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Delivery driver was stabbed
The couple charged with abducting 24-year-old Yong Hui Zhang have not been
charged with murder, but they were arraigned this morning on other charges.
Date published: 7/8/2008
BY ELLEN BILTZ
Yong Hui Zhang was stabbed to death in the chest, police said today.
After a multiple-day autopsy by the Medical Examiner in Richmond, it was
determined that the body recovered Sunday morning in Sussex County did belong to Zhang and the stab wound was the cause of death.
Zhang also had head trauma, said Natatia Bledsoe, of the Fredericksburg
Police Department.
However, she said, the medical examiner could not determine whether the head
wound was caused by a blunt object or Zhang’s head hitting the concrete slab
outside the Charles Street house where he was said to be abducted and his
blood was later found.
Police did confirm that the head wound occurred sometime during the initial
abduction, but the location in which the stabbing took place could not be
identified.
It could have been anywhere along the route from Fredericksburg to Sussex,
where his body was found in a deserted wooded area.
The couple charged with abducting the 24-year-old delivery man have not been
charged with murder, but they were arraigned this morning on other charges
and are set to go before a judge for a joint preliminary hearing Aug. 7.
Jermaine Lamont Montgomery, 34, and Marcey Odessa White, 36, were arraigned
today in Fredericksburg General District Court on charges including
abduction, carjacking, credit card theft and conspiracy.
White was appointed the public defender’s office and Montgomery will be
represented by Tara-Beth Coleman.
The arraignment was done by closed-circuit video and Judge John Stevens said
both Montgomery and White will remain at Rappahannock Regional Jail under no
bond.
Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424
ebiltz@freelancestar.com
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Date published: 7/8/2008
Most recent reader comments:
I am out of words
(posted by
marceron
, July 9, 2008 12:06 am)
about this terrible loss of life.I get out of bed and go straight to my computer hoping for good news and all I see are these terrilbe pictures of these sick thugs.How would they feel if someone did this to their family.Ihave a scanner and I heard the call come in.I was terrified.I couldn't go to bed.All I did was pray to god this man is safe.I don't know what all they were saying but it sure wasn't good.We moved here 30 yrs ago from up north so we could raise or children in a beautiful city of Fred'.
CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL
(posted by
insrchofpeace
, July 8, 2008 8:15 pm)
I PROPOSE A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL IN MEMORY OF YONG HUI ZHANG. THIS WAS A TRAGEDY FOR SO MANY - THE ZHANG FAMILY AND ALL COMMUNITIES INVOLVED AND OR AFFECTED. LET'S SHOW OUR COMPASSION AND COME TOGEHTER AS ONE. THIS TYPE OF SENSELESS ACT IS NOT WELCOME IN MY COMMUNITY OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY FOR THAT MATTER - LET'S REMEMBER YONG AND HIS FAMILY BY COMING TOGETHER AND EXTENDING OUR DEEPEST REGRETS AND RESPECTS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT PERIDOT8803@COX.NET IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART OF A PEACEFUL EVENT.
Glad to see more compassionate opinions than a few days ago. The flowers and cards outside the restaurant are a great show of community support and sympathy for the Zhang family, our neighbors, who are suffering this senseless and most tragic loss. THANK YOU to the Fburg police for their selfless pursuit and capture of the culprits. Well done! Still, I am saddened...and just hope and pray that the Zhang family can someday find peace in happy memories of their son...
Send them to the PG county jail
(posted by
whatusmokin
, July 8, 2008 7:38 pm)
Yong Hui Zhang May God Keep You Safe and Close to Him
(posted by
imready
, July 8, 2008 6:01 pm)
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