Friday, February 08, 2008

Patricia Ryan Drive Triple Homicide

Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Huntersville Police Department detectives are continuing to investigate a triple murder and arson that occurred on February 4th. It is a joint investigation because two victims were found murdered inside a burning home on Patricia Ryan Drive, located in Charlotte. A third victim was found by a passing motorist on Howell Ridge Road, located in Huntersville. Police say the two incidents are connected. CMPD has positively identified one of the two victims found inside the burning house on Patricia Ryan Drive as Kevin Ashley Young, 34, also known as "Fergie". Some media outlets have identified the victim as Paul Jenkins, which was an alias. Efforts to identify the second victim found inside the home are continuing. Huntersville Police identified the woman found on Howell Ridge Road as Jasmine Ranae Hines, 18.

Detectives continue working other aspects of the case and are interested in identifying and interviewing the man and vehicle pictured. The van is believed to be a Chevrolet Venture- extended model.
If you have information about the man or van shown in the photos above, please call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or the Huntersville Police Department at 704-875-6542. * View CMPD Press Release

8 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I worked with Kinsasha Wagstaff, one of the victims. She was a wonderful person full of life and always smiling. So sad to see a young woman with a great life and career ahead of her gone so soon.

Anonymous said...

so amazing how they have few leads in this triple murder case that happend over 2 months but yet they found the killer of the 1 white gurl in chaple hill in a matter of days i guess in order for u to get justice in white america u have to be white so sad.......hope they three can find some peace

Anonymous said...

I agree with you completely. 3 people were murdered and other than a few articles here and there the media has barely covered it. There is a PICTURE of a person and a vehicle of interest. So many white females have recieved SO MUCH media attention, Natalie Hollaway, for example. These 3 young people were just trying to do good for themselves. She was a realtor who owned her own home and was putting her niece through college. Not a thug. It's such a shame. Hopefully Americas Most Wanted will catch the creeps that did this so they can finally rest in peace.

Anonymous said...

It's amazing how everything has to turn to race. As an ex-police officer that is black these post are ridiculous. I hear the race card often and shake my head in shame. I never witnessed any differential treatment in any case because of the victim or suspects race. Could it just be that the evidence wasn't there? Obviously this was a professional hit, you can tell that by the way it was done even if you have no law enforcement training. Give the investigators a chance and quit using race in this country to keep the past alive.

Anonymous said...

Thank you officer! I know several CMPD Officers/Detectives and from what I have seen EVERY CASE IS WORKED THE SAME! I known officers who worked tirelessly on a murder of a BLACK MALE (who had a record a MILE long)..his murder was solved in a matter of weeks!! He RECEIVED the same if not MORE attention as anyone else, race was NOT what solved his murder, dedication and evidence and hard work!

Anonymous said...

I am 6:14pm and I want to be very clear that in no way was I trying to play the race card. Just so you know, I am a middle- class WHITE female. I just think had this happened in Myers Park or Ballantyne it would have at the very least recieved more media attention.

sState Property Bonding Co. said...

Wow pay attention folks! Im a local bondsman raised in one of Charlottes most violent hoods and it never goes down like this! This was a hit if I ever seen one luckily no children were in the house. No one was spared you never know what the man next to you is up to, the # 1 rule in life watch the company you keep. In this case I think it was a large sum of money or drugs were involved. Sorry folks but its a no brainer.

State Property Bonding Co. said...

Its the Bondsman again Im willing to bet my bottom dollar that the van is a rental by looking at the suspects clothing fly and flashy urban wear I would bet a dollar to a doughnut his personal vehicle is the same way. The big question is did they get gas that will determine whether they were locals or out of towners. And they were out of towners my guess is this will remain UNSOLVED sorry folks