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HERE’S CAROLYN NIGEL WYFF NEWS FOUR AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. BREAKING NEWS. SOUTH CAROLINA’S FIRST EXECUTION MORE THAN A DECADE JUST MINUTES AWAY. I’M NATE STANLEY OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN COLUMBIA, WHERE FREDDIE OWENS IS SET TO RECEIVE THE LETHAL INJECTION JUST AFTER 6:00. THE SEARCH FOR JESSICA BARNES CONTINUES. INVESTIGATORS SPOTTED AT HER HOME. AMAYA PAYTON IN ANDERSON COUNTY. JESSICA’S MOTHER’S PLEA AHEAD AFTER HOURS OF DELIBERATIONS, THE JURY REACHING A GUILTY VERDICT IN THE MURDER TRIAL FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE. CRANKING UP THE HEAT TO NEAR 90 IS WHERE WE GO INTO THE WEEKEND. COMING UP, I’LL SHOW YOU CHANGES INTO NEXT WEEK. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. WE ARE JUST MINUTES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA’S FIRST EXECUTION IN MORE THAN A DECADE. FREDDIE OWENS IS SCHEDULED TO DIE BY LETHAL INJECTION JUST AFTER 6:00. HE WAS CONVICTED IN THE 1997 MURDER OF IRENE GRAVES, A CONVENIENCE STORE CLERK IN GREENVILLE. OUR NATE STANLEY JOINS US NOW FROM COLUMBIA WITH MORE NATE. WE ARE STILL WAITING OUTSIDE HERE AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BROAD RIVER FACILITY. WE’RE TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD HERE SHORTLY AFTER SIX. IN REGARD TO FREDDIE OWENS EXECUTION WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, THREE MEDIA WITNESSES AND A DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS REPRESENTATIVE TRAVELED ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD HERE TO WITNESS THAT EXECUTION. ONCE AGAIN, THE PRESS CONFERENCE SHOULD BE STARTING SOMETIME AFTER 6 P.M. TODAY. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN PROTESTERS HERE GATHERING ALONG BROAD RIVER ROAD IN COLUMBIA. SOME PEOPLE DISPLAYING ANTI-CAPITAL PUNISHMENT SIGNS, SOME PEOPLE JUST SITTING AND PRAYING. OTHER PEOPLE CRYING ON THE FENCE HERE TODAY. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, AN APPEALS COURT DENIED ANOTHER STAY OF EXECUTION REQUEST FILED BY OWENS LAWYER. ONCE AGAIN, STILL WAITING HERE FOR OFFICIAL WORD FROM OFFICIALS. HERE WE WILL PROVIDE YOU UPDATES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. REPORTING IN COLUMBIA. NATE STANLEY, WYFF NEWS FOUR. NATE, THANK YOU. AND WE ARE CONTINUING OUR BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE NOW. A GREENVILLE COUNTY MAN WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. A JUDGE HANDED JOHN BLAUVELT HIS SENTENCE JUST UNDER AN HOUR AGO. THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THE DECISION FROM THE JURY AND JUDGE. OUR REY LLERENA JOINS US LIVE AT THE GREENVILLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE WITH MORE REA. PATRICIA PIVER, WHO IS KATIE BLOFELD’S MOTHER, SAYS SHE IS RELIEVED AND GRATEFUL AFTER HEARING THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE AND THE JURY’S DECISION, SAYING SHE NO LONGER HAS TO WORRY ABOUT JOHN BLAUVELT. NOW, A JURY FOUND BLAUVELT GUILTY OF MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON DURING THE COMMISSION OF A VIOLENT CRIME JUST BEFORE 4:00 TODAY. THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE CAME DOWN JUST IN THE LAST HOUR. A JURY RULED BLAUVELT STABBED KATIE BLAUVELT TO DEATH BACK ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2016, AND AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN SIMPSONVILLE. THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS BLAUVELT SPENT THE NEXT SIX YEARS ON THE RUN BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED IN OREGON, LIVING UNDER A DIFFERENT NAME. PIPER SAYS SHE AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR JUSTICE. THAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND AT ONE POINT WE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS EVER GOING TO GET IT, AND IT HELPED THE DAY WE FOUND, YOU KNOW, THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY GOT JOHN, BUT THEN WAITING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR ACTUALLY GET THIS