A 17-year-old suspect has been recognized within the deaths of two youngsters who have been discovered shot over the weekend, a North Carolina sheriff introduced Tuesday. A juvenile petition has been filed towards a 17-year-old for 2 counts of first-degree homicide within the deaths of Devin Clark, 18, and Lyric Woods, 14, Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood stated in a information launch.
Blackwood did not launch the title of the suspect, who was not in custody as of Wednesday, WTVD reported.
"We aren't resting till he's in our custody in Orange County," Blackwood stated. "Till then, our heads are down, and we're working towards that finish."
Woods and Clark have been reported lacking over the weekend and have been discovered lifeless outdoors Hillsborough on Sunday afternoon, CBS affiliate WNCB-TV reported.
A murder investigation was opened after the our bodies of Woods and Clark have been found Sunday afternoon by ATV riders in western Orange County, the station reported.
Investigators are ready for the State Medical Examiner's Workplace to formally affirm their identities and reason for loss of life, Blackwood stated.
Household and buddies on Tuesday visited the positioning the place the 2 teenagers have been discovered lifeless, and WNCN-TV spoke with Whitney Oliver, a pal of Clark's household who drove in from Caswell County.
"It will not carry them again," Oliver stated.
