BREAKING
BREAKING THIS AFTERNOON...@ A JURY FOUND ERIC BOYD IS GUILTY ON 36 COUNTS INCLUDING
MURDER, RAPE, AND KIDNAPPING.
THE CONVICTIONS MEAN THE 48
YEAR OLD WILL LIKELY SPEND THE
REST OF HIS LIFE IN
PRISON4@ BOYD IS THE FOU4@RTH PERSO
TO BE FOUND GUILTY OF THE
MURDERS OF CHRIS NEWSOM AND
CHANNON CHRISTIAN. HE IS
THE FIFTH PERSON CONVICTED ON
STATE CHARGES IN CRIME THAT
HAPPENED BACK IN 2007.
4@ 10NEWS REPORTER COLE SULLIVAN
WAS IN COURT FOR THE
SIX-DAY-TRIAL. 4@COLE...JURORS
GOT THIS CASE YESTERDAY
AFTEROON...THEY OFFERED THEIR
VERDICT THIS
AFTERNOON. 4@
AFTEROON...THEY OFFERED THEIR VERDICT THIS AFTERNOON. -BOYD WILL NOT GET OUT
UNTIL HE'S IN HIS LATE 90S. 4@
-GUILTY ON 36 CHARGES
INCLUDING MURDER AND RAPE.
4@ -IT'S A VERDICT THE FAMILIES
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A
LONG...LONG TIME. 4@MARY NEWSOM
SAID "WE GOT HIM."4@SHE'S ALWAY
HAD A "MOTHERS INSTINCT" THAT
BOYD WAS THE ONE WHO RAPED AND
KILLED HER SON.4@ WHEN LEAVING
COURT...DENNA CHRISTIAN THREW
HER HANDS UP IN 4@VICTORY.4@HER
HOW THE MOTHERS DESCRIBED THE
MOMENT.4@4@ DEENA"YOU KNOW THE JUDGE
SAYS
SAYS YOU
SAYS YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY 4@NOISE BUT YOU JUST CAN4@'T HELP BUT MOUTH OPEN." MARY
NEWSOM MOTHER: "WE ALWAYS TOOK IT
JUST ONE DAY AT A TIME."-8
HOURS OF
-FINALLY
-FINALLY GOT TO VERDICT.-MORE THAN 12 YEARS 4@AFTER THE CRIME 4@
-FINALLY GOT TO VERDICT.-MORE THAN 12 YEARS 4@AFTER THE CRIME -BOYD SENTENCED ON 4@LESSER
CHARGES IN
MID-SEPTEMBER -ALREADY WILL SPEND LIKELY THE
REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS
FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANNON
AND CHRIS.
4@
@
4@
4@ COLE
4@ COLE -
4@ COLE - THE FAMILY'S REACTION 4@COMING OUT OF THE COURTROOM WAS OF RELIEF AND
JOY. WE COULD SEE THEM ALL
EM4@BRACING EACH OTHER, SMILES
ON THEIR FACES AS THEY
4@ APPROACHED THE PODIUM TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR FEELING AFTER THAT
VERDICT. 4@ WE HEARD FROM BOTH
CHANNON CHRISTIAN'S PARENTS AS
WELL AS CHRIS NEWSOM'S.4@
ALL WERE EMOTIONAL, BUT TALKED
ABOUT HOW BOYD'S CONVICTION
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS WAS LIKE
THEY FINALLY FOUND JUSTICE AND
THEY ARE HOLDING UP THEIR
PROMISES TO THEIR
CHILDREN. 4@
THEY ARE HOLDING UP THEIR PROMISES TO THEIR CHILDREN. "WE WILL NEVER GET JUSTICE ON
THIS EARTH 4@AFTER WHAT THEY
DID. I THINK WE GOT EM ALL THE
@ BEST WE CAN. THAT'S WHAT I
PROMISED MY DAUGHTER AND I'M
PRETTY SURE WE JUST ENDED THAT
HUGH
HUGH AND
HUGH AND MARY
4@
NEWSOM 4@
NEWSOM HAVE 4@
NEWSOM HAVE ALWAYS 4@
NEWSOM HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE CASE AGAINST BOYD VERY PERSONALLY-- T4@HEY BELIEVE
BOYD IS 4@THE MAN WHO RAPED AND
ULTIMATELY KILLED CHRIS.4@
MARY NEWSOM SAID THE TEARS SHE
CRIED IN THE COURTROOM AFTER
THE VERDICT WERE OF
JOY. 4@
CRIED IN THE COURTROOM AFTER THE VERDICT WERE OF JOY. I CRIED. BUT THOSE WERE HAPPY
TEARS. AND THE MOTHER'S
INSTINCT IS NEVER WRONG. AND I
HAD THE INSTINCT FROM THE
BEGINN4@ING THAT IT WAS HIM THA
DID KILL CHRIS. HUGH AND
MA4@RY 4@NEWSOM SAID THIS WHOLE
THING HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE,
AND THEY'RE 4@GLAD IT'S ALL
OVE@ OVERALL, THE FAMILIES
4@ HOPE THEY CAN GET BACK TO
THEIR NORMAL LIVES NOW THAT
THIS IS ALL OVER. WE'LL
HAVE MORE OF4@ THE REACTOIN FRO
THE CHRISTIANS AND NEWSOMS AT
6.
JOHN. 4@BACK TO
4@4@
4@4@ 4@
4@4@ 4@ RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND THE WBIR 4@APP - YO
CAN FIND THE FULL LIST OF
COUNTS AND THE JURY VERDICT.
WE ALSO BREAK DOWN
DEVELO4@PMENTS ON EACH DAY OF
THE TRIAL. YOU CAN ALSO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CASE AND
THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO IT
WITH OUR PODCAST... YOU CAN
FIND THAT ON THE WBIR APP.