The vacant land at 1741 Haywood Road was purchased by commercial real estate broker and developer Jeff Justus in 2015 for $500,000, land records show. It’s valued on the tax books at $664,900.

Absher has remained in jail since his arrest on July 31 on two charges of statutory rape of a child 15 or under and now faces a total of 11 felonies. He remained in jail under a $650,000 bond after a ...