Escaped North Carolina prisoner found decapitated in field
- 8 years ago
BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA — The decapitated body of a prison inmate who escaped from a North Carolina jail has been found in a nearby field.
The naked, headless and partly decomposed body of Kelvin Singleton was discovered 15 miles from the Chowan County Jail on April 7 by a member of a hunting club near woodland in Bertie County, WAVY reported.
Singleton, 26, escaped on March 27 by carving a shank out of a toothbrush and forcing a guard to let him out, WAVY reported. He was spotted just a few blocks away about 10 minutes later, but was never seen alive again.
Singleton was put behind bars for the alleged armed robbery of a tobacco store in January, according to the New York Daily News. He faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, attempted kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle.
Authorities said the body had been there about a week and they were yet to locate the head, WAVY reported. No arrests have been made yet, and authorities said they have no suspects or motive for the gruesome killing, according to WAVY.
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The naked, headless and partly decomposed body of Kelvin Singleton was discovered 15 miles from the Chowan County Jail on April 7 by a member of a hunting club near woodland in Bertie County, WAVY reported.
Singleton, 26, escaped on March 27 by carving a shank out of a toothbrush and forcing a guard to let him out, WAVY reported. He was spotted just a few blocks away about 10 minutes later, but was never seen alive again.
Singleton was put behind bars for the alleged armed robbery of a tobacco store in January, according to the New York Daily News. He faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery, attempted kidnapping and theft of a motor vehicle.
Authorities said the body had been there about a week and they were yet to locate the head, WAVY reported. No arrests have been made yet, and authorities said they have no suspects or motive for the gruesome killing, according to WAVY.
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