Updated: 12:54 PM EST Jan 25, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Deputies with the Wilkes County Sheriff s Office are investigating a murder-suicide that happened Sunday afternoon and left 2 dead in Millers Creek.Investigators said deputies were called to a home located at 4216 Boone Trail just before 12:30 p.m. on the report of a shooting. Deputies found the victim, Marc Brantley, 51, shot multiple times outside this house, where he was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. The suspect, Mickey Davis, 64, of Purlear, was found at the scene suffering from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Davis was taken to Wilkes Medical Center for treatment and later died. Deputies said the investigation is ongoing.
The Wilkes Sheriffâs Officeâs latest round of felony drug arrests reflects the increased prevalence of imported methamphetamine in Wilkes County, said Capt. Craig Dancy, who heads the agencyâs narcotics unit.
âEverything has gone to meth now,â said Dancy when he announced these latest cases on Dec. 18. Charges against all but four of 35 defendants in the latest round include meth offenses.
âAnd theyâre not making it here anymore because it canât competeâ with meth produced by drug cartels in Mexico, said Dancy. âWe havenât found a meth lab (in Wilkes) in two years.â
He said laws requiring retailers to keep records of people who buy household ingredients used in simple âone-potâ meth labs, once prevalent across Appalachia, are also a factor.