Suspect in custody, faces murder charges weeks after two found dead in Orange County

INTERVIEW, WE'LL TALK TO A

LOCAL ECONOMIST COMING UP.

TONIGHT. A 17 YEAR-OLD IS IN

CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE

MURDER OF THE 2 TEENAGERS YOU

SEE ON THE SCREENS TO OUR SIDE

SAID THEY WERE KILLED IN ORANGE

COUNTY. THE JUVENILE IS ACCUSED

OF KILLING 14 YEAR-OLD LYRIC

WOODS AND 18 YEAR-OLD DEVIN

CLARK.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

ON DENVER, MORGAN AND I'M DAN

HAGGERTY. RIGHT NOW. WE SHOWED

YOU THAT GROWING MEMORIAL OFF

THE TOP OF THE SHOW. IT'S

REMEMBERING THE LIVES OF THESE

2 TEAMS AS THEIR FAMILIES GET

THEIR FIRST STEP TOWARD JUSTICE

MORE THAN 2 WEEKS NOW AFTER THE

TEENS WERE KILLED. AND THAT'S

WHERE WE FIND WRAL'S AARON

THOMAS LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY

ARIZ.

WHATEVER YOU CAN SEE HERE AT

THIS MEMORIAL AND ORANGE

COUNTY, THERE'S THE YEP, THE

BALLOONS AND FLOWERS WITH THE

2 BODIES OF WORK. WOODS AND

DEVIN CLARK WERE FOUND A MAJOR

BREAK IN THIS CASE. NOW THAT WE

KNOW A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY,

WE HAVE SPENT PRETTY MUCH MUCH

OF THE DAY SPEAKING WITH

INVESTIGATORS HERE IN ORANGE

COUNTY, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF

AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY UNDER

NORTH CAROLINA. LAW. CRIMINAL

RECORDS ARE KEPT FOR PRIVATE

FOR JUVENILES.

>> AND WHICH IS THE CASE

BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DON'T HAVE

THE IDENTITY OF WHO CAUGHT HIM

OR WHEN AND WHERE HE WAS TAKEN

INTO CUSTODY. NOW, THE MOTHER

OF DEVIN CLARK, THAT'S THE 18

YEAR-OLD WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND

NEAR 14 YEAR-OLD LYRIC WAS

TELLS WRAL, QUOTE, THERE'S A

BIG RELIEF OFF OF HER CHEST

KNOWING THAT THIS PERSON IS

IN CUSTODY, THE MOTIVE BEHIND

THE KILLING HAS YET TO BE

DETERMINED. THIS EVENING.

I SPOKE WITH A DEFENSE ATTORNEY

WHO MOSTLY HANDLES CASES IN

DURHAM COUNTY, BUT OCCASIONALLY

HANDLES A FEW HERE IN ORANGE

COUNTY. HE SHARED WITH ME

WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN WITH

THE 2 MEN OUT IN CUSTODY.

>> IF THEY KEEP IN HIS

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, HE HAS TO

BE PROSECUTED AS AN ADULT.

IT HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO

SUPERIOR COURT. AS TO WHEN THAT

HAPPENS, THERE WILL BE A

HEARING THAT WILL EITHER JUST

INDICT HIM OR THEY WILL HAVE A

PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING IN

JUVENILE COURT WHICH LEADS TO

THE TRANSFER.

>> WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE

FAMILY OF A DEVIN CLARK.

WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO

THE FAMILY OF WORK WITH.

WE'RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR

BACK ON OUR LATE NEWS BEGINNING

AT 10 ON FOX 50. WE'RE GOING TO

BE A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE

LAW BY THE LEGAL EXPERT ON WHAT

WE CAN LIKELY EXPECT AND THE