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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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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
- Frame 1Concord, N.C. police say Johnny Steven Talbert, 43, was arrested in Port Angeles, Washington, in the 2008 Sun Drop Bottling case.
- Frame 2The case began June 13, 2008, when Donna Barnhardt, 59, and Darrell Noles, 44, were killed at the Concord beverage facility.
- Frame 3Police said the attacker stole money from the front office and fled; witnesses later helped shape a suspect sketch.
- Frame 4For nearly 18 years, tips did not produce an arrest, leaving the Sun Drop murders as one of Concord's cold cases.
- Frame 5After Concord obtained a warrant, Washington police arrested Talbert; he faces two first-degree murder counts and robbery with a firearm.
- 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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