing officers to enter the home. This is all according to Warner Robins police.
They find France in the kitchen and he's taken into custody without incident. So, he's he's arrested. He's found at
this home. These two guys, they're harboring him there for whatever reason. When the police approach the home and
try to get in, they're like, "Nah, he's not here. Don't you know, look elsewhere."
>> lying pieces of [ __ ] >> There you go. And but they eventually let the police in. They find the guy
they're looking for France in the kitchen. Haul his ass in. He's arrested on murder and aggravated
assault charges. This is all from that January 13th slaying of 28-year-old Vincent Jr. at the Tanglewood
Apartments. >> And it makes you wonder how much information they had about all these crimes
and how much they were covering for this guy. >> Yeah, those guys and then what we also are going to learn
here now is All right, so we're going to get a little more detail on the suspect and
the incident that led to the murder at Tanglewood Apartments. This of course after the
arrest. And this makes total sense here because one this dude is wanted on other charges
that are outside of the Tanglewood Apartment murder. And two, as we said earlier
when this first when the news first breaks, we know there's ear witnesses because they're calling in shots fired
at this apartment complex. But there are eyewitnesses as well that are going to fill in the blanks as to what
all occurred leading up to that homicide. Of course police are not going to release all that
information when they are searching for their suspect, but we know reviewing this case that they had a lot of
information. Why? Because just days after they announce who they are looking for. And not just say, "Hey,
this is who we're looking for by name, we've also already charged him with the murder."
>> Right. >> So a little detail on the suspect in the incident uh is released after the
arrest. Police said that Daniel Bruce Fransen II was actually out. He was out free on bond
at the time when these three people were shot to death in Warner Robins in January of 2018.
He is charged The statement is he is charged in one killing and could be a suspect in the other two. He was also
wanted by Centerville police on an outstanding warrant. Fransen was charged with murder and aggravated assault in
the January 13th slaying of 28-year-old Vincent Junior at the Tanglewood Apartments on Alberta Road. Fransen, the
accused and Junior, the were heard arguing before shots were fired, police said. Franz's outstanding
warrant for a felony obstruction was for a felony obstruction charge for throwing
a fist and hitting a Centerville police sergeant in the face as the officer tried to arrest him back in August of
2017. >> In the face. >> Yeah, so he's he's arrested, hits the police officer. He's charged with that,
but then he gets out on bond. >> He's out on bond. >> He's out on bond, three people were
killed. And then he gets picked up for the murder of this Vincent Junior. So, Warner Robins police chief Brett
Evans said police do not have enough evidence to seek warrants for Franz's arrest in connection with
the other two slayings that took place in January, but emphasized that Franz could not be ruled out as a suspect
either. >> And like you said, he has an extensive criminal history. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. And
we need to fast forward just a little bit here to the following year, 2019, when Daniel Bruce Franza II of Warner
Robins was he's going to court now for that murder charge, for the murder of Vincent Junior.
Now, to be clear, at this time, he's suspected of having killed Jack Patel at the Chevron and Parker Killian Moore at
Barberitos, but has not been officially charged >> Right. >> in those two cases as of his court date for this murder
trial. At trial, and it doesn't sound like this trial lasted too long here. At trial, he was
found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty by a jury.
He was also found to be guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. They also released details of
what occurred at the apartment. It says France shot and killed Vincent Jr. age 28
who was a Warner Robins public works employee inside Junior's apartment. Okay, so this all goes down.
We said earlier apartment 90. This was Junior's apartment at the Tanglewood Apartments. The
argument, according to testimony, was over a bag of marijuana. And according to the Houston County
District Attorney's Office the two had actually been friends. With friends like this, who needs
enemies, right? The two had actually been friends for many years. But on that evening,
witnesses testified that the men were arguing in the living room and that Junior had followed France into
the kitchen and robbed him of a bag of marijuana at gunpoint. >> Jesus. >> Okay, so the bad guy the the guy that's
ultimately charged with murder is in the kitchen and the victim comes in with a gun
and says, you know, give me that bag or takes the bag off of him. Afterward, the
victim Junior, he goes into the living room where there are other people present inside this apartment.
And he brags to those people that he just took, stole, or robbed the other guy of
the marijuana. >> Yeah, so evil dumb son of a [ __ ] >> Then France >> [snorts] >> comes from the back of the house and he
