ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (AP) - Four North Carolina men are facing charges after a police officer who pulled their car over for speeding found a body in the trunk.
The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office said a Roanoke Rapids police officer stopped the car around 1 a.m. Monday.
Authorities said the officer found the body of 23-year-old Trevon Quantavius Fields of Roanoke Rapids in the trunk of the car.
Ralik Robinson, 22, Trevathann Myquan Shearin, 20, and Shantron Avondre Person, 20 all of Roanoke Rapids, and Deluntae Jaequon Squire, 23, of Halifax, were all arrested and charged with murder.
They are being held without bond and scheduled for court appearances on Wednesday.
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