Gaston prosecutor doubts alibi of double-murder suspect
A Gastonia man man facing two first-degree murder charges seemed to blame another man for two homicides last week that appear to also involve drugs and money.
Charlie James Stiles, 24, made his first court appearance Tuesday in Gaston County District Court while being represented by attorney Larry Hoyle.
A second suspect, Jordan Cameron Moses, 29, of 1411 Gaston Way, Dallas, also faces two first-degree murder charges and an attempted first-degree murder charge in the case, but so far he has eluded police.
Stiles and Moses were at the Woodleaf Drive home of 50-year-old Christopher Brooks in the Crowders Mountain area of Gaston County about two hours before the Feb. 22 slayings of Brooks and Matthew Christopher Allison, Hoyle told District Court Judge James Jackson.