Earl Valentine
Earl Valentine
Earl Valentine from Warren County, North Carolina is on the run after admitting to have shot and killed his wife and 15 year-old son. [1]
Murder & Confession
Valentine admits:
"She lied on me, had warrants taken out on me.
She drug me all the way down to nothing... I loved my wife, but she deserved what she had coming... I know a lot of y'all are going to be disappointed in me, but it was something that had to be done"
Norlina Police Chief Taylor Bartholomew has stated that a call was actually received from his dying 15 year-old son, Earl Valentine Jr., reporting the death of his mother by his father Earl.
Young earl was shot in the chest by his father - it was a dying declaration.
Earl Valentine relatives have been placed under protection.
Fugitive The authorities have stated that Valentine appears suicidal and dangerous.
He has stated that he will avoid prison at all costs and is packed with a pistol and rifle as he makes his travels.
He was last seen in a dark colored SUV, and that his cell-phone has been turned off.
The Federal Bureau Investigation Fugitive task force and US Marshals are involved in the case. They consider Valentine armed and dangerous.
He is facing a first-degree murder charge in his son's death.
Suicide
North Carolina Police traced Velentine's cellphone to Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday where police say the killer was visiting is father's grave.
Officers then tracked Valentine to Columbia, South Carolina, where U.S. Marshals found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a motel.