{"id":4679,"date":"2026-02-06T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.infotekps.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/a-major-break-in-the-case-of-lauria-bible-ashley-freeman\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:42:44","slug":"a-major-break-in-the-case-of-lauria-bible-ashley-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.infotekps.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/a-major-break-in-the-case-of-lauria-bible-ashley-freeman\/","title":{"rendered":"<div>A major break in the case of Lauria Bible &#038; Ashley Freeman<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a major development in the case of Lauria Bible and Danny, Kathy &amp; Ashley Freeman. Authorities have identified three men in connection with their deaths: Warren \u201cPhil\u201d Welch, David Pennington and Ronnie Busick.<br \/>\nBusick was arrested on April 22nd, 2018, but both Welch and Pennington are dead. Busick is facing four counts of murder.<br \/>\nIt all started on December 29, 1999, when Ashley Freeman turned 16. Her best friend, Lauria Bible, was sleeping over. Sometime during the night, the Freemans\u2019 home became an inferno. By the time Lauria\u2019s parents arrived the fire was out, but the home had been reduced to ashes. Lauria\u2019s car was still there, but there was no sign of their daughter. Investigators found the bodies of Ashley\u2019s parents, Danny &amp; Kathy Freeman, but there was no sign of the two girls.<br \/>\nOver the years investigators searched many nearby locations, but there was no sign of the missing girls. Two different convicted killers \u2014 Tommy Lee Sells and Jeremy Jones \u2014 both confessed but later recanted. In February of 2017, the Craig County Sheriff\u2019s Office discovered a box of documents pertaining to the investigation, which helped current detectives chase down previous witnesses and investigators who pointed detectives to an insurance card found at the scene of the fire.<br \/>\nThe insurance card belonged to Welch\u2019s girlfriend. She told investigators about the Polaroids she saw of the girls bound and gagged and lying on a bed; she was certain the girls were Lauria and Ashley, and the bed was the one in her and Welch\u2019s bedroom. Other witnesses told investigators that they too had seen the pictures.<br \/>\nInvestigators are still looking for the girls\u2019 final resting place. If you have any information, please use our tip form.<br \/>\nSee the original Unsolved Mysteries segment on this case streaming in S11:E1 with Robert Stack and S2:E8 with Dennis Farina. Also on Lifetime and Escape in SP021.\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/unsolved.com\/watch\/<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe post A major break in the case of Lauria Bible &amp; Ashley Freeman appeared first on Unsolved Mysteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a major development in the case of Lauria Bible and Danny, Kathy &amp; Ashley Freeman. 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