Police have a picture of a person of interest in the case.
CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is hoping national attention from America’s Most Wanted will help solve the murders of three people last February.
Investigators discovered two of the three bodies inside a burned home off Patricia Ryan Drive on February 4, before finding the third in Huntersville hours later. Police have a picture of a person of interest, and are hoping the added attention from America’s Most Wanted will help break the case.
Those found inside the home were identified as 34-year-old Kevin Young, who had been shot and had his throat slashed, and 33-year-old Kinsasha Wagstaff, who had been stabbed. Wagstaff’s 18-year-old niece Jasmine Hines was located later, having died after being shot.
"Whatever caused their death or whatever brought the suspects to their home, we don't know yet,” said Det. Phil Rainwater with the CMPD. “That's going to be the major thing of getting this person identified and speaking with him and the people he may know. That's the key to all this."
CMPD says it has exhausted almost every lead in a three-month-old investigation. America’s Most Wanted might help change things around.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is hoping national attention from America’s Most Wanted will help solve the murders of three people last February.
“This was a heinous, horrific, terrible, evil crime,” said Angeline Hartmann, a correspondent for America’s Most Wanted. “And if I could share with you what we know about the details regarding this case, you would be horrified."
Officials with the show say they have millions of viewers, and some one watching may be able to help. That’s why they’ve come to Charlotte.
"It helps us determine how we're going to cover a story to actually be at the crime scene and get the most information that we can,” said Hartmann. “It's going to help us to walk through these certain areas, actually go through the house, see where the victims were found."
Police circulated a picture of a man they say bought several items relevant to the case. Leads stopped coming in to the department about the man in question, and America’s Most Wanted was asked to help bring national attention to the situation.
“The release we have this far didn't produce the hopeful outcome,” said Rainwater. “That's why we're branching out, reached out to America’s Most Wanted.”
Police say they do not feel this was a random act of violence, and are also looking for more than one suspect.