. >> christine taylor is serving 12 years for aggravated robbery and kidnapping. >> the crime anniversary is february 14 the of 2006. happened on valentine's day. >> the victim was a close female friend. one that taylor alleges stole items from her. >> i took measures into my own hands what we call a citizen's arrest. we tied her up. i had two accomplices. they only caught one. >> you tied her up. what do you mean? >> with 50-foot extension cord. she wasn't really being cooperative in telling me where my things were and i felt it was the best way to get her to tell me to kind of scare her if i bound her. this probably proceeded for the next eight hours of the day. >> during those eight hours taylor committed a series of atrocities. >> i burned her on her face. i burned her on her sides with a 12-gauge shotgun. i had pistol-whipped her in her hip which took a chunk about a quarter-size out of her hip. she was disfigured i guess you could say. her face couldn't really look at her and see it was her. said filthy mean things to her that i knew would hurt her and get under her skin. i cried a

thank you, christine. >>> traffic team 9's mark taylor following two wrecks on i-77 northbound near the john belk. >> yes, northbound, 77 at the john belk freeway. you can see the flashing lights at the top left of the screen here. part, everything to the shoulder. traffic is slow near the ramp there. if you stick to that left-hand side, you can take the brookshire freeway to access 277. then we have an accident closer to west boulevard that we were seeing issues with. let's go there, 77 northbound near west boulevard. that's two different accident scenes. coming from south charlesots, use south boulevard or south tryon. >>> wall street futures this morning, the dow is up 28... ... . >>> troopers investigating after two cars hit and killed a shelby teen and hurt her boyfriend. the reason investigators think that pair stopped in the middle of the road. >>> and a sitting u.s. president is waking up in cuba year >>> 6:42 now. first full day in cuba today. >> he arrived yesterday and made his first stop to the american embassy. the building re-opened last year after being closed for more th

christine. traffic team 9's mark taylor following breaking news where part of the brookshire is shut down. mark? >> reporter: outbound lanes closed. you can access i-485 heading outbound this morning. this is the 485 ramp heading over toward brookshire, heading inbound. still open, look at the delays this morning, this is happening as folks make their way outbound which you can access and get up toward mountain island lake. bell haven over to roswell's ferry back toward 16. and the delays we were seeing just now are in that outbound side. beatties ford update. out bound lanes are now open. had anaccident that took out a utility pole. duke now on the scene. though and plenty of room. beatties ford north of th brookshire. take 85 over to 16. use i-77 or statesvillavenue as alternates. >>> the dow is down 42 points, the nasdaq is down 17 points. >>> channel 9 is stayinon top breaking news inere terrorists targeted t >>> new information on the number of people killed in brussels. abc news reports 15 people re killed in a single blast at a metro station. at least 13 people were killed after two

christine: incredible, thanks. served tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan has died after a palestinian knife attack in israel. 28-year-old taylor force was getting his mba at vanderbilt university. he was on a school-sponsored trip yesterday when the knife attack happened. school officials say no other students or faculty were hurt. >> john: president obama latest checkup shows he's in good health. the white house released the results. the 54-year-old president has lost five pounds since 2014, now weighs 175 pounds, body mass index of 22.8, which is in the normal range. doctor credits healthy diet and strict exercise regime for the good health. >> christine: a program spreading across the country is taking a unique approach to get african american boys to read. >> barber shop books places donated books in shops across the country. while getting his haircut and watching boys looked bored. if boys see boys reading they will pick up a book as well. encourages dad to read to sons. while in the barber chair. >> great idea. >> so important to read, golly, i love that. >> christine: you're never more than seven minutes away from weath

. >>> we have traffic and here's mark taylor with an update on the morning conditions. >> no issues so far, christine. traffic continues to build and getting folks prepared for another closure, 12th street, that's from 7:00 a.m. until late afternoon on friday. you will take 9th street as an alternate route. it will take extra time to get through, but for now, it's been quiet, even around the uptown loop. looking toward bank of america stadium, no issues from folks coming this morning. on the outer loop from wilkinson boulevard to the brookshire, as well, as the secondary row. back to you. >>> a teen at the center of a deportation battle will stay in the u.s. for a little longer. ahead, the last-minute decision allowing him to stay, even after he admitted to crossing the border immediately. >>> neighbors opposed to a proposed cell phone tower in clover are suing to block the the unique way one town councilman is trying to show the impact the project could have on the community. >>> troopers are searching for answers after a shelby teen was hit and killed while standing in the middle of the road. >> ha