Bond Set For Three In Fatal Bluefield Drive By Shooting
A Mercer County judge set a $50,000 bond for Lorenzo Valentine Corey Thornhill and Ronell Worth three men arrested in the March 28 fatal drive by in Bluefield that left Lowell Brown 34 dead. James E French 22 remains held without bond for unrelated charges awaiting April 13 sentencing. Brown reportedly did not know the shooters who fled after an argument at a party.
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John Frazier
Lorenzo Valentine
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James E. “Jay” French
Lowell Brown
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Brown
Man in Fairmont convicted of manslaughter in shooting son-in-law
FAIRMONT AP A Ninington man, James Eddie Smith, 59, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for shooting his son-in-law Charles Knight, 40, in February 1997. Knight, who was married to Smith's estranged wife Elizabeth, was shot in the back as he walked to a tractor trailer, then another shot to the head. The defense had sought first degree murder. Smith could face up to 15 years in prison. Elizabeth Knight had filed for divorce a week before the shooting. testimony included Knight's heavy drinking, drug use, and past abuse of his wife, with one daughter recounting a prior alleged drugging and assault.
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Mannington
James
Eddie” Smith
Charles Knight
Metz
Marion County
James Hearst
Smith
Knight
Elizabeth
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