Charges Filed In Quadruple Murder

A man and his two sons are now formally charged in the 1998 murder of a Dalton family. The charges were filed today against Billy Dale Green and his sons, Chad Green and Jason Edward Green. Billy and Chad Green were each charged with four counts of capital murder and a count of kidnapping, and Billy was also charged with a count of threatening a witness. Jason Green was charged with two counts of hindering apprehension or prosecution. All three were arrested July 30th for the murder of the Elliott family -- mother, father, son and daughter -- five years ago. The original arrest warrants planned to charge all three Greens with murder. News agencies and the elder Green`s court-appointed lawyer complained that Prosecutor Henry Boyce was holding the Greens without disclosing why. Boyce released edited copies of the affidavits used to establish cause for arrest two weeks ago, but the court file remained empty until Friday. All three will be arraigned in Randolph County Circuit Court on Tuesday.