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2017-01-12 06:28:33 UTC
"To call 911, me and my mom need help fast." Evans told Channel
9 while recounting the text message's urgent plea.
She and her grandmother called Iredell County deputies to
conduct a welfare check at a home in the 700 block of Cool
Springs Road.
The deputies went there looking for Robin Denman and her
daughter. Gary Love, 47, answered the door and the sheriff said
Love told investigators Denman and her 14-year-old daughter had
gone to a funeral.
He then ran out the back of the house, but officers captured him
and soon found Denman's 14-year-old daughter.
The teen told them that Love had tied her up and she hadn't seen
her mother since Christmas Eve. Officers later found Denman's
body in a back room.
"Can't believe this. It is something out of the movies,"
Savannah's mother, Stephanie Evans, said.
Investigators don't know a lot about Love, but they said he's a
transient who has been in the area for about three months and
was staying with Denman.
The Evans are relieved officers were able to save the 14-year
old, and the girl sent Savannah another text after she was
rescued.
"Saying, You're a lifesaver,' and that really broke my heart,"
Stephanie said.
The girl is safe and currently with relatives.
Love is in the Iredell County Jail without bail and is facing
several charges, including murder and rape.
Eyewitness News learned there is an active warrant for his
arrest in Ohio. He failed to appear at a trial in November for
domestic violence charges he's faced since April.
Authorities are trying to find out if he is connected to any
other unsolved crimes.
In addition to the murder charge, Love faces 10 counts of felony
statutory sex offense with a child less than 15 years of age,
one count of felony first-degree kidnapping, one count felony
indecent liberties with a child, one count felony sexual
servitude with child victim and one count assault on a female.
In addition to being held without the opportunity for bond. Love
received a $3 million secured bond for the newest charges.
The investigation is still ongoing.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/woman-murdered-14-year-old-girl-
held-captive-iredell-county-deputies-say/479134245
9 while recounting the text message's urgent plea.
She and her grandmother called Iredell County deputies to
conduct a welfare check at a home in the 700 block of Cool
Springs Road.
The deputies went there looking for Robin Denman and her
daughter. Gary Love, 47, answered the door and the sheriff said
Love told investigators Denman and her 14-year-old daughter had
gone to a funeral.
He then ran out the back of the house, but officers captured him
and soon found Denman's 14-year-old daughter.
The teen told them that Love had tied her up and she hadn't seen
her mother since Christmas Eve. Officers later found Denman's
body in a back room.
"Can't believe this. It is something out of the movies,"
Savannah's mother, Stephanie Evans, said.
Investigators don't know a lot about Love, but they said he's a
transient who has been in the area for about three months and
was staying with Denman.
The Evans are relieved officers were able to save the 14-year
old, and the girl sent Savannah another text after she was
rescued.
"Saying, You're a lifesaver,' and that really broke my heart,"
Stephanie said.
The girl is safe and currently with relatives.
Love is in the Iredell County Jail without bail and is facing
several charges, including murder and rape.
Eyewitness News learned there is an active warrant for his
arrest in Ohio. He failed to appear at a trial in November for
domestic violence charges he's faced since April.
Authorities are trying to find out if he is connected to any
other unsolved crimes.
In addition to the murder charge, Love faces 10 counts of felony
statutory sex offense with a child less than 15 years of age,
one count of felony first-degree kidnapping, one count felony
indecent liberties with a child, one count felony sexual
servitude with child victim and one count assault on a female.
In addition to being held without the opportunity for bond. Love
received a $3 million secured bond for the newest charges.
The investigation is still ongoing.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/woman-murdered-14-year-old-girl-
held-captive-iredell-county-deputies-say/479134245