LEGGETT, NC. (THECOUNT) — Keith Earl Williams, 25 of Tarboro, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of a small town mayor and his wife Thursday.
Leggett, NC., officials have identified, Mayor Gary Skelton and Jackie Dawn Skelton, as the couple found dead in a Leggett home.
(ORIGINAL STORY:) The sheriff’s office says suspects are in custody, but their identities haven’t been disclosed.
The mayor of a North Carolina town and his wife have been found dead at their home.
News outlets report the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office withheld the identities of the victims found Thursday. source
Jackie Skelton was an oncology nurse at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, and didn’t show up to work Thursday. Her coworkers requested a welfare check, which led to the discovery of the bodies.
Gary Skelton was a banker at BB&T in Rocky Mount until retirement. He was in his second term as mayor of the eastern North Carolina town with a population of around five dozen.
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