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**Breaking News** Stony Point Man Enters Plea In Double Murder Case

October 31, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Adam Thomas Morgan

Adam Thomas Morgan, age 24 of Stony Point, entered guilty pleas to two counts of Second Degree Murder in a special session of Alexander County Superior Court on Monday in Taylorsville.

Morgan was sentenced to 221 to 278 months (18.4 yrs to 23.1 years) of active prison time, with credit for time served. Morgan has been incarcerated at the Alexander County Detention Center since March 2019, when he was arrested and charged with two counts of First Degree Murder.

The murders occurred in the Stony Point Community of Alexander County in February 2019.

As reported in 2019, 38 year old Chad Lee Kennedy and 57-year old Mark Jefferson Furey were found shot to death in a home off Mt Wesley Church Road in Eastern Alexander County on February 9th. 2019.

Morgan was charged by the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office.

Robert Brian Hoover

37-year old Robert Bryan Hoover was arrested on March 15th, 2019 in Virginia and charged with the murders as was Brandy Lynn Miller, age 43 of Stony Point. She was charged with accessory after the fact of murder.

Brandy Lee Miller

Hoover is being held in the Catawba County Detention Center and Miller is being held in the Alexander County Jail. Hoover has a court date scheduled for November 30th and Miller has a court date set for November 28th.

Photos: Alexander County Sheriff’s Office

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