Suspect charged in two murder cases in the mountains

Murder in the mountains has a Western North Carolina woman facing charges in two separate fatal incidents with of them being a cold case from nearly two decades ago.

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office says Michael Schmidt was killed there in 2007. Now, nearly two decades later a suspect has been named.

Investigators say, Gudrun Casper-Leinenkugel has been charged in connection to Schmidt’s murder. She is also charged in connection to the murder of Leela Livis…

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