DAY AND IT’S FINALLY OVER WITH AND WE CAN BREATHE. MAYBE SLEEP AT NIGHT. PIPER SAYS SHE HAD TO DO A DOUBLE TAKE ONCE THE VERDICT WAS REACHED, BUT SHE IS HAPPY WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TODAY. SHE ALSO SAYS THAT SHE CALLED HER OTHER DAUGHTER, WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT TO COURT TODAY, AND SHE SAYS SHE STARTED CRYING OVER THE PHONE ONCE SHE HEARD THE NEWS. REPORTING LIVE IN GREENVILLE, REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR. RAY. THANK YOU. LET’S TURN TO WEATHER NOW, A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR LAKE HARTWELL SKYCAM A VERY NICE FRIDAY EVENING OUT THERE. PICTURE PERFECT. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRIS JUSTUS IS HERE. CHRIS, HOW’S THE WEEKEND SHAPING UP? YEAH. VERY NICE. BOTH DAYS ARE GOING TO BE GORGEOUS, BUT IT’S GOING TO BE HOT. FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE MID-SUMMER VERSUS THE END OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR. LIKE WE WANT TO SEE IT ON A FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. ONE LITTLE SPRINKLE SHOWING UP RIGHT HERE JUST NORTH OF SPARTANBURG. RIGHT THERE. AND THAT’S CERTAINLY THE POSSIBILITY HERE AS WE GO DEEPER INTO THE NIGHT, IS A SPRINKLE HERE OR THERE. A DOWNPOUR HERE OR THERE IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE’RE SO MUGGY. IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER OUTSIDE. HERE’S DOWNTOWN GREENVILLE. NOW WE SIT RIGHT NOW IN DOWNTOWN AT 86 DEGREES EAST NORTHEAST WINDS AT SEVEN MILES PER HOUR. WE WERE AT 91 JUST A MOMENT AGO IN CLEMSON, AND ANDERSON. NOW YOU’RE COOLER AT 87. YEAH. STILL GOING TO BE REALLY TOASTY THOSE BALL GAMES. SO MAKE SURE YOU DRESS APPROPRIATELY NEXT 12 HOURS TEMPERATURES NOT IN A HURRY TO COOL DOWN. WE’RE STILL AT 70 DEGREES BY MIDNIGHT. COMING UP, I’LL MAP OUT WHERE WE GO THIS WEEKEND. PLUS, I’M TRACKING THIS BAD BOY. ANOTHER SYSTEM FORMING OVER TOWARD THE TROPICS HERE. MAYBE I SHOULD SAY BAD GIRL. IT’S HELENE. THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT NAME THAT WE’LL BE WATCHING. I’LL SHOW YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WITH THIS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHRIS. THANK YOU. THE PENDLETON POLICE CHIEF SAYS AUTHORITIES CONDUCTED A SEARCH AT THE HOME OF JESSICA BARNES, THE 20 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE THE 1ST OF AUGUST. TODAY, BOTH PENDLETON POLICE AND SLED WERE SEEN AT THE HOME ON LAUREL DRIVE. OUR MIKE PEYTON JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. INVESTIGATORS WERE SEEN TODAY AT JESSICA’S HOME AS WELL AS THE TWIN LAKES AREA, WHILE HER MOTHER WAITED HERE PATIENTLY WITH THE POLICE CHIEF HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CHIEF SAYS INVESTIGATORS WERE LOOKING FOR CLOTHING, PHONES AND ANY OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS THAT JESSICA MAY HAVE LEFT BEHIND. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WE WERE ON THE SCENE AS INVESTIGATORS ENTERED THE PROPERTY WITH DOCUMENTS AND CAMERAS IN HAND. THEY PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY A YELLOW POOL HOUSE. CHIEF ROBERT CROSBY SAYS THAT IS WHERE JESSICA AND HER HUSBAND LIVE. SEARCHES HAVE ALSO BEEN CONDUCTED YESTERDAY AND TODAY IN A WOODED AREA NEAR THE TWIN LAKES BOAT RAMP THAT’S WRAPPED UP. THE CHIEF POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE JESSICA AND HER HUSBAND OFTEN WENT TO FISH AND CAMP. AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES, JESSICA’S MOTHER IS WAITING AND HOPING FOR CLARITY. WE HOPE IN GOD THAT HE IS ON THE THRONE AND AT THE RIGHT TIME WE’RE GOING TO FIND HER. WHETHER. SOONER OR LATER, SHE’S GOING TO COME HOME. CHIEF CROSBY SAYS JESSICA WAS LAST SEEN IN EARLY AUGUST, LEAVING HER HOME AFTER AN ARGUMENT WITH HER HUSBAND. HE ADDED THAT HER HUSBAND IS NOT CONSIDERED A SUSPECT, BUT NOTED THAT INVESTIGATORS DO PLAN TO SPEAK WITH HIM AGAIN. THE FAMILY IS ALSO REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE USE THE HASHTAG JUSTICE FOR JESSICA BARNES ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THERE IS A REWARD IN PLACE FOR INFORMATION IN ANDERSON COUNTY. I’M MIKE PEYTON, WYFF NEWS FOUR IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING A PLANE THAT CRASHED NEAR THE SPARTANBURG AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, IT WAS REPORTED AT 346 THIS AFTERNOON ON CAROLINA DRIVE. OFFICIALS TELL US THE PILOT OF THE PLANE WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY SAFELY, AND NO ONE WAS HURT. