Man Killed Ex-Girlfriend, Another Man In Anson Co. Double Homicide

James Thomas Smith

James Thomas Smith

ANSON COUNTY, N.C. – A man is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and another man in Anson County late Sunday night.

The Anson County Sheriff’s Office said the murders happened around 11:30 p.m. at a home on Gin Lane.

James Thomas Smith is accused of killing 49-year-old Daisy Coleman Melton and 58-year-old Larry Thomas Lindsey, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deptuies said Smith stabbed Melton several times and shot Lindsey one time during a dispute.

Smith has been charged with two counts of first degree murder.

Anson County Sheriff Tommy Allen said the two murders appeared to be a domestic dispute.

“According to information we have received, the suspect Smith was a former boyfriend, who was actually removed from the residence by Sheriff’s Deputies back in August. The male victim appears to have been shot while in bed.  The female was found just outside the residence.  We have recovered a handgun and knife we believed used in this crime.  Suspect Smith was at the residence when deputies arrived and was taken into custody without incident,” Allen said.

Sheriff’s records show deputies had answered several domestic calls at this residence involving Smith and Melton in the past.

According to court records, Smith was given a 15 year sentence in 1992 for second degree murder in the death his wife in Wadesboro.  He was released from the North Carolina Department of Corrections in 1997.

He is being held in the Anson County Jail under no bond.

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