The 17-year-old suspected of killing two North Carolina teens was arrested more two weeks after their bullet-riddled bodies were found discarded.
The 17-year-old suspected of killing two teenagers in North Carolina was arrested Wednesday, more than two weeks after the victims were found shot dead, authorities said.the bodies of 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark near a gravel road beneath a power-line easement in Orange County on Sept. 18.the unnamed suspect with two counts of first-degree murder, but spent weeks tracking the teen down.
Authorities have not disclosed the identity of the alleged killer, or the circumstances around the arrest, because of the state’s strict juvenile protection laws. “We understand our community is hungry for information to help process this tragedy; however, the laws regarding juvenile confidentiality are ironclad. We have no ability to set them aside, even given the heightened interest in this case,” Sheriff Charles Blackwood said
In North Carolina, 16- and 17-year-old criminals are not automatically tried as adults, though the case could be transferred to a Superior Court.from the murdered teens’ family and friends.
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