Mayor of small North Carolina town, wife found dead at home
LEGGETT, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina authorities said Friday that they have charged a man with murder in the shooting deaths of the mayor of a tiny town and his wife, who were found dead at their home.
Edgecombe County Sheriff Cleveland Atkinson said at a news conference that 25-year-old Keith Williams of Tarboro was being held on a first-degree murder charge. The sheriff said another person of interest in the case was in custody on unrelated charges.
A sheriff's spokesman said he didn't know whether Williams has an attorney, and a phone listing for the suspect could not be found.
Leggett Town Commissioner Teresa Summerlin told multiple news outlets the couple killed was Mayor Gary Skelton and Jackie Dawn Skelton.