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Texts sent to Tennessee girl prior to death surface at trial
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Updated: May 3, 2018, 3:14 PM
Published: May 3, 2018, 3:15 PM

NOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A series of texts sent to a 16-year-old Tennessee girl two nights before she was shot to death in her bed have surfaced in the trial of her former boyfriend.

Prosecutors contend the texts were part of a plan by former Division III college football player William Riley Gaul to lure Emma Walker outside a house where she was visiting friends in November 2016. The now-19-year-old Gaul is on trial on charges including first-degree murder and especially aggravated stalking.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Zach Greene testified Wednesday that Walker pulled him aside and showed him the texts.
The anonymous texts indicated somebody Walker knew was being held. Gaul was found lying in a ditch and later admitted he made up a story about being kidnapped.

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Information from: Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
Tool, J. Cole, Stevie Nicks to headline Bonnaroo music fest
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Published: Jan 11, 2022, 9:21 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — J. Cole, Tool and Stevie Nicks will headline this year's Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which is set to return after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic and weather. 

The lineup for the June 16-19 festival in Manchester, Tennessee, was released Tuesday and also includes The Chicks, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, 21 Savage, Machine Gun Kelly, Roddy Ricch, Flume and Illenium. 

Last year's festival was set to go on with extra COVID-19 precautions in place for fans, but heavy rains from Hurricane Ida left the grounds unsafe for driving or camping. The festival takes place on a former farm in rural Tennessee about an hour southeast of Nashville. Tickets go on sale Thursday. 

The 2020 festival was postponed to 2021 because of the pandemic.

Other artists on the lineup include Bleachers, Lord Huron, Disclosure, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Porter Robinson, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Herbie Hancock. 

Online: https://www.bonnaroo.com/