shoots Junior once in the left lower chest and then twice in the middle of the back, which ultimately causes the
death of Vincent Jr. Frantz then fled and as we now know was picked up days later after a manhunt looking for this
man. >> Surprisingly, he didn't try to punch police in the face again. >> Yes, he was arrested without incident.
>> But you said that he was charged in the one case. And he's going to get 25 years.
>> Yes, he gets 25 years in prison. It's a voluntary manslaughter conviction. And what is going to happen here is
from everything I've reviewed and from what the police were telling the public and
the DA as well, while they were pursuing this murder charge and they had a court date for this
trial, they were actively putting together a case against him for the other two murders. So, we're going to go
and charge him with this murder. They get the conviction and now they're still building a case against him in the
Chevron murder case and the Barberitos murder case. >> Three people were killed in less than 10
days. One at the Tangled Wood Apartments, one at the Chevron gas station, one at Barberitos restaurant.
Two of those crimes officially remain unsolved. Zach Merchant is live in Warner Robins with the latest on where
those cases stand. >> [music] >> Frank, the Barberitos here behind me just off of Watson Boulevard has seen a
steady stream of customers all day today. But back in the night of January 21st, that was not the case. This entire
area was blocked off by police after 23-year-old Barburritos employee Parker Killian Moore was shot dead in the
restaurant, and he wasn't even supposed to be there. He was filling in for someone else's shift. Now, over 6 months
later, his mom, Lia Moss, is still searching for answers. >> Not for a minute I don't think about I
mean, I wake up thinking about him. I go to sleep thinking about him. I think about him all day long.
>> Six months after 23-year-old Parker Killian Moore was gunned down while at work in the Warner Robins Barburritos,
his mom, Lia Moss, says she wants answers and so far hasn't gotten many. >> This feeling that they had somebody that
they were charging that if this to my child would I you know, I don't know what that's
going to feel like cuz I haven't had that yet. But, it it encouraging and heartbreaking that they don't.
>> Police have not charged anyone for Moore's murder, but Captain Chris Rooks with the Warner Robins Police
Department's Investigations Unit says police think they know who did it, Daniel Friends. He was arrested and
charged with murder for the fatal Tanglewood apartment shooting in January. Hours after that homicide,
someone gunned down a Chevron employee only a few miles away. And Rooks says he's certain the Chevron shooter also
pulled the trigger in Barburritos. Captain Rooks now says Friends is the primary suspect in those two unsolved
killings. >> It is important to know that we feel like the person that's responsible for
these crimes, um, he is in jail. We feel But, of course, we have to work the case and develop the
evidence to be able to charge him. That is still full force. >> Moss says she doesn't think anything
will erase her grief, but an arrest would help bring some measure of closure. And if Friends ends up being
charged, she says she wants him to pay. >> If he did do it, also, we need I don't
want I want the death penalty. That's what I would like to say. An eye for an eye.
>> All right, Captain Rooks would not say exactly what's holding up the case for
fear of compromising the investigation, but he says the department is still working hard and asking the public for
tips. Captain Rooks also says more than $14,000 in reward money has been paid out for tips related to the case and
there's still more money available. If you have information, you can call Macon Regional Crime Stoppers. That number is
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In an eight day span in January of 2018, the city of Warner Robins, Georgia experienced three homicides. Warner Robins Police mistakenly believed all three homicides were committed by one perpetrator. When the suspect was arrested, eventually a long list of charges were dropped against the suspect. The murders of Janak Kumar Patel and Parker Killman Moore are still unsolved. Police have a lot of evidence but still need the public’s help. Any information is good information. Warner Robins Police Department (478) 302-5378

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Brief Summary

Three homicides in Warner Robins, Georgia, in January 2018 are investigated, focusing on the victims and the suspect Daniel Bruce France II.

Key points

The Power of Hope. Hope grows louder when you ask for help, reminding us we will be okay.
A String of Homicides. Warner Robins experiences three homicides in just eight days, shocking the community.
Police Chief's Press Conference. Police Chief Brett Evans discusses the ongoing manhunt for Daniel Bruce France II, wanted for multiple murders.
Arrest of Daniel Bruce France II. Accused killer Daniel Bruce France II is arrested after a manhunt, raising questions about his accomplices.
Mother Seeks Justice for Son. Lia Moss, mother of murder victim Parker Killian Moore, expresses her grief and desire for justice.
Reward for Tips. Over $14,000 has been paid out for tips related to the case.

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