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KING WORLD] [CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE A HOMICIDE CASE.WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON WHAT DEPUTIES FOUND THAT HAS THEM CONVINCED, A FIREFIGHTER AND HIS FAMILY WERE KILLED *BEFORE THE FIRE WAS SET. STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENT THAT TOOK ANOTHER VALLEY TEEN'S LIFE.WHAT THEY SAY, WAS A FACTOR IN THE CRASH... THAT COULD BE CRIMINAL. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE H1-N1 VACCINE, THAT'S FORCING HEALTH OFFICIALS TO COME UP WITH NEW STRATEGIES FOR TREATMENT AND PREVENTION. GOOD EVENING THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.I'M MELANIE LOFTON. AND I'M BOB CORSO. THE UMBRELLAS WERE OUT IN DOWNTOWN HARRISONBURG AS IT STARTED TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. METEOROLOGIST TRACY TURNER HAS OUR FIRST FORECAST.. TRACY? .. Mostly cloudy skies Tuesday night with a chance of showers through Wednesday morning as temperatures hold in the lower 50s. Heavier rainfall is expected after midnight with the possibility of .5" or more rainfall in some areas. Temperatures hold in the mid and upper 60s for much of the week with a cooler start to next week. Your Halloween will be mostly cloudy with a chance of early showers, but partial evening clearing for your Trick and Treating. WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ON A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING...AFTER THE DEATH OF A ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FIREFIGHTER AND HIS FAMILY.AROUND 10:45 P-M FRIDAY NIGHT... THE MATHIAS-BAKER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A FIRE IN THE 9300 BLOCK OF U-S ROUTE 259. DENNIS "CHIP" TAYLOR... HIS WIFE ALAINA TAYLOR... AND ALIANA'S 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER KAYLEE GRACE WHETZEL WERE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME.THE FIRE WAS RULED AS SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE... AND AFTER INVESTIGATION... THE FIRE WAS DECLARED ARSON.INVESTIGATORS HAD A FEW SUSPECTS IN MIND... AND WERE INTERVIEWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS. OUR MCKINSEY HARRIS JOINS US LIVE AT THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY JAIL... WITH NEW DETAILS IN THE INVESTIGATION.MCKINSEY... MEL... NAKIA KELLER AND LORIE TAYLOR ARE NOW HERE IN THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY JAIL... AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY INFORMATION LINKED THE TWO TO THE CRIME. LORIE TAYLOR IS CHIP'S EX-WIFE... AND SHE HAD BEEN RESIDING WITH NAKIA keller. THIS CASE IS A MULTI-AGENCY JOINT INVESTIGATION.AND THE HARDY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT CHIP TAYLOR... ALAINA TAYLOR... AND ALAINA'S FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER KAYLEE GRACE WHETZEL WERE ALL SHOT AT LEAST ONCE IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THE FIRE WAS THEN SET TO COVER UP THE HOMICIDE.AND AFTER SOME LEADS... THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY DO BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND THE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME. "We're finding right now we have reason to believe that there was a heated custody battle that's been going on for a while. Our understanding is we believe that is the motive."CHIP AND LORIE'S THREE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES UPON THE TWO SUSPECTS BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.REPORTING LIVE IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY... MCKINSEY HARRIS... W-H-S-V NEWS THREE. IN THE VALLEY CHIP TAYLOR'S CO- WORKERS FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE ARE REACTING TO THIS NEWS. OUR JOSH KNIGHT SPENT SOME TIME TALKING WITH THEM AND CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE.. WITH THEIR REACTION...JOSH.... MEL...CO-WORKERS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FRIENDS, OF DENNIS OR "CHIP" TAYLOR SAY THIS DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH ABOUT THE WAY THEY FEEL.CHIP SPENT A COUPLE YEARS WORKING OUT OF THE BROADWAY EMERGENCY RESCUE STATION BUT MORE RECENTLY SERVED AS A FLOATER, FILLING IN AT ANY STATION IN THE COUNTY, THAT NEEDED HIM. HIS FRIENDS ALL AROUND THE COUNTY WERE DEVESTATED BY THE NEWS OF CHIP'S DEATH FROM DAY ONE... AND THEY SAY WITH THE NEWS OF HOMICIDE...THEIR STILL DEALING WITH THAT SAME TRAGIC LOSS. "In light of everything that's come out, that we need to focus on, that we've lost a really great person, and not only that, it wasn't only chip, it was his wife and his step daughter."THE ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT ADDS THAT IF ANY OF ITS WORKERS NEED HELP COPING THEY HAVE A TEAM OF COUNSELORS READY TO HELP. THIS LATEST DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO HARD TO HEAR FOR MANY VIEWERS...OUR BOB CORSO REPORTS ON HOW THEY'RE EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. BOB... MEL, YOU ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR WEB CHANNEL TO SEE HOW THIS STORY IS TOUCHING SO MANY PEOPLE...NEARLY EVERY STORY WE'VE REPORTED ON, HAS VIEWER COMMENTS, FROM SOME WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE VICTIMS.VIEWERS ARE ALSO SHARING THEIR THOUGHTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE...TONYA SAYS IT JUST SADDENS ME THAT PEOPLE CAN BE THAT SICK TO KILL A FAMILY...I MEAN A 5 YEAR OLD... WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR SOCIETY TODAY? AMBER ADDS