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Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a couple, charging them with the murder of a missing pregnant mother of two, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase on Monday.
Thomas Clayton Johnson, 37, and Emmalei Grace Trevathan, 24, were arrested Wednesday during a traffic stop, according to the Wake County Sheriff s Office. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Both are accused of killing Brittany Samone Smith, 28, who was last seen on February 4.
Johnson and Trevathan are each being held on charges of murder, murder of an unborn child, and concealment of a body.
Body found inside suitcase along North Carolina river
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (TNS)
Feb. 9 Authorities in Durham, North Carolina, discovered a body inside a suitcase along the shore of the Neuse River Monday but would not say if the remains belonged to a 28-year-old pregnant woman who vanished in the area last week.
Raleigh police called the Wake County Sheriff’s Office to investigate after a passerby made the gruesome find on the Neuse River Trail in Wake County, according to The Herald-Sun.
“We do have persons of interest that we are interested in talking to,” said Sheriff’s spokesman Eric Curry.