Murder suspect’s home burns in Virginia. Investigator’s probe Bedford County fire.
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A fire Friday evening destroyed a Bedford County, Virginia home. The fire occurred around 6:45 PM near Smith Mountain Lake.
The interesting part of the story is that the home is owned by Wesley Earnest. Earnest is a former school official and an accused murderer. Here are excerpts from an article by Amanda Codispoti at Roanoke.com:
Earnest, 38, has been out of jail on bond since May.
He is charged in the death of his estranged wife, Jocelyn Branham Earnest, whose body was found in December 2007 at her Forest home. She had been shot once in the head.
A suicide note was found beside her body, but Bedford County law enforcement authorities say she had not written it.
Wesley Earnest is the former assistant principal of Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake and had worked previously for Bedford County schools.
Miller said investigators will be talking with Earnest “at some point,” but would not say if they knew his whereabouts.
