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THE VICTIMS IN THE TRIPLE MURDER CASE, SPEAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME.HOW SHE'S COPING WITH THE LOSS. THE NEW INFORMATION IN THE MORGAN HARRINGTON CASE, POLICE HOPE WILL LEAD TO MORE TIPS. THE C-D-C SAYS PRODUCTION OF THE H1N1 FLU VACCINE IS GETTING BACK ON TRACK... SO WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET IT? GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE NEWS AT FIVE.I'M MELANIE LOFTON.AND I'M BOB CORSO. THE SUN HAS COME OUT, THE RAIN HAS DRIED UP, AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF SHOPPERS TODAY AT THE MARKET SQUARE EAST SHOPPING CENTER. METEOROLOGIST TRACY TURNER HAS OUR FIRST FORECAST.. TRACY?.. Clouds remain in place overnight with lows in the mid to upper 40's and the chance of some after midnight patchy fog. Temperatures hold in the mid and upper 60s through the weekend with another chance of rain Halloween night into Sunday. Next week we will see some clearing and cooler temperatures. Oh, and don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour on Sunday morning. THE COUPLE ACCUSED OF THE MURDERS AND ARSON ARE WAIVING THEIR RIGHT TO AN EXTRADITION HEARING...THAT'S ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT THE "ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE"... HARDY COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA INVESTIGATORS SAY NAKIA KELLER AND LORIE TAYLOR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF CHIP TAYLOR, HIS WIFE ALAINA TAYLOR, AND ALAINA'S 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER "KAYLEE GRACE WHETZEL"...EACH HAD AT LEAST ONE GUNSHOT WOUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEIR HOME WAS THEN BURNED IN AN EFFORT TO COVER UP THE CRIME...CHIP TAYLOR IS THE *EX-HUSBAND* OF SUSPECT, LORIE TAYLOR... AUTHORITIES SAY, THE TWO WERE IN A CUSTODY BATTLE... AND WE'RE NOW HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. OUR JOSH KNIGHT SPOKE WITH THE GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF FIVE YEAR OLD HAYLEE GRACE WHETZEL. JOSH...?MEL...MOST OF KAYLEE'S FAMILY LIVES IN WEST VIRGINIA, BUT HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER NINA, STILL LIVES AROUND HERE. KAYLEE'S BIOLOGICAL FATHER IS NINA'S GRANDSON AND SHE SAYS THE TOLL THIS HAS TAKEN ON KAYLEE'S FATHER AND THE ENTIRE FAMILY IS UNIMAGINABLE. NINA HAS A NUMBER OF PICTURES OF KAYLEE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE.SHE SAYS REALLY THE ONLY WORD YOU CAN USE TO DESCRIBE HER IS "SWEET." "Just can't really express, what this has done to our family. She started school this year and only got to go two months." NINA SPENT A LOT OF TIME LIVING WITH KAYLEE THIS SUMMER AND SAYS SHE REALLY GOT TO KNOW HER WELL. THANK YOU JOSH...AND COMING UP AT SIX, NINA DESCRIBES HOW EVEN AT FIVE YEARS OLD... KAYLEE WOULD DO FOR OTHERS. THIS STORY HAS EVOKED MANY DIFFERENT EMOTIONS AMONG OUR VIEWERS... A-C WRITES IN I AM SHOCKED THAT SOMEONE COULD TAKE THE LIVES OF THREE PEOPLE ESPECIALLY A LITTLE GIRL. CHIP WAS A GREAT DAD AND DID NOT DESERVE ANY OF THIS AND NEITHER DID HIS WIFE AND STEP DAUGHTER. DISGUSTED ADDS ANYTHING LESS THAN LIFE IN PRISON FOR THESE TWO MONSTERS WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE AND GROSS INJUSTICE. HERE ARE THE OTHER STORIES BEING READ ONLINE... RIGHT NOW. A STORY PROFILING THE SUSPECTS IN THE HARDY COUNTY MURDER CASE IS GETTING THE MOST VIEWS....FOLLOWED BY AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A DEER, THAT CLOSED PART OF I-81 OVERNIGHT. AND THE CONTINUED INVESTIGATION IN THE HARDY COUNTY TRIPLE MURDER IS THE THIRD MOST VIEWED STORY ON W-H-S-V.COM. AND REMEMBER, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE STORIES OR ANY STIES YOU SEE ON W-H-S-V AND W-H-S-V - DOT - COMJUST SEND US AN E-MAIL TO FEEDBACK-3, THAT'S THE NUMBER 3, AT W-H-S-V DOT COM. THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WILL STAND TRIAL.A REPORT DECLARED THAT JUSTIN SLATER HAS BEEN RESTORED TO MENTAL COMPETENCY...THE REPORT FROM "CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL" IS PART OF A "COMPETENCY EVALUATION."SLATER WILL NOW APPEAR IN "FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT" TOMORROW MORNING FOR A COMPETENCY HEARING...IN JUNE, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FOUND THE BODY OF GREGORY SLATER JUNIOR, AT A HOME IN WINCHESTER.A FEW DAYS LATER, JUSTIN SLATER'S GIRLFRIEND, KAYLEIGH PLAMONDON WAS FOUND DEAD AT SLATER'S PARENTS HOUSE IN HARDY COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. POLICE ARE HOPING A TIMELINE OF WHEN AND WHERE A VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT WAS LAST SEEN WILL HELP JOG THE MEMORY OF SOMEONE WHO CAN PROVIDE A KEY CLUE TO HER WHEREABOUTS. