Jury selection in the trial of a man charged with two counts of first-degree murder and other felony offenses began Tuesday afternoon in Wilkes Superior Court.
Wilkesboro police are investigating the deaths of two people who were found dead under a bridge Sunday.According to police, the victims are a male and a female, both in their 30s.Police say the deaths were the result of felonious hit-and-run crash, that happened sometime in the recent past, Wilkesboro Police Chief Craig Garris told WXII 12 News. Garris said a vehicle hit the two victims as they were walking on the Yadkin River bridge, near the Arby s restaurant on Curtis Bridge Road. The two victims were knocked off the bridge and fell onto a grassy area underneath.Garris said dispatch received a call around 2:25 p.m. Sunday afternoon to investigate after the bodies were found.The names of the victims have not been released pending notification of the family. We are working diligently to identify specifics about the vehicle and determine who was the driver. If you have information concerning this incident, you may call us at 336-667-7277 and speak with Investigator Chris A
Investigators said the man found in the construction dumpster was 31-year-old Anthony Absher. Author: Chris Venzon (WFMY News2) Published: 2:54 PM EDT May 7, 2021 Updated: 5:41 PM EDT May 7, 2021
WILKESBORO, N.C. The body of a man turned up in a Wilkesboro dumpster on Thursday, prompting an investigation from police.
Anthony Garrett Absher, 31, was found in the construction dumpster behind his home on the 400 block of S. Cherry St. Thursday. Investigators do not yet know how he died.
Police first investigated the area and found his body when they got word of a foul odor coming from the dumpster. Absher s body was taken to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem Friday for an autopsy.
A three-day search for a man wanted for a double homicide in western Gaston County ended early Monday morning more than 60 miles away in a hotel in the foothills of western North Carolina.
Police from two counties and four agencies captured 19-year-old Michael Shane Barnes of Taylorsville as he left a Quality Inn off U.S. 421 in Wilkesboro just after midnight.
Barnes was booked into Gaston County Jail at 7:48 a.m. Monday without bond on two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 18 shooting deaths of Robert Lucas Luke Gibby, 22, of Bessemer City, and Adam Kale Wood, 19, of Kings Mountain.