Wilkes County Couple Already Jailed For Murder Now Charged With Second Homicide

The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office has charged 34-year old Joshua Anthony Allen and Vanessa Mae Davis, 20, both of North Wilkesboro, with one count each of murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the death of Renee Ann Walker of Wilkesboro.

Walker was reported missing to the Wilkesboro Police Department on July 9, 2020, by her grandmother. Searchers found human remains on North Ridge Road, Roaring River, in December 2020. The remains were sent to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem for an autopsy.

In December 2020, the Sparta Police Department charged Allen with murder of 26-year old Kadejuia Nichole Hamilton of Sparta. She had been reported missing in October. Authorities believe she died in October and her body was found in Roaring River.

In January, Sparta Police charged Davis with accessory after the fact to murder in Hamilton’s death. A warrant charging Davis said there was probable cause that she knew Allen took Hamilton’s life and that she helped him attempt to escape arrest and punishment by moving and concealing Hamilton’s body. The Sparta Police Department also charged Davis with abducting Hamilton’s young son from Hamilton.
Allen was already in the Alleghany County Jail and Davis was already in the Ashe County Jail on charges in Hamilton’s death when they were charged in connection with Walker’s death last Thursday.

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