2 Bodies Found In Car Along Rural Road
POSTED: 11:22 am EDT May 13, 2010
UPDATED: 6:21 am EDT May 14, 2010
FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- State Police in Washington County arrested a man early Friday in connection to a double homicide in Fallowfield Township, Washington County.
Police said Terrance Graham, 33, shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Lynna Ronnell Flippen, 25, of Ellsworth and Ernest Yarbough Junior, 31, of Pittsburgh.
Flippen is the mother of Graham’s 4-year-old son.
Channel 4 Action News' Amber Nicotra reported that Graham had three protection from abuse orders filed against him by Flippen, the latest one filed in February of this year. Graham was denied visitation rights at that time. Nicotra also reported that Flippen recently withdrew the PFA.
The bodies were found in a car along a back road in Fallowfield Township just a couple of hours after state police responded to a 911 call at Flippen’s home in Ellsworth.
Witness Vincent Varrone told Channel 4 Action News that he was on his usual morning walk when he saw the a white Pontiac Grand Am parked on the side of Butsko road at about 7:20 a.m.
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"There was blood all around the car, so I looked inside and there was a naked woman laying in the back seat, all bloody," Varrone said.
When state troopers got to the scene they further inspected the car and found Yarbough’s body in the trunk.
Police said they believe the incident started earlier in the morning at Flippen’s home on Spruce Street in the borough of Ellsworth.
Trooper Joe Christy said Flippen called 911 shortly before 5 a.m. And said she needed police because there was trouble at her home. Nobody answered the door when police arrived, Christy said.
"They kept knocking. They ultimately then went to the side door, found that it was open, and once they made their way inside, they found some blood inside the residence, which caused them some concern," Christy said.
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Flippen's relatives said her call for help indicated that someone was breaking in.
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A cousin, Kimberly Kirksey, said Flippen had been on a date with a man from Pittsburgh the night before her death.
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Lynna Flippen, as seen in a Facebook photo
Flippen's family said she was involved in a custody dispute over her 4-year-old son, who spent Wednesday night with a relative.
Graham has been charged with two county of criminal homicide as well as abuse of a corpse and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
Graham’s attorney Jon Maknoon said Graham did not admit to anything and that the case is entirely circumstantial.
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