FOOD NETWORK STAR & HUSBAND MURDERED: CRISTIE & J.T. CODD, NC

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^ Cristie Codd -38, and her husband Joseph (J.T.) - 45, were married last September and Cristie was 5 months pregnant.

The couple seems to have worked hard and had everything going for them.

Cristie had competed in season 8 of Food Network Star and had recently started her own company. She'd just nabbed a great gig; her company Tree Hugger Catering was contracted to cater the set of a movie starring Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling.

J.T. Codd worked as a grip in the film industry, handling cameras and other equipment.

Both of them were scheduled to leave for Los Angeles to start their work assignments on Sunday, March 15^th. That's the day their families reported them missing from Leicester, North Carolina.

After family members reported the couple missing, deputies went to the home but found no one there. Deputies did find the couple's vehicles at the home, and the family's two dogs were inside the house.

Arrest warrants indicate that police believe they were killed on Thursday, March 12^th.


Robert Jason Owens (above) is suspected of killing the couple and then going back to the house and stealing jewelry, a computer and a Glock from their home.

Owens is charged with two counts of first degree murder, one count of murder of an unborn child, breaking and entering, and larceny after breaking and entering. If convicted, he may face the death penalty on each of three murder counts.

Owens had done some construction work at the Codds' home, Sheriff Van Duncan said. "He had done some odd jobs for them," Duncan said. "He owns a construction business."

A friend of the couple noted that J.T. believed in giving people second chances and sometimes hired ex-cons.

Police have yet to release details on how the couple was killed as their bodies have still not been recovered. They must have great evidence to arrest Owens without bodies.

RIP Cristie and J.T. Codd.

Sources:
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/.../24888031/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-home.html