Family of Durham woman killed remembers her as kind, hard-working
>> ON YOUR WEB SITES, THE APPS
AND ON WRAL NEWS. PLUS.
>> NEW AT 5.30, WE ARE GETTING
OUR FIRST IMAGES OF THE WOMAN
KILLED IN DURHAM YESTERDAY.
YOU'RE LOOKING HERE AT ARIA,
LOTUS TO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN.
POLICE SAY HER BOYFRIEND KILLED
HER AND THEN HAD A STANDOFF
WITH OFFICERS WRAL'S. MONICA
CASEY IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE
COURTHOUSE AFTER SPEAKING WITH
HER MONICA. SHE LEAVES BEHIND
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER.
>> WE I JUST SPOKE WITH ARIEL
LOWES FATHER AND HER
STEPMOTHER. THEY TELL ME SHE
GREW UP IN CALIFORNIA AND AFTER
EARNING A MASTER'S IN NURSING,
SHE MOVED HERE TO TAKE A JOB
AT DO.
>> THIS REAL LOW DESCRIBED BY
HER FAMILY AS A LOVING
DAUGHTER, AN AVID READER AND A
HARD WORKER. HER FATHER AND
STEPMOTHER POLLEN TERESA LOAD.
TELL ME ARIEL HAD A BRIGHT
FUTURE AHEAD AT DO SO. SHE WAS
IN ICU.
>> DURING HER RESIDENCY FOR 2
AND A HALF YEARS.
>> AND SHE JUST LITERALLY GET
PROMOTED INTO HER CAREER PATH
IN THE OPERATING ROOM TO MOVE
TOWARDS TURNER SAYS HE'S THE
ALGAE THAT LOW LOVED HORSEBACK
AND MOTORCYCLE RIDING AND
TRAVEL.
>> 31 YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER
WHITLEY IS CHARGED IN HER
DEATH. DURHAM. POLICE SAY THEY
WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP. HER
FAMILY TELLS ME THEY DID NOT
KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM. SHE WAS
ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP MUST
RAISE FOR A LOT COMING YOUR WAY
TO PUT IT. HE ALWAYS HAD A
HEART. THE.
>> I CAN FIX THIS PERSON RIGHT?
AND THAT'S JUST WHO SHE WAS.
THEY SAY ARIEL WAS A BELOVED
OLDER SISTER, GRANDDAUGHTER
AND FRIEND, OFTEN PRAYING WITH
THEIR PATIENTS.
>> IT HAS THE PERSONALITY THAT
JUST
>> ENSURING TO GREGORY. SO
SUPER NICE, SUPER POLITE TO
ALWAYS WANTING TO HELP OTHER
PEOPLE.
>> NOW WHITLEY RECEIVED NO
BOND. PROSECUTORS SAY HE HAS
PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS FOR AN
ASSAULT CHARGE OUT OF TEXAS.
ACCORDING TO HIS DEFENSE
ATTORNEY, HE IS A FATHER OF
2. HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS SET
FOR EARLY OCTOBER. I LIVE IN