The long, hard wait
As the News & Record's Eric J. S. Townsend reports today, it could take a full month for test results on WXII morning anchor Tolly Carr's blood alcohol level from the SBI lab in Raleigh.
That seems criminal in and of itself.
While it is neither surprising nor unusual, the high interest in this case magnifies the sluggish turnaround.
The state lab has had continuing issues with volume and backlogs.
And it underscores the need for a proposed Triad crime lab that awaits legislative approval. The Triad Area Regional Crime Laboratory would have a staff of 12, and would open in April 2008.
Meanwhile police say Carr, who refused a Breathalyzer test, was intoxicated when his pickup truck ran off the road and killed 26-year-old Casey Bokhoven early Sunday morning.
We'll have to wait ... and then wait some more ... to see if they were right.
Comments (3)
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Intoxicated or not, he's likely to be tried for vehicular homicide. That's pretty stiff, right there.
Posted on March 13, 2007 11:55 PM
That's true. But it can get worse.
Posted on March 14, 2007 4:09 PM
I have never seen any rumor spread as quickly or as far as the rumor today that Tolly Carr committed suicide. Is there any truth to this rumor at all?
Posted on March 14, 2007 10:17 PM