A Northampton County community remembers a couple found shot to death in their front yard

Michael and Carolyn Powell were found dead in the front yard of their home Thursday. A neighbor and relative is charged with their murder. WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter Heidi Kirk talked to people who knew the couple and their decades-long commitment to their church.

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