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. THE LAURENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR A TEEN ACCUSED OF MURDER. THE CORONER SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON GEORGIA ACRES ROAD. WE’RE TOLD NIGEL SMITH WAS SHOT AND KILLED. DEPUTIES SAY 17 YEAR OLD KAMARI LEE CUNNINGHAM IS NOW WANTED. DETAILS SURROUNDING THE MURDER HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. AUTHORITIES ASK IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO CALL LAURENS COUNTY DEPUTIES. THE MAN AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING OF AN OFFICER DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IS DEAD. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE HORRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. SLED PUT OUT AN ALERT THIS MORNING ABOUT ALSTON MAULDIN, WHO WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING IN MCBEE AFTER SAYING HE HAD BEEN FOUND. HORRY COUNTY POLICE SAID THEY WERE INVESTIGATING AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN LEE COUNTY, AND THAT MAULDIN WAS DEAD. THE OFFICER SHOT DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON AHEAD OF WEEK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON. OUR GAME OF THE WEEK TAKES US TO D.W. DANIEL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE LIONS WILL PLAY HOST TO THE CLINTON RED DEVILS. I’LL HAVE A LIVE REPORT COMING YOUR WAY IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. A COUPLE OF AREAS TO WATCH. ONE IN PARTICULAR IN THE CARIBBEAN. WE’LL SHOW YOU ALL THE POSSIBILITIES AND U.S. IMPACTS IN JUST A FEWIT IS ALMOST TIME F FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. IT’S ALREADY WEEK FOUR OF THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON. HARD TO BELIEVE TONIGHT. OUR GAME OF THE WEEK TAKES US TO DANIEL HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE LIONS WILL HOST THE CLINTON RED DEVILS, AND THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL FIND OUR CHASE JUSTICE LIVE WITH A PREVIEW AHEAD OF THE BIG GAME. CHASE. YEAH. CARROLL AND NIGEL. BIG GAME IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. TWO TEAMS THAT SHOULD FACTOR IN TO THE STATE TITLE EQUATION IN EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSIFICATIONS. ON ONE SIDE, THE D.W. DANIEL LIONS HAVE WON STATE IN THREE OF THE PAST FOUR SEASONS. AND THEY HAVEN’T LOST A GAME ON THEIR HOME FIELD RIGHT HERE. SINGLETON FIELD, SINCE 2019. THE LIONS ARE THE STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO CONSISTENCY, AND COACH BREWSTER HAS AS TALENTED OF A TEAM AS HE’S HAD IN RECENT MEMORY. WITH AN OFFENSE CENTERED AROUND SENIOR RUNNING BACK JERMAINE DAVIS. JUNIOR, WHO’S AVERAGING NEARLY TEN YARDS PER POP FOR AN EXPLOSIVE LIONS ATTACK WHO SHOULD HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL TONIGHT AGAINST THE PRIDE OF CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE RED DEVILS THREE AND ONE SO FAR THIS SEASON WITH SOME IMPRESSIVE VICTORIES OVER SOME TOUGH COMPETITION LIKE LAURENS AND CHAPMAN. SENIOR QUARTERBACK TO SEAN ROBINSON LEADS THE RUN. FIRST OFFENSE THAT HAS A DANGEROUS RUNNING BACK IN JAVON COOK, WHO HAS ALREADY ECLIPSED 600 YARDS ON THE GROUND THIS SEASON, AVERAGING A BUCK 50 PER GAME WITH EIGHT TOUCHDOWNS THROUGH JUST FOUR GAMES IN 2024. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WE’RE IN FOR A GOOD ONE HERE AT SINGLETON FIELD. WE’LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HOME TEAM, THE DANIEL LIONS COMING UP IN SPORTS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. UNTIL THEN, REPORTING LIVE IN CENTRAL.

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