| March 28,
2003 |
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| Parolee
Killed; Sister Charged with His Murder |
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Kathy P. Gantt |
A man recently
released from prison for killing his father was stabbed to death early this
morning, and his sister has been jailed for the murder.
After the
apparent domestic situation which left several people injured, Kathy Piercy
Gantt, 30, of 2212 Highway 70 East, Morganton, was arrested and charged in the
death of Johnny Berl Wilson, Jr., 37. She will have a first court appearance
this morning. |
According to
detectives, the Burke County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call at 11:48 p.m.
Thursday night stating that several people had been stabbed and cut at the
residence of Patricia Wilson. The house is located behind a convenience store
at the intersection of Highway 70 and Burke Memorial Park Road.
Patricia
Wilson is reportedly the mother of Johnny Wilson and Kathy Gantt. |
Johnny B. Wilson, Jr. |
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| Deputies and emergency services personnel
responded and found Gantt and John Harold McDaris, 37, of 420 Hickory Airport
Road, suffering from cuts and stab wounds. Johnny Wilson was dead at the scene,
detectives said. Several weapons were reportedly seized from the Wilson
home. |
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| Gantt and McDaris were transported to Grace
Hospital for their injuries. Gantt was treated and released by the hospital.
McDaris was rushed into surgery and his condition is undetermined at the time
of this press release. |
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| Detectives are still investigating, but the
initial motive appears to be domestic related, according to Burke County
Sheriff John T. McDevitt. |
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| Authorities allege Johnny Wilson got into an
argument with his girlfriend at the residence, and Gantt and Patricia Wilson
attempted to intervene. Patricia Wilson reportedly left the home and
walked to the convenience store to call for help when an altercation began
between her daughter and son. |
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| Johnny Wilson was released from prison nine
months ago for the the 1991 murder of his father in Longview, detectives said.
He reportedly received a twenty-five year sentence in Burke County Superior
Court in May, 1992. |
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| Kathy Gantt remains in the Burke Catawba
District Confinement Facility under no bond and awaits her first court
appearance today. |
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