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At 15, she set a fire that killed her grandparents. At 46, she's getting a second chance.
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At 15, she set a fire that killed her grandparents. At 46, she's getting a second chance.
- Nancy McLaughlin
- Mar 10, 2022
- Mar 10, 2022
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April Barber in 2015 at the Southern Correctional Institution in Troy, N.C. Barber was 15 years old and pregnant when she and her 30-year-old boyfriend set her grandparents’ house on fire, killing them both.
- Lynn Hey, News & Record
April Barber keeps a photograph of her son, Colt Johnson, taken during a visit at Southern Correctional Institution.
- Lynn Hey, News & Record
April Barber (center) in a 2015 photo with her son, Colt Johnson (left) and William Scales, her husband of 17 months at the time, at the Southern Correctional Institution on March 9, 2015, in Troy, N.C.
- Lynn Hey, News & Record
April Barber at around age 13. Barber was 15 years old and pregnant when she and her 30-year-old boyfriend set her grandparents' house on fire, killing them both. Today, she's making the pitch that she is a changed person, and ready to make a productive life outside of the prison system. Local attorney Don Vaughan has worked on her case the last seven years.
- LYNN HEY, News & Record
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GREENSBORO — A woman sentenced as a teenager to two life sentences for setting a fire that trapped her elderly adoptive grandparents in their home is getting a second chance.
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The three people whose sentences were commuted by Gov. Roy Cooper are:
- April Leigh Barber, 46, who has served 30 years in prison for her role at age 15 in the murders of her grandparents, Link to commutation.
- Joshua McKay, 37, who has served 20 years in prison for the murder at age 17 of Mary Catherine Young in Richmond County. Link to commutation.
- Anthony Willis, 42, who has served 26 years in prison for the murder at 16 of Benjamin Franklin Miller in Cumberland County.
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April Barber in 2015 at the Southern Correctional Institution in Troy, N.C. Barber was 15 years old and pregnant when she and her 30-year-old boyfriend set her grandparents’ house on fire, killing them both.
- Lynn Hey, News & Record
April Barber keeps a photograph of her son, Colt Johnson, taken during a visit at Southern Correctional Institution.
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April Barber (center) in a 2015 photo with her son, Colt Johnson (left) and William Scales, her husband of 17 months at the time, at the Southern Correctional Institution on March 9, 2015, in Troy, N.C.
- Lynn Hey, News & Record
April Barber at around age 13. Barber was 15 years old and pregnant when she and her 30-year-old boyfriend set her grandparents' house on fire, killing them both. Today, she's making the pitch that she is a changed person, and ready to make a productive life outside of the prison system. Local attorney Don Vaughan has worked on her case the last seven years.
- LYNN HEY, News & Record
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