8-25-2009 North Carolina:BERTIE CO., Va. - A Colerain man has been charged with murder after another Bertie County man was found dead early Monday morning.
46-year-old Horace Sessoms was charged with killing Willie Bell.
The 36-year-old Bell was found on Farless Road near Merry Hill. A witness says Bell got into fight with another man outside a residence on Farless Road.
The sheriff's office says it's unclear how Bell died. An autopsy scheduled for Monday afternoon should shed more light on how Bell died.
Bell was a registered sex offender convicted in 2005 for taking indecent liberties with a minor.
Alcohol and Law Enforcement agents are investigating along with the sheriff's office. ..Source.. by Wavy.com
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Arrest Made In Murder Of Convicted Sex Offender
8-25-2009 North Carolina:
A convicted sex offender is the victim of homicide in Bertie County. His body was found on a road. Horace Sessoms is now charged with the murder.
A Colerain man has been charged with murder after another Bertie County man was found dead early Monday morning.
46-year-old Horace Sessoms was charged with killing Willie Bell.
The 36-year-old Bell was found on Farless Road near Merry Hill.
A witness says Bell got into fight with another man outside a residence on Farless Road.
The sheriff's office says there is no apparent gunshot wound or blood at the scene so it's unclear how Bell died. An autopsy Monday afternoon should shed more light on how Bell died.
Bell is a registered sex offender, convicted in 2005 for taking indecent liberties with a minor.
Alcohol and Law Enforcement agents are investigating along with the sheriff's office. The sheriff's office got the call about 3:50 a.m. Monday.
ALE has charged the owner of the home, ALE has charged owner of home, Damian Spruill, with selling alcohol without a license.
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A body found in the middle of a road has opened a homicide investigation in Bertie County.
Bertie County Sheriff Greg Atkins says a man's body was found in the middle of Farless Road near Merry Hill early Monday morning.
The name of the victim has not been released, pending notification of family members.
Sheriff Atkins says the investigation so far has led them to believe the victim was in a fight with someone else. However, there are no visible injuries on the body, which is making an early determination of the cause of death difficult.
A passerby found the victim around 4 a.m. Monday, Sheriff Atkins told WITN.
The investigation has led to the development of a suspect, but no arrests have been made yet. ..Source.. by Heather King
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Bertie County Homicide Investigation
8-25-2009 North Carolina:
The Bertie County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year-old Willie Bell of Merry Hill died this morning. Deputies arrested Horace Sessoms for his murder.
In an interview you will see only on 9, the mother of the victim talked about her son with our Parul Joshi.
Glenda Bell says, “God knows I love that boy, that’s my baby I really do love him.“
All Bell wants is for her son Willie to be remembered as his family knew him.
Vilean Mack says, “His personality was real good. When she asked him to do something, mow the grass, he would cook, he would take care of his youngest son at the house.” Mack loved Willie like a grandson. When she spoke with him Sunday night before he left the house she never thought it would be the last time. Mack says, “I told him last night when I saw him, I said ‘Behave yourself and be a good boy’ and he always said ‘Yes ma’am.“
Bertie County Sheriff Greg Atkins says about 6 hours after that conversation, his deputy found Bell lying in the middle of Farless Road near Merry Hill. Atkins says alcohol was being sold illegally here drawing lots of people.
Atkins says, “There was a crowd of people in the area, called and said there was a fight, someone was hurt very bad.“
Witnesses told Atkins Willie Bell and Horace Sessoms got into a fight. Bell’s family says the two were friends, they weren’t close, but they weren’t enemies by any means.
Glenda Bell says, “He’s gone now and I love him, let him rest in peace.“
In the meantime, the Sheriff says Sessoms has been charged with murdering Bell. He is at the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail under no bond. His first court appearance and bond hearing is Wednesday.
Sheriff Atkins says there is no obvious cause of death; they are waiting on lab work. ALE agents charged Damion Spruill with operating that illegal shot house.
The Bertie County Sheriff’s Office has charged 46-year-old Horace Sessoms of Colerain with first degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Willie Mason Bell.
Sheriff Greg Atkins tells 9 On Your Side his department got a call about a body lying in the middle of Farless Road around four this morning. That’s in the eastern part of Bertie County near Merry Hill.
Atkins says based on witness statements, it appears the victim, 36-year-old Willie Mason Bell was involved in a fight with someone, but there are few obvious injuries, making it hard to determine how he was killed.
Sheriff Atkins says bell was a registered sex offender who was convicted in 2005 for indecent liberties with a minor. ..Source.. by Carissa Etters, Executive Producer
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