Dakota Valkyrie
February 16th, 2009, 10:18 PM
http://i41.tinypic.com/2dv54iq.jpgState troopers investigating a car found in a swamp found the owner, Lola Nye, badly beaten Sunday in her home about three miles away.
Robeson County resident Jerry Jacobs said that he had spotted the car around 4:30 p.m. and thought it looked like someone had ditched the vehicle there.
"The front part of the car, the wheels and the headlights, were submerged. The headlights were still on. The radio was playing," Jacobs said.
Jacobs called 911, and a state trooper responded. The driver's-side door was open, and the trooper found the owner's registration.
"We found out who owned the car. We came to her home to check it out," Sheriff Kenneth Sealey said.
Inside the house, the trooper found Nye, 80, in a pool of blood.
"She had been beaten severely," said Sealey, adding that the crime took place in Nye's home, where she lives alone. Detectives think that someone robbed Nye and stole her car.
Nye was taken to a local hospital and was alert and able to talk to investigators, the sheriff said. Overnight, however, she was airlifted to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, where her condition was not available Monday afternoon.
Sealey said that such violence is almost unheard of in Orrum, a community of 80 people.
Investigators said they expect to make an arrest soon.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4547306/
Robeson County resident Jerry Jacobs said that he had spotted the car around 4:30 p.m. and thought it looked like someone had ditched the vehicle there.
"The front part of the car, the wheels and the headlights, were submerged. The headlights were still on. The radio was playing," Jacobs said.
Jacobs called 911, and a state trooper responded. The driver's-side door was open, and the trooper found the owner's registration.
"We found out who owned the car. We came to her home to check it out," Sheriff Kenneth Sealey said.
Inside the house, the trooper found Nye, 80, in a pool of blood.
"She had been beaten severely," said Sealey, adding that the crime took place in Nye's home, where she lives alone. Detectives think that someone robbed Nye and stole her car.
Nye was taken to a local hospital and was alert and able to talk to investigators, the sheriff said. Overnight, however, she was airlifted to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, where her condition was not available Monday afternoon.
Sealey said that such violence is almost unheard of in Orrum, a community of 80 people.
Investigators said they expect to make an arrest soon.http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4547306/