>>
>> I'M4@
>> I'M4@ HOPING THAT THEY FIND NIECE AND SHE'S SAFE. >> I DIDN'T EVEN GO4@ TO SLEEP.
WE LEFT HERE AT 5:30
>> I'LL BE OKAY AS LONG ACE FIND
HER.
>> I'M SO HEAVY RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE'S ONLY THING, ONLY WAY
I CAN4@ DESCRIBE.
JUST HEAVY.
I HAVEN'T SLEPT, I CAN'T EAT,
THAT'S4@ MY BABY.
THIS4@ IS MY LAST BABY.
>> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT
FOR THE SECOND DAYNA ROW WE HAVE
TO TELL YOU4@ IT'S NOT GOING TO
>> IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT FOR THE SECOND DAYNA ROW WE HAVE TO TELL YOU4@ IT'S NOT GOING TOE
AN4@ EASY NEWS CAST.
>> WE BEGIN WITH THE SEARCH FOR
A MISSING CHILD AND THE
INVESTIGATION INTO HER MOM'S
DEATH.
THE SUMTER POLICE HAVE SAID NOW
THAT THE EFFORTS THEY BELIEVE 4@
FOR IN4@ RECOVERY MODE.
THEY SAY THAT THEY MAKE THAT
INFORMATION4@ BASED ON INFORMATN
THEY4@ GATHER AND NOW THEY THIN
THAT THE 5-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED
AT THE SAME TIME HER MOM WAS
KILLED.
>> OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS WITH
WHITNEY SULLIVAN.
SHE SPOKE4@ WITH THE FATHER ON E
HEARTBREAK HE'S GOING 4@THROUGH.
>> I AM, SO4@ HEAVY RIGHT NOW.4@
>> DUE PRAY ADAMS IS STILL
TRYING TO WRAP HIS MIND AROUND
THIS WHOLE 4@THING.
>> THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I CAN
DESCRIBE.
JUST 4@HEAVY.
I HAVEN'T SLEPT.
I CAN'T4@ EAT.
THIS IS MY BABY. THIS IS MY LAST
BABY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE 4@IT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
I SEE IT HAPPEN WITH OTHER
PEOPLE, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT IT
WOULD HAPPEN WITH 4@4@ME.
>> WHILE HE'S COMING TO TERMS
WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE HE'S
FOCUSED ON ONE THING.
>> THE ONLY4@ THING I CAN HOPE R
IS SHE'S ALIVE AND SAFE.
THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.
MY BABY IS, TOO PRECIOUS MAN.
SHE'S A, TOO PRECIOUS.
SHE WANT4@ TO DO THINGS, YOU KN
WHAT I'M SAYING? SHE'S BRIGHT
AND4@ TALENTED.
MY BABY NEED TO4@ BE HERE, SO S
CAN GROW INTO THAT TALENT.
>> DESPITE THE CIRCUMSTANCES HE
COULDN'T HELP, BUT SMILE WHEN
TALKING ABOUT HIS L4@ITTLE GIRL.
>> SHE'S JUST OUTGOING AND VERY
PL4@AYFUL4@ SOMETIMES.
WHEN SHE'S PLAYING BY HERSELF
SHE HAS A4@ BUNCH OF KIDS WITH
HER, SO SHE DOESN'T MIND PLAYING
A LONE.
SHE DOESN'T MIND LEARNING AND
SHE DOESN'T MIND4@ TRYING NEW
THINGS.
SHE WOULD BE FLIPPING AROUND AND
I'M LEAK4@ LOOK, WHEN SHES WITH
HER DAD SHE'S A HAPPY.
ONLY TIME SHE GETS UPSET4@ IS WN
I'M BEING DAD.
JAY FATHER THAT WANTS ALL THIS
TO END THE WITH HIS LITTLE GIRL-
IS ARMS.
>> HOLDING MY DAUGHTER.
THAT'S4@ IT.
HOLDING MY BABY.
THAT'S THE THING RIGHT THERE.4@
HOLDING MY BABY AN4@D I KNOW SH
GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT AFTER
THAT.
>> IN SUMTER.4@
WHITNEY SULLIVAN.
THAT. >> IN SUMTER.4@ WHITNEY SULLIVAN.4@
WLTX.
>> NOW THAT WAS HER FATHER AND4
HER MOTHER WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER
APARTMENT IN SUMTER AND DEPUTIES
HAVE4@ BEEN LOOKING TOGETHER FI
THE GIRL SINCE HER MOTHER WAS
FOUND.
>> NIC JONES HAS MORE ON THE AN
ARREST OF THE MAN ACCUSED IN
BOTH KILLINGS.4@
REPORTER: WELL, THE SUMTER
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PRAYING AND4
HOPING THAT 5-YEAR-OLD WOULD BE
SAFE, BUT SUSPECT HAS TOLD T4@H
THE LITTLE GIRL WAS DEAD.
>> AT 2:00 THEY SHI4@FTED FOR4@
TO A RECOVERY EFFORT.
THE SEARCH BEGAN4@ MONDAY NIGHT
AFTE4@R THEY4@ GOT THE CALL THA
TO A RECOVERY EFFORT. THE SEARCH BEGAN4@ MONDAY NIGHT AFTE4@R THEY4@ GOT THE CALL THAR
MOTHER WAS DEAD.4@
DAHNTAY M MAURICE JOHNSON WAS
SEEN FLEEING THE AREA AND THEN
LATER TAKEN INTO4@ CUSTODY.
AFTER INTERVIEWING HIM POLICE
SAY HE CONFESSED TO KILLING4@
BRADLEY AND THE LITTLE GIRL.
JOHNSON GAVE OFFICERS
INFORMATION, SO THEY COULD
LOCATE ADAM'S 4@BODY.
THE SUMTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
SA4@YS JOHNSON HAS A CRIMINAL
RECORD IN OTHER STATES INCLUDING
BEING A4@ SUSPECT IN A MISS MIS
HOMICIDE.
AT THIS TIME HE'S HELD AT THE4@
SUMTER SHERIFF'S4@ DETENTION
CENTER FOR A MURDER CHARGE.
HIS FIRST4@ HEARING PENDING AT
THIS TIME.
>> THE SUMTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
SAID THEY FOR CONTINUING TO
SEARCH FOR THE BODY AND WILL CAN
WANT TO PRAY AND SUPPORT THIS
FAMILY AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS
OR DEAL.
IN SUMTER 4@COUNTY, NIC JONES.
NEWS 19, 4@WLTX.
>> THIS JUST COMING IN.
WE'RE HEARING FROM SUMTER POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WILL HAVE @
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AT 7:00