Man and woman found dead after home break-in, NC sheriff says. Suspect arrested
A welfare check led to the scene of a double murder in Lexington, and investigators suspect the crime is linked to a home break-in.
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The dead have been identified as Susie Kiger, 51, and Joshua Purvis, 40, and both lived at the home on Cedar Grove Drive, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office reported in a June 29 news release. Details of how they died have not been released.
The bodies were discovered around 7:45 a.m. Monday, after someone called 911 to report an individual “claimed to have broken into the residence and killed two people.”
“Deputies then conducted a welfare check at 48 Cedar Grove Drive … after finding the exterior doors unsecured,” the sheriff’s office said. “During their search of the residence, deputies discovered two deceased adults inside the residence.”
Deputies also located 38-year-old Cade Addison Hyskell of Winston-Salem in a neighboring yard, and he was arrested on accusations of failing “to comply with deputies’ lawful commands,” the sheriff’s office said.
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Hyskell was later identified as a suspect in the killings, and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree burglary, officials said. He is being held without bond.
An arrest warrant reports Hyskell entered the home “with the intent to commit a felony.”
Details of a motive in the killings have not been released.
“Autopsies will be conducted by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner at a later date,” the sheriff’s office said.
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Lexington is about a 60-mile drive northeast from uptown Charlotte.
