According to the report, the agreement will be signed later today. A decade- old murder mystery is being cracked in Smyth County. State police and county investigators now suspect 36- year old Michael Reeves abducted, raped and murdered Betty Shumate in July of 1989.
Reeves is currently on death row in North Carolina.
At one time, Shumate's estranged husband was suspected of killing his wife. But that charge was later dropped. Investigators in Wythe County say two people who robbed a motel are probably not from this area. But yesterday, they released a surveillance video, in hopes the public can help identify the pair. Teresa Hamilton reports.