which exceed a limit of 10 people in a home. It’s essentially the separation of families
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Fox’s Charles Payne on Thanksgiving: “One of the big, overarching stories with all of this has been the isolation story, the separation of families … The notion that you’re gonna come to my house and count how many people are there, that is separation of families.”

Fox & Friends chatted about Americans’ impending “revolt” against the “separation of families” — but not the family separation crisis that has remained unsolved for the past two years.

Over the past few weeks, medical experts around the country have warned Americans against having big gatherings this holiday season as COVID-19 case numbers break new records, with some officials putting express limits on how many people can gather in one private residence. But to Fox Business’ Charles Payne, the real problem is the “isolation” that comes with these restrictions — none of which exceed a limit of 10 people in a home. It’s essentially the “separation of families,” Payne continued, with host Steve Doocy agreeing. “Politicians don’t care,” host Brian Kilmeade chimed in.

Payne’s choice of words is interesting considering family separation at the border split thousands of children from their parents over the past few years. And unlike the family separation brought about by an effort to slow the spread of a deadly disease, for at least 666 children, their separation may be permanent.

Image: Christine Munro (Redding Police Dept.)

Police said that Munro’s death in 1995 “devastated our community.”

The 37-year-old nurse and mother of four was found stabbed on the Sacramento River Trail on June 24, 1995.

“At that time, RPD investigators spent hundreds of hours collecting evidence and interviewing dozens upon dozens of witnesses and potential suspects,” RPD wrote.

But the case went cold.

RPD said detective Rusty Bishop began to crack open the case in 2019 shortly after he re-submitted fingernail scrapings from Munro to the Department of Justice’s Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS.

CODIS subsequently found a possible DNA match with a Texas state prisoner: James Watkins, who was serving a 14 year sentence for a robbery conviction.

Authorities then traveled to Texas where they secured a search warrant to obtain Watkins’ DNA, which genetically matched the skin scrapings recovered from underneath the victim’s fingernails.

Watkins was flown back to Redding on November 13 and booked on charges of rape, kidnapping and murder, and remains in Shasta County Jail as he awaits trial. The Shasta County District Attorney’s office did not immediately return a request for comment and it was unclear if Watkins had legal representation.

RPD wrote to Munro’s family that they “know it has been a long time since the loss of Christine. Thank you for your support during this investigation. We sincerely hope this brings you some measure of closure.”

Editor’s note: This story has been updated.

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