A pet duck led police to solve the case of a missing North Carolina grandmother who vanished over two years ago. The result was murder charges against the victim’s granddaughter and grandson-in-law.
Angela Wamsley, 46, and Mark Barnes, 50, were charged with first-degree murder Thursday in the death of Wamsley’s grandmother, Nellie Sullivan, 91.
Sullivan disappeared some time in 2020 and although police do not have a date of when she was killed, they believe she’s been dead for years.
Charges were brought on to Wamsley and Barnes in 2022 for concealing a death. However, no one was ever charged in her murder. A body was never discovered.
A breakthrough in the case came on April 14, when a pet duck ran under a trailer, sparking the owner’s interest. The owner then discovered a container holding Sullivan’s body.
Authorities then charged both Wamsley and Barnes with first-degree murder.
