CHARLOTTE — The suspect in a nearly two-decade-old cold case, known as the “Sun Drop Murders,” was in court for an extradition hearing on Wednesday in Washington.
Police arrested 43-year-old Johnny Talbert in Washington on May 21. He’s accused of shooting and killing 59-year-old Donna Barnhardt and 44-year-old Darrell Noles at the Sun Drop Bottling Company in Concord in 2008.
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Channel 9 learned that the suspect will have another hearing before returning to North Carolina for a trial.
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