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE LIEUTENANT JOE RADER SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AUTHORITIES BELIEVE 20-YEAR-OLD MORGAN HARRINGTON WAS LAST SEEN AT 9-30 P-M ON OCTOBER 17TH ON A BRIDGE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. "Somewhere out there lies the answer or lies the vital link of information that we need. We ask you to think about this time line, it could be off by a couple of minutes, everyone wasn't wearing a watch. But looking at all the tips of all the individual who actually observed or interacted with someone fitting Morgan Harrington's description; this is a fairly accurate timeline." HARRINGTON HAD GONE TO U-V-A FOR A METALLICA CONCERT, BUT LEFT THE ARENA AND WAS DENIED RE-ENTRY. RADER SAYS WITNESSES SAW SOMEONE MATCHING HARRINGTON'SDESCRIPTION AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA FROM ABOUT 8:30 UNTIL 9P.M. SHE THEN WAS SEEN WALKING ACROSS TWO PARKING AREAS, ONE OFWHICH IS NEAR THE BRIDGE. WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN. THAT'S THE MESSAGE TONIGHT FROM GOVERNMENT HEALTH OFFICIALS AS PUBLIC DISCONTENT MOUNTS OVER THE SHORTAGE OF SWINE FLU VACCINE. THEY'RE URGING PATIENCE AS THEY PROMISE MILLIONS OF DOSES ARE IN THE PIPELINE. AND NOW THE PROBLEM MAY BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE AS WELL.. A-B-C'S DIANA ALVEAR HAS MORE. ON THE SENATE FLOOR WEDNESDAY.. AN IMPASSIONED JOHN MCCAIN VENTED HIS FRUSTRATION OVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S HANDLING OF THE H1N1 EPIDEMIC.. SOT John McCain R-AZ" ..we need more information from the government, and we need to act now to find out how we're going to get enough swine flu vaccine to take care of the citizens of this country. and we've already invested $9 billion. I don't think we've got a lot to show for it." SOT Janet Napolitano DHS Secretary "We we ask that you appreciate that this is a fluid situation." IN A JOINT APPEARANCE, THE SECRETARIES OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.. AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.. DEFENDED THEIR EFFORTS-- -- BUT ADMITTED.. PRODUCTION OF THE VACCINE HAS FALLEN SHORT OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.SOT Kathleen Sebelius HHS Secretary "I can assure you that our scientists, doctors, and manufacturing partners are working around the clock to try uh, um, fill the gap as quickly as possible and the gap between um vaccine supply and demand is closing every day."TO DATE.. MORE THAN 23 MILLION DOSES OF THE VACCINE HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR ORDER. DISTRIBUTION IS LEFT UP TO THE STATES. NEW YORK HAS BEGUN VACCINATING SCHOOL CHILDREN.. WITH THEIR PARENTS' CONSENT.. AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE. SOT Jessica Osorio 4th Grader "It kinda hurt a little. I was nervous a little, but then I got used to it. " ONE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITY HAS ACTIVATED AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE HOTLINE.. TO EASE THE CRUSH OF H1N1- RELATED QUESTIONS.. AND LONG LINES FOR THE VACCINE. AND IN EL PASO, TEXAS.. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INOCULATING ONLY HIGH-RISK GROUPS-- WHICH INCLUDE RONALD REVUELTA'S PREGNANT WIFE: SOT Ronald Revuelta Wife is Pregnant MORE STATES MAY BE FORCED TO FOLLOW EL PASO'S EXAMPLE.. IF THE CURRENT VACCINE SHORTAGE CONTINUES.. DIANA ALVEAR, ABC NEWS. WITH HALLOWEEN COMING UP THIS WEEKEND, H-1-N-1 HAS YET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD. MANY COSTUME SHOPS SELL HALLOWEEN MASKS, WHICH ARE NOT PACKAGED, AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE IN THE STORE TO TRY ON... SICK OR HEALTHY.IF SOMEONE WHO IS INFECTED TRIES ON THE MASK, THE GERMS CAN BE PASSED ALONG TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO WEARS IT.DOCTORS ARE ADVISING PARENTS ON HOW YOU CAN BE EXTRA-CAUTIOUS THIS HALLOWEEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN HEALTHY. "A of the infections that we're seeing this time of year, especially the flu, are spread by respiratory droplets, so obviously, puting masks on, to try them on and then putting them back on the shelf would be a good way to spread disease."DOCTORS RECOMMEND WIPING DOWN MASKS *FIRST IF YOU ARE WIPING DOWN MASKS DOCTORS RECOMMEND spread disease." DOCTORS RECOMMEND WIPING DOWN MASKS *FIRST IF YOU ARE GOING TO TRY THEM ON. TWO COUNTRIES, TWO ATTACKS, AND SCORES OF MEN AND WOMEN .. DEAD.COMING UP, HOW THIS DEADLY DAY IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR MEANS... IMPACTS THE DECISION ON SENDING ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO THE REGION. PLUS, WHAT DOCTORS SAY COULD FORCE YOUR CHILD TO PACK ON 20 POUNDS... IN JUST 11 WEEKS.

• Release Date

  Nov 1, 2009

• Runtime

  09:01