Arrest made after missing teen found dead

According to family members, 18-year-old Joseph Rose saw everyone as a friend.

But on Dec. 19, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested and charged 21-year-old Johnathan David Paleno for Rose’s murder.

Paleno, of Culhowee, was initially taken into custody by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and is currently being held in the Buncombe County Detention Facility without bond…

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