12-09-2010, 03:12 PM
WSLS
We're expecting a news conference with Roanoke County Police at 3:30 p.m. to update the Amber Alert investigation for 12-year-old Brittany Smith, and her suspected abductor, 32-year-old Jeffrey Easley.
Ahead of the news conference, police in Guntersville, Alabama released a third picture of Easley.
Law enforcement sources tell WSLS's Scott Leamon that local, state, and federal officers are searching both campgrounds and rest areas on a daily basis since the revelation that Easley bought a tent at the Salem Walmart this past Friday night, with Tina Smith's credit card.
Police found Tina dead in her Fort Lewis area home this past Monday morning, and issued the Amber Alert for her daughter Brittany shortly after noon on Monday. Investigators said on Wednesday that they are not certain if Brittany knows her mother is dead.
Investigators tell Scott that the searches include closed campground sights along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Park Rangers are checking to see if anyone snuck in.
easley and photo of deceased mother.
We're expecting a news conference with Roanoke County Police at 3:30 p.m. to update the Amber Alert investigation for 12-year-old Brittany Smith, and her suspected abductor, 32-year-old Jeffrey Easley.
Ahead of the news conference, police in Guntersville, Alabama released a third picture of Easley.
Law enforcement sources tell WSLS's Scott Leamon that local, state, and federal officers are searching both campgrounds and rest areas on a daily basis since the revelation that Easley bought a tent at the Salem Walmart this past Friday night, with Tina Smith's credit card.
Police found Tina dead in her Fort Lewis area home this past Monday morning, and issued the Amber Alert for her daughter Brittany shortly after noon on Monday. Investigators said on Wednesday that they are not certain if Brittany knows her mother is dead.
Investigators tell Scott that the searches include closed campground sights along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Park Rangers are checking to see if anyone snuck in.
easley and photo of deceased mother.