THIS JUST MAKES ME SICK! I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THESE FAMILIES ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW... I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WHOMEVER IS RESPONSIBLE WILL BE PUNISHED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. THE STORIES I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT GETTING COMMENTS ARE ALSO THE MOST READ ON OUR WEB CHANNEL...OUR POSTING ABOUT THE DEATHS BEING RULED A HOMICIDE IS GETTING THE MOST VIEWS....FOLLOWED BY A FATAL ACCIDENT IN ELKTON.AND FRIENDS REFLECTING ON THE LIFE OF THE FIREFIGHTER KILLED IS THE THIRD MOST VIEWED STORY ON W-H- S-V.COM. COMING UP AT SIX, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COVERAGE OF THIS STORY...INCLUDING THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THIS CUSTODY DISPUTE.WE'VE ALSO FOUND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OF THE SUSPECTS IN THIS MURDER CASE.AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND IN COURT RECORDS ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP. IN THE MEANTIME IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, YOU LIKE TO SHARE ON THIS STORY, OR ANY STORY ON AIR OR ONLINE, SEND US AN E-MAIL TO FEEDBACK THREE, AT W-H-S-V DOT COM. AN ELKTON MAN IS DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 33...ALLEN DEAN DIED THIS MORNING, WHEN HIS CAR SWERVED AND OVERTURNED THREE TIMES.STATE POLICE SAY THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT WEATHER COULD BE TO BLAME.DEAN WORKED FOR THE "DAILY NEWS RECORD" DELIVERING PAPERS.HE WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. "I mean it never gets easier thats for sure...// really nothing was said I mean it's a tragic event the best that we can do is notify another family member to be with them at a time of need."EARLIER REPORTS SUGGESTS DEAN WAS ON A DELIVERY ROUTE, WHICH, BY STATE LAW, MEANS HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO WEAR A SEATBELT. ACCORDING TO POLICE, HIS EMPLOYER SAYS DEAN WAS NOT ON HIS ROUTE AND WAS ON HIS WAY *TO WORK TO PICK UP THE PAPERS. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION... A WINCHESTER TEENAGER IS ALSO DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT.17 YEAR OLD JAMES WILLIAM GLEESON, DIED AFTER THE VAN HE AND TWO OTHER TEENAGERS WERE IN, RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF CHANNING DRIVE ... THE DRIVER THEN OVER- CORRECTED AND LOST CONTROL. CAUSING THE VAN TO OVERTURN. POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE ALCOHOL WAS A FACTOR IN THIS CRASH. THE GOVERNMENT TRIED AGAIN TODAY TO REASSURE AMERICANS WHO WANT THE SWINE FLU VACCINE. THE C-D-C SAID THERE ARE BEGINNING TO BE SIGNIIFICANT INCREASES IN ITS AVAILABILITY. STILL, THEY ARE TENS OF MILLONS OF DOSES BEHIND SCHEDULE-- MEANING EVEN WHEN YOU CAN FIND THE VACCINE-- IT'S A MATTER OF HURRY UP-- AND WAIT.HERE'S ABC'S LINSEY DAVIS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has always said that getting enough vaccine to all the states will be a "bumpy road," they were right. NATS: "Everyone hold your own form, please" Across the country frustration is spreading fast. Thousands have been lining up to get H1N1 vaccine unsuccessfully. NATS: if you're pregnant I need you to come on this side... if you have your family with you.. Pregnant women -- and those with pre-existing conditions-- are moved to the front of the lines.. Laila Ben is due next week SOT Laila Ben Getting Vaccinated They told me I should get it before I deliver or after, I did it before to be safe. In Portalnd, Oregon, Sakson Diabens stood for hours to get his son vaccinated.. SOT SAKSON DIABENS "I am glad he has the shot now because my wife is keeping him out of school until he gets it." This woman barely made the cut off.. SOT: I don't want to take my daughter to many places... I am really places... I am really nervous; I'm really scared." In Delaware, Ohio a crowd overwhelmed the H1N1 event when a clinic ran out of needles Monday. In Baltimore, Maryland Elizabeth Heuback's 9- year-old daughter has asthma. SOT Elizabeth Heubeck I thought I would have been able to get the vaccine at my children's pediatrician, it has not been offered there." Many frustrated Americans are calling on the C-D-C to do a better job informing people where and when they can find the N1H1 vaccine SOT: DR. THOMAS FRIEDEN CDC Director "It's quite likely that that too little vaccine is one of the things that' s making people more interested in getting vaccinated, frankly. When we have shortages, we see an increase in demand." The CDC said today that there are more than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine available right now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose. LINSEY DAVIS, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK THEY SAY THEY WEREN'T SLEEPING...BUT THEY *WERE ON THEIR LAPTOPS...THAT IS NOT PROVING A BETTER ARGUMENT FOR TWO PILOTS WHO OVERSHOT THEIR DESTINATION.WHY THIS EXPLANATION, IS RAISING EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY IN THE AIR. PLUS, A PROSTITUTION BUST... BUT THESE ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL LADIES OF THE NIGHT.WE'LL DETAIL THE MAJOR BUST, THAT MANY AMERICANS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WAS A PROBLEM. UP NEXT, THE CAMPAIGN EVENT THAT CREIGH DEEDS HOPES WILL GIVE HIM THE VOTES HE NEEDS, IF HE WANTS TO BE THE NEXT GOVENOR.WE'LL TAKE YOU THEIR LIVE. BUT FIRST HERE'S YOUR PLANNING

• Release Date

  Nov 1, 2009

• Runtime

  09:48