Calif. man indicted in 4 Va. bludgeoning deaths
Killings were in September.
The Associated Press
WFLS News
Date published: 11/3/2009
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) - An aspiring California rapper has been
indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of four people
found bludgeoned to death at a central Virginia home in September.
The Prince Edward County Circuit Court indictments were returned
for 20-year-old Richard "Sam" McCroskey of Castro Valley, Calif.
McCroskey is charged in the Sept. 18 deaths of his girlfriend,
16-year-old Emma Niederbrock; her parents, 50-year-old Presbyterian
minister Mark Niederbrock and 53-year-old Longwood University
professor Debra Kelley; and Emma's friend, 18-year-old Melanie
Wells of Inwood, W.Va. Their bodies were found in a home in
Farmville.
McCroskey met Emma Niederbrock online through their interest in
so-called "horrorcore" music and flew to Virginia on Sept. 6 to
meet her.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Date published: 11/3/2009
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