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Darrell Davis, 47, of Kermit was arraigned this week after being extradited from Kentucky to West Virginia. Davis is charged with five felonies: murder in the first degree, attempted murder, nighttime burglary, kidnapping, and first degree arson. Davis has been accused of the murder of Gary Newsome and the attempted murder of his estranged wife, Lora Davis. Mingo County Sheriff's Deputies say, on August 1st, Davis entered a cabin in the Newsome Ridge area of Lenore where Lora Davis and Gary Newsome were sleeping and shot both of them. Afterwards, it is believed Davis forced his estranged wife, Lora Davis, out of the cabin and into a car where he struck her in the head with the gun before returning to the cabin to set it on fire with Newsome inside. He then took her to his cousin's home in Flemingsburg, Ky. His cousin took her to a Morehead hospital where she was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Hospital. His preliminary is set for August 12th. Davis will also appear in Mingo County Circuit Court before Judge Mike Thornsbury to have his bond set.