911 calls draw deputies to home where couple found dead
ROUND OF RAIN THAT COULD ARRIVE
FOR THE DAY TOMORROW AT THANK
YOU SHOW. TODAY POLICE
IDENTIFIED THE MARRIED COUPLE.
>> KILLED IN A MURDER SUICIDE
IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. THIS IS
CHRISTOPHER PUGH AND THERESA
ADAMS. PEW. THEY WERE FOUND
DEAD INSIDE THEIR HOME SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH 9-1-1. CALLS CAUSING
A SWAT RESPONSE. WRAL'S CARLY
HAYNES IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THAT
GARNER HOME AFTER SPEAKING WITH
FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS. THEIR
SHOCKING ALL AROUND. VERY SAD
STORY. CARLA.
>> AND THEY STILL CAN'T WRAP
THEIR HEAD AROUND IT. CAN THEY
SAY THE WOMAN IN THIS CASE WAS
A MOTHER? SHE WAS A GRANDMOTHER
AND SHE LOST HER SON IN 2020.
WE ASKED FAMILY MEMBERS MORE
ABOUT THIS COUPLE'S
RELATIONSHIP AND THEY SAY THEY
SAW NO RED FLAGS
A JOHNSON COUNTY HOME KNOWN
FOR HOSTING HOLIDAYS AND
GET-TOGETHERS SITS EMPTY.
>> ENGAGING WITH HER FAMILY,
ESPECIALLY HER CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN IS WHAT I WILL
REMEMBER HER FOR THE MOST SHOWS
THAT BATTLE GOING SAYS MISSING
HER CAUSE. AND THERESA ADAMS,
PUGH.
>> FOUND DEAD WITH HER HUSBAND,
CHRIS IN THEIR HOME SATURDAY,
A MURDER SUICIDE INVESTIGATION.
NO SIGNS, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY
KNOW FROM THE OUTSIDE. LOOKING
IN. WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WHO
KNOWS. HE MIGHT HAVE YOU KNOW,
JUST HAD A OUT OF BODY
EXPERIENCE AT THAT TIME WHEN HE
COULD NOT PUMP THE BRAKES.
ON IS ANGER. IF THEY WERE
ARGUING.
>> IT STARTED WITH A 9-1-1 CALL
FROM INSIDE THIS HOME. IT
DISCONNECTED 9-1-1, CALLED BACK
AND ASKED IF THERE'S AN
EMERGENCY AND ANSWERED AND SAID
NO, A WOMAN'S VOICE HEARD IN
THE BACKGROUND SAYING WHY DO
YOU WANT TO KILL ME? I NEED
HELP.
DEPUTIES ARRIVED AND A SWAT
RESPONSE BEGAN. ONE THAT
NEIGHBORS SAY LASTED HOURS.
EVERY 5.10, MINUTES. IT WOULD
BLOW THE BLOW HORN AND
ANNOUNCE, YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES
SPECIFICALLY BY NAME AND ASKING
THEM TO COME OUT IF THEY COULD
WITH THEIR HANDS UP. YOU KNOW,
WHEN THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY IS
LIKE THIS IS A GOOD AN EVENING
OF COMMOTION ENDING IN QUIET
WITH NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY
WONDERING WHAT WENT ON BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS.
AND DEPUTIES DEPUTIES COULDN'T
ACTUALLY ENTER THE HOME UNTIL
THEY GOT A WARRANT. AND THAT
HAS FAMILY MEMBERS QUESTIONING
THE TIMELINE OF JUST HOW LONG
IT TOOK THEM BEFORE THEY WERE
ABLE.