COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta man accused of breaking into a Cobb County home following a murder has now been accused of breaking into the home of a NASCAR driver killed in a plane crash.
Last month, Cobb County police arrested Kirk Wrzeisen after his wife was found shot and killed inside their home, and their son, who had also been shot, ran to neighbors for help.
According to arrest warrants obtained by Channel 2 Action News, Terrell Williams, 44, broke into the home a week after the deadly shooting. The warrant said that Williams was captured on security camera inside the home.
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Authorities in Iredell County, North Carolina say they were informed by Cobb County investigators that Williams could be connected to a burglary they had been investigating for months.
Back in January, investigators responded to the home of late NASCAR champion Greg Biffle for reports of a burglary. Biffle, his wife Cristina, their two children and three other passengers were killed in a plane crash just weeks before.
Deputies found guns, NASCAR memorabilia, gold and silver coins, and more than $30,000 in cash.
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North Carolina investigators say they found some of those items at Williams’ home in metro Atlanta. They also found a radio frequency detector, which they believe he used to help evade cameras inside Biffle’s home.
Detectives say that the day after the burglary, Williams used some of the cash to buy a car, which was then found and seized in Georgia.
Authorities have requested that Williams be extradited to North Carolina to face 12 charges related to the burglary at Biffle’s home and a separate 2019 breaking and entering case in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
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