Murder arrest: Charlottesville woman nabbed in Norfolk

You are right, digging up old stories is what they do best ,and they will only print the bad ones not if they have done any good deed, did they even try to find out if he had driver's license?

Kind of disappointing. But 29 takes the cake. The put up a piece about possible sex offenders coming in close proximity to school students during voting hours. If thats not yellow journalism I don't know what is. Grabbing headlines is one thing but doing it with your mind in the gutter is something else. Tonight was the last time I will ever visit 29 news, I hope the Hook doesn't follow that trend.

29, DP, and the Hook. Really no worse than what poses for news anywhere else. Of course that's not saying much. Really is pitiful digging up the criminal history of the dead man. And 29s story of the possible sex offenders was just ridiculous.

I agree. In what way is a DUI arrest in 2001 relevant to a possible murder investigation in 2012?

I am relieved suspect was arrested and I hope now she can rot in hell that she put him through. He was really good friendand and I will miss him and his smile terribly.

@Brittany, unfortunately his family can not sue if what the paper reports is the truth, even if it happened decades ago - it is truth and a matter of public record.

I'm glad they caught someone but she will be out in 10 years - you get more time for drugs than murder and probably more for a DUI than murder.

Yep..I agree as well..his record should be eliminated from the story..it is as if the news sets out to make the murder less severe or insignificant just because he had a criminal history..wrong in my book! You know whether he made bad choices in his life doesn't lessen the fact that he was still someones family or someones friend..or that his life was of lesser value. I would say the same for those who fell victim to suicide as well..often they don't get recognized as being important based on their choice to end their life..as though their life was entirelymeaningless..that is ridiculous! I will never understand how this society has become so cold and heartless! Every life is important regardless of bad choices made..murder is not acceptable she will have to suffer consequences for that..which would and should be severe. But she determined and had the choice to determine the worth of her own life..that is different than someone else taking a life or someone not realizing that life is worth living for.

"Ironically, the victim appears to have a more serious criminal record. In 2001, Snead, then using an Ashland address, was convicted in Albemarle as a three-time driving-under-the-influence offender and with violating probation, both of which are felonies according to online records."

Even better.........this doesn't qualify as irony. Somebody with a conviction or record of some sort who later gets murdered in their home isn't irony. The earlier convictions aren't connected to the present murder, and one isn't the unintended opposite outcome of the other.

Back to school, Hawes! Back to the 8th grade, where we had to read O. Henry stories to learn what irony was all about! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_the_Magi

Hawes, now we have a suspect, how about digging up her past criminal records? Find out why she was not in jail prior to murdering Eddie?

@Cheryl Tweedy

So true! I was thinking almost the same thing when I posted that link. "Oh, her hair would have grown back...."

sunshine, relax. i would like to see a photo, yes - to see if this victim is who i think he is. the uproar over the article mentioning that he has a criminal record is silly to me - like hawes said, those are the facts they have about who this man was, and if anyone has other information they would like to share, i'm sure they will include it in the report.
that said, it seems to me that a person with this record likely has a mugshot on file, and if no other photographs of the victim are available, any picture would help the public better identify him.

Thanks Hawes for the update

Thanks for the update

Alright, I am having really hard time trying to understand why she had to kill him?? Couldn't she have just stole whatever she wanted and leave him alone? It is not like she had not done that before...

Again, here we go...
"While Snead has a record of three DUI convictions, family members point out that the last one occurred over a decade ago."--Glad you needed family members to cite that for you.

"To all of you concerned about the late Mr. Snead..."--smarmy comment that highlights the inherent laziness of today's journalists--er, entertainers. The original line should not have even been in the story. You do not insert a line in a story if it is not relevant, even if it does fill space. And soliciting readers to call with comments...suppose one calls? Who do you call to confirm the accuracy?

"The corrugated metal vestibule decorated with a simple American flag." = "The entrance was simply decorated with a small American flag." The awning is corrugated metal, not the vestibule. A vestibule is between the outer door and an inner chamber, like in a church.

"Nascar" should be all caps, as it is a proper name representing initials (like NBA, NFL or NHL).

Interesting that there is not one line in the story about attempting to contact CPD for more information. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that, perhaps, someone on your midnight crime beat tried to reach someone.

And check graphs 1 and 6 for typos...some questionable syntax there. ("Manager of at Battlefied Ford..."

Finally, how does Longo keep those cars so squeaky clean on a snowy day?
R.I.P.: Ronnie Montrose

Liberalace, I don't know how they keep the cars clean now. But I can tell you how they did it 15 to 20 years ago. They brought trustees over from the jail almost every day and washed them in the basement level of the cop shoppe. We had to unload and march prisoners through the soapy water and suds on the smooth concrete floor, a pretty serious slip and fall risk. I was always surprised we didn't have a few intentional slip and fall incidents so prisoners could sue the city. I guess the prisoners just weren't thinking fast enough.

We also had trustees washing the city sheriff vehicles every day. This is why the sheriff's office always had clean cars. I would think the city sheriff still uses trustees.

Sunshine~~ if you are who I think you are, Eddie spoke of you alot. You were a very dear friend to him!!! He was a great guy and Im glad me and my family had the opportunity to meet him and spend time with him. He always talked to my children and from time to time chase them around. He loved life, he kept to himself and didnt bother others. They always bothered him and took advantage of his kindness. And as far as him having a record, that doesnt have anything to do with this case. The public need to turn their attention to Wanda Turner, the one that took his life. She has a violent history!!!! PEOPLE do your research. Eddie didnt deserve this he was a hard working, laid back, quiet guy. RIP Eddie you will be trully missed.

Liberalace has a better understanding of journalism than Hawes. "Hey folks, I'm sitting here on my couch with my laptop and all I could find on the Internet was the guy's arrest record, so I had no choice but to toss that out there, but hey, it's your job to call me if you want relevant information in the story--I'm a journalist, after all, I don't go looking for stuff, I wait for whatever comes to me!"

Sweet gig if you can get it.

Buddy Rittenhouse moved to Augusta County after the City Manager made him retire. A retired fireman showed me where he lives one day while I was at the Augusta hospital. It's a row of townhouses a stone throw from the new hospital. As usual in past discussions with other people, the fireman didn't speak too highly of him.

Now I will never hear Eddie's voice, laugh and jokes.

@caringperson- Sorry you lost your buddy, you have my sympathy, but the rest of your post just doesn't hold water.