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Concord cold case arrest

Concord, N.C. police say Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington, in the 2008 Sun Drop Bottling case

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Drawn.News visual brief: Police make arrest in 2008 double killing at a North Carolina beverage distribution company
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North Carolina police have arrested a suspect in the killing of two people during an alleged robbery at a beverage distribution company nearly 20 years ago

  1. Frame 1Concord, N.C. police say Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington, in the 2008 Sun Drop Bottling case.
  2. Frame 2The case began June 13, 2008, when Donna Barnhardt, 59, and Darrell Noles, 44, were killed at the Concord beverage facility.
  3. Frame 3Police said the attacker stole money from the front office and fled; witnesses later helped shape a suspect sketch.
  4. Frame 4For nearly 18 years, tips did not produce an arrest, leaving the Sun Drop murders as one of Concord's cold cases.
  5. Frame 5After Concord obtained a warrant, Washington police arrested Talbert; he faces two first-degree murder counts and robbery with a firearm.
  6. Frame 6Talbert is jailed without bond in Washington and awaits extradition to North Carolina, where the charges still have to be tested in court.
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May 26, 12:43 PM EDT
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