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2 men charged in 30-year-old Statesville cold case murder, robbery

STATESVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Two men are facing charges in connection to a 1992 murder and robbery at a home in Statesville, according to the Statesville Police Department. Police Ch…

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2 men charged in 30-year-old Statesville cold case murder, robbery​

by: Mike Andrews
Posted: Nov 11, 2022 / 11:58 PM EST
Updated: Nov 11, 2022 / 11:58 PM EST
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STATESVILLE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Two men are facing charges in connection to a 1992 murder and robbery at a home in Statesville, according to the Statesville Police Department.
Police Chief David Onley announced on August 4, 2022, that 50-year-old Reaco Wesley Burton and 54-year-old Sheldon Demetrius Summers would face several charges related to the shooting.

Reaco Wesley Burton, Sheldon Demetrius Summers (photos by NCDPS, Statesville Police)
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In 1992, Willie Gene Allison, 38, and Michael Scott III, 37, were shot and killed during a robbery at a home on Washington Street.
A third man was also shot, but survived, police said.
Burton is already serving a 62-year sentence in state prison for an unrelated homicide, robbery and assault in Iredell County, officials said.

Summers was arrested on August 16 during a traffic stop in New Jersey. He was extradited to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.
Both men are facing charges of two counts of murder, one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and four counts of armed robbery.

 

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Bring them justice: Allison thinks arrests in 30-year-old double slaying will give hope to other families

It has taken nearly 30 years for the families affected by a 1992 double slaying and robbery to get close to receiving justice as a pair of arrests was recently

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Bring them justice: Allison thinks arrests in 30-year-old double slaying will give hope to other families​

• Ben Gibson
• Sep 7, 2022 Updated Oct 16, 2022

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It has taken nearly 30 years for the families affected by a 1992 double slaying and robbery to get close to receiving justice as a pair of arrests was recently made.
Doris Allison, the sister of one of the victims, Willie Gene Allison, is grateful but hopes other families connected to unsolved crimes don’t have to wait as long as she and her family have.
“Right now, we are grateful that they made a second arrest. Now we’re waiting for the outcome,” Allison said.
There is no guarantee at the eventual trial of the suspects, Reaco Wesley Burton, 50, and Sheldon Demetrius Summers, 54, that they will be found guilty of the charges they face; Doris Allison knows that suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty. But it is a chance for justice for Willie Allison and Michael Scott III, the two who were killed, Kirk Douglas Gray, who was injured, and four others, who were robbed.

 

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Michael Scott III, 37

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