Post Prom Party Leaves One Dead; Three Others Charged
Tricities.com Reporter Nicki Mayo updates the case that’s shaking a western North Carolina community on News Channel 11’s Morning Edition.
Contributed By: Watagua County, NC Sheriff’s Office
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Colin Stephan Ellis, 18 –charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Ian Edward Ellis, 23. – charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Samuel Maurice King, 23. – Authorities say King was found with the murder weapon and arrested.
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By Nicki Mayo
Content Coordinator / TriCities.com
Published: May 20, 2008
One man is dead and three others are charged after a prom night turns deadly.
It happened over the weekend in Boone North Carolina.
Nineteen year old Benjamin Pickett was fatally stabbed at the party.
Watagua County, NC sheriff’s deputies found the murder weapon and arrested 23-year-old Samuel King.
Two brothers, 18-year-old Ian Edward Ellis and 23-year-old Colin Stephen Ellis are also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
More than 30 people were at the prom party what ended in murder. Still none of the party-goers have told authorizes what exactly lead to the victim’s murder.
Authorities released the frantic 911 call to emergency dispatchers in Watagua County, NC.
Tricities.com Reporter Nicki Mayo updates the case that’s shaking a western North Carolina community on News Channel 11’s Morning Edition.
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