Two Caldwell County residents have been charged in connection to a murder Friday morning in Wilkes County.
54-year old Thomas Leslie Ferguson of the Ferguson Community was deceased when Wilkes County Sheriff’s Deputies found him in a mobile home off Highway 268.
35-year old Chasity Starr Davis has been charged with murder and William Hayes Coffey, 54, with accessory after the fact of murder. Both suspects are from Lenoir. Davis also is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle in connection with the theft of Ferguson’s car.
Davis was located later Friday morning while walking along N.C. 268, near where deputies found Ferguson’s car along the highway.
Coffey was taken to the sheriff’s office for questioning Friday afternoon after he returned to the mobile home where Ferguson was found deceased.
A weapon suspected of being involved in the case was recovered.
Ferguson’s body was sent to a state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
Davis was placed in the Wilkes County Jail without bond on the murder charge and with a $30,000 secured bond on the larceny of motor vehicle charge. Coffey was placed in the Wilkes jail with a $100,000 secured bond.
Both are scheduled for court appearances on Monday.
The WILKES JOURNAL PATRIOT contributed to this story