An autopsy report obtained from the Observer of an elderly woman who was killed at the end of last year shows she was shot in the head and left in her home for a long time.
In December, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responding to a welfare call discovered Imogene Yongue, 89, dead in her home in the 6100 block of Vernedale Road.
Imogene Yongue’s son, William Henry Yongue, 56, was in the home at the time. The woman and her son lived in the home.
According to the autopsy, police found Yongue in the home’s basement covered with a tarp. Although there was no mention of how long the woman’s body had been down there, the autopsy reported signs of body decomposition.
William Yongue was charged with first-degree murder after several hours of questioning, police said.
Imogene “Jean” Yongue graduate from Atlanta’s Spelman College. She and her late husband, William Henry Yongue Jr., held doctorate degrees at Virginia Tech, and she had been an educator for a long time. Imogene was also a Johnson C. Smith University supporter and Myers Society donor at the school.
Duke University officials asked both Imogene and her husband to be on a 1999 interview series, “Behind the Veil,” talking with African-Americans about the Jim Crow laws era.
