time was the farmland in horry county was some of south carolina's finest. bambi bennett's granddad owned a big spread and created a legacy for the generations to come. >> that barn used to be a tobacco barn. and my granddaddy built that. >> reporter: so it was a tobacco property? >> mm-hmm. he did farming and tobacco. >> reporter: bambi's roots here are as deep as the old oak tree draped in spanish moss that still stands tall in the front yard. they say land is worth dying for because it's the only thing that lasts. and truer words might never have in this case, a beautiful piece of land turned out to be nothing but trouble. this is where bambi bennett's family was ripped apart by an act of cruel, unspeakable violence. bambi, her given name, was a fun feisty good old girl. country through and through. >> i was at my grandparents' a lot growing up. we gardened, and we had a big yard. you know, a huge yard. >> reporter: you're a country girl. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: but she'd endured her share of heartache even at a tender age. her parents divorced when she w

>>> bambi bennett sat in a horry county jail cell stunned.charged with two counts of murder. >> i thought, i'm just having a bad dream. this cannot be happening. not only were my parents just murdered, now i'm being accused of being the one that killed them. i said you all have lost your mind. i said, this doesn't make any sense. i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: but to prosecutor fran humphries, it made perfect sense. t this case. bambi needed her stepfather and mother dead so she could get her property back. >> reporter: property valued at north of a million dollars. the classic question that people in your line of work pose is, well, who benefited? >> bambi. >> reporter: as for bambi's boyfriend rick, humphreys believed bambi persuaded him to help her carry out the murderous deed. gagnon is her puppet, the way you see it? he's carrying out her orders? >> i think he's been her puppet from the beginning. >> reporter: what did you think? >> i don't know. i was scared to death. >> reporter: in cahoots with your girlfriend balmby. that's

horry county leaders passed a measure of zero tolerance for litterbugs. if someone is caught littering, they will get a warning, but now you will get a ticket and you could get up to 30 days in jail. >>> it definitely seems like a beach day, beautiful and warm temperatures. here's meteorologist keith monday. >>> a preview. and this is it. after today, we'll have a stop- down process. it won't be that dramatic, but weekend. beautiful skies and a touch of haze and the pollen is increasing. the pollen number professor points on the tree pollen scale. it's borderline, the oak, the yellow coating on everything. this will be the case for a couple of weeks. we have a long way to go. the temperatures this weekend will drop and a very small rain chance but that won't do a lot to help out the pollen problem. 80 in most neighborhoods, and that's why the tree pollen is coming on fast. the mountains, close to 70 already and a small chain rans in the mountains already, and that has passed us by, and the wind will stay up, but it won't change our temps. low 80s at least

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trump got 0% of the vote in horry county. i'll show you two.three counties have in common i can't tell you. i can suggest something here. cannon, virginia. this is coal country. this county that borders with rhode island. bristol county, 55%. there are some community in bristol county that went much higher. this is textile mills, this is loss of jobs. can you tie these five together and give us a thread for what these voters are telling their politicians? >> certainly as i mentioned earlier. trump has been doing particularly well in areas, county, regions where there has been economic hard times. economic difficulty. if you look at where trump has succeeded in those numbers. he's blowing people out at that point. at that rate in counties like that. what they have in common is difficult economic times. you may have textile mills and people who have been out of work for an extended amount of time who think they government isn't listening and the game is rigged to borrow a phrase from bernie sanders. those are the kind of people who are most attra

found in horry county with what and to be blood on the outside. when they opened it, they found a deteriorating tomato, onion and unidentified liquid. unclear how the box wound up there. >> christine: another story all airlines flight from north carolina to new york was forced to make an emergency landing. flight wa from raleigh-durham to laguardia, hit turbulence and struck by lightning. the plane landed safely at new york's jfk airport last night. passengers described the terrifying experience. >> it was bad. i thought we got hit by a missile. >> no. >> it was a flash of light and big explosion. the plane dipped about 100 feet, i don't know, felt like i was on a roller coaster and i smelled smoke. >> no one was hurt, the federal aviation administration is investigating. >> john: it is national child passenger safety week and we're on your side helping parents make sure their child's car seat is properly installed. there are two car seat safety check in our area today, charlotte-mecklenburg police holding a check this morning from 9:30 until 11:3

it happened in horry county on sunday. south carolina's highway patrol is investigating what caused the accident. they are expected to release more details lair today. >>> this week, a three-judge panel could decide if slams to redraw congressional district lines again in the state. right now, district 12 is mostly mecklenburg county, but the naacp is challenging those lines for a second time saying they're still drawn based on race. the state pushed back a special primary june 7th to give candidates and voters time to sort it all out. experts say another change could further confuse voters. >>> this morning, we're learning the north carolina governor's seat could be the most expensive gubernatorial race in the country. experts made the prediction after the governor and attorney general won in the primaries. the two campaigns have already raised more than $13 million combined with cooper raising the most. experts also expect this race >>> 2016 presidential candidates are looking at how much they raised in february. senator

wearing pants or shorts >>> drafted for myrtle beach, the maps affecting thousands of properties in horry county, several homeowners were who were previously not in a flood zone now are in one while others are now out. fema representatives will be on hand at several town meetings this week to walk folks through it all >>> british sailors found themselves far from home and far from the sea when they stayed right here in our area during world war ii. >> is a little-known history that two families are digging into as they cover their roots. justin shows us how the past, and present our linking together. >>reporter: wants chris, black and white memories, blurred as years turned to decades. uncle jeff the photos in 2011 >> i think these were are all kept in a drawer. >>reporter:the faces, and places were in kerry snapped when jeff was on a leave for a few weeks from the royal navy in the early 1940s. >> here are some of the sailors here. >>reporter:staying in a camp homestead park is today. among the photos, a family named fox armed with a name and a town, richer track down an address in kerry. >> wh