The household of a Black man discovered lifeless in North Carolina with a rope round his neck underneath a tree are demanding solutions and transparency from authorities, who say there have been no indicators of foul play.
The Vance county sheriff’s workplace, in the meantime, issued a press release on Wednesday saying an examination by the North Carolina chief medical expert’s workplace has decided that there have been no defensive wounds or indicators of bodily or sexual assault. Full post-mortem outcomes, together with a willpower on reason behind loss of life and toxicology, have been nonetheless pending.
Detectives discovered 21-year-old Javion Magee lifeless beneath a tree with the rope round his neck on 11 September in Henderson, 40 miles (64.4km) north-east of Raleigh, in accordance with a press release from the sheriff’s workplace. A 911 caller had reported the physique.
Legal professionals for Magee’s household addressed reporters on Wednesday to demand solutions after they met earlier within the day with the sheriff and his command employees.
“That is an absolute tragedy regardless of the way it panned out. The information are nonetheless working their approach out, however we do know that he was discovered hanging from a tree,” mentioned lawyer Harry Daniels.
He mentioned that the reason for loss of life had not been decided, and it was untimely to recommend that it was a suicide.
The sheriff’s workplace launched an in depth timeline on Wednesday. Magee, who was a business truck driver from Illinois, had come to North Carolina after selecting up a load of products in Pennsylvania. He unloaded his truck at a Walmart distribution middle in Henderson on the afternoon of 10 September. That night, Magee was seen on surveillance video shopping for rope at an space Walmart.
On his approach out from the Walmart car parking zone, Magee was seen stepping out of the truck at hand cash to a homeless particular person outdoors the doorway. Authorities interviewed the homeless particular person, who mentioned Magee gave them $228.
The sheriff’s workplace says that Magee advised the homeless particular person: “I don’t understand how a lot it’s, but when I had extra I might give it to you.”
He later parked his truck in a mud lot of an area enterprise. Surveillance confirmed him strolling alone in direction of a line of timber with an object in his hand shortly earlier than 7pm, earlier than returning to his truck. Later, at about 7.30pm, surveillance video confirmed him strolling alone again towards the timber, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace. He was not seen strolling again. Authorities obtained a 911 name reporting his physique the following morning at about 10am.
Investigators mentioned they discovered Magee in a seated place with the rope tied round his neck and the opposite finish round a tree department. The model of rope was one bought by Walmart, and a detective used packaging to find out that the rope had been bought by Magee yesterday, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.
His truck was discovered unlocked along with his pockets and cellphone inside, together with a Walmart receipt for the rope matching the date and time of the surveillance footage. The sheriff’s workplace has obtained warrants looking for to extra totally entry his telephone.
Magee’s mom, Tiara Roberson, advised the Related Press in a telephone interview final week that she obtained a name from an investigator on 11 September that her son was discovered lifeless that morning. However sure particulars from investigators on the circumstances of her son’s loss of life involved Roberson.
She mentioned the investigator advised her they’d a recording of Magee going to Walmart to purchase a rope and the proof they’d accessible in the end pointed to suicide. The household mentioned they and their legal professionals felt that the conclusion could be untimely.
Shortly after discovering out about his son’s loss of life, Javion’s father, Kori Magee, contacted the proprietor of the property the place his son was discovered, Roberson mentioned. One of many man’s employees discovered Magee’s physique and reported it, Roberson mentioned. The proprietor additionally advised Kori Magee that Javion was with somebody on the property, however that particular person was unknown, Roberson mentioned.
Magee had by no means made a supply in Henderson earlier than final week, in accordance with the trucking firm he labored for. It was additionally the 21-year-old’s first trucking job – one he was employed for after getting his business driver’s license earlier this 12 months, in accordance with investigators.
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