17-year-old makes first court appearance in murders of Lyric Woods, Devin Clark

RADAR IN REAL TIME AS WELL AS

RAIN UPDATES.

>> THIS IS 17 YEAR-OLD ISAIAH

ROSS WALKING INTO THE

COURTROOM. HE'S CHARGED WITH

KILLING 2

>> ONE OF WHICH WAS HIS

CLASSMATE AND LEAVING THEIR

BODIES ON AN ATV TRAIL. ROSS

APPEARED IN SUPERIOR COURT

TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE

HIS ARREST IN EARLY OCTOBER

TO BE TRIED AS AN ADULT IN

THESE MURDERS. WRL'S CHELSEA

DONOVAN WAS IN THE COURTROOM

TODAY JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT

HAPPENED. A LOT OF PEOPLE

ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THIS

COURT APPEARANCE AND HOPING TO

GET SOME ANSWERS. CHELSEA.

>> ABSOLUTELY. AND AND THE

FAMILIES OF BOTH DEVIN CLARK

AND LYRIC WOODS SAT

SIDE-BY-SIDE PACKED INTO PIERRE

OR COURTROOM WAITING NEARLY 2

LONG MONTHS TO SEE THIS 17

YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF MURDERING

THESE 2 TEENAGERS BACK ON

SEPTEMBER. 18TH HERE IN ORANGE

COUNTY.

17 YEAR-OLD ISAIAH ROSS ENTERS

AN ORANGE COUNTY COURTROOM

EXPRESSIONLESS AS DOZENS OF

PEOPLE INTENTLY. LOOK ON ACROSS

ROSS WAS DRESSED IN A T-SHIRT

AND JEANS AND APPEARED FOR A

FLEETING 2 MINUTES.

>> THE FIRST TIME THE FAMILIES

OF 14 YEAR-OLD LYRIC WOODS AND

18 YEAR-OLD DEVIN CLARK COULD

SEE THE DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT

PREVIOUSLY ON THE RUN. WE'RE

VERY AWARE OF THE

IMPORTANCE TOO.

>> BOTH THE FAMILIES INVOLVED

IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF

THIS

WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS

IMPORTANT. IT'S BEEN A LONG

ROAD TO THIS COURT APPEARANCE

ON SEPTEMBER 18TH. THE BODIES

OF WOODS AND CLARK WERE FOUND

ON AN ATV PATH NEAR MEBANE.

>> SHERIFF CHARLES BLACKWOOD

SAID AFTER THE MURDERS, ROSS

TOOK OFF TO DELAWARE IN EARLY

OCTOBER. THE FBI VIOLENT CRIMES

TASK FORCE TRACKED HIM DOWN AT

AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DOVER.

AFTER THE BRIEF APPEARANCE,

FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE MURDER

TEENS EMBRACED IN A SECURE

AREA. MINUTES LATER, ROSS WAS

ESCORTED OUT IN SHACKLES,

FLANKED BY DEPUTIES AND TAKEN

TO AN UNDISCLOSED JUVENILE

DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE'S

BEING HELD WITHOUT ANY BOND.

THE ATTORNEY.

>> ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT

IS ASKED TO BE HEARD AS TO BOND

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BOTH

PARTIES HAVE A CHANCE TO

PREPARE FOR.

>> NOW, ROSS WILL RETURN TO

THIS COURTHOUSE ON DECEMBER.

THE 13TH FOR A BOND HEARING.

AND EVEN THOUGH HE WILL BE

TRIED AS AN ADULT, ANYONE UNDER

THE AGE OF 18 IS NOT ELIGIBLE

FOR THE DEATH PENALTY HERE IN

OUR STATE.

>> DAN, CHELSEA DONOVAN ON TOP

OF THIS STORY FOR US SINCE THE

BEGINNING. REALLY REPORTING