Starting Tuesday, a judge tasked with determining an appropriate punishment will begin to hear evidence in a case that garnered international attention. The judge will have to weigh factors such as Self s mental health at the time against the fact he killed two people who trusted him.
Realistically, the 65-year-old Self could face a minimum of 12 years in prison or up to 70 years, minus the almost three years he has spent in jail awaiting his fate, said his defense attorney, Rick Beam.
From suicide to homicide
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Self went to Shooter s Express in Mount Holly and purchased a handgun. When he bought the gun, he had thoughts of suicide or homicide toward his own family, according to a search warrant affidavit connected to the case.
Tiffany Petty has been standing on faith since her grandfather Bobby Ray s brush with death in a Bessemer City street more than six weeks ago.
That faith was rewarded on Easter Sunday. All it took was him simply squeezing her hand from his hospital bed. That was a big improvement for me and for him because that s something I haven t felt from him since he s been in there, Petty said. It s indescribable.
Ray, 71, was struck by a car the night of Feb. 22 shortly after 8 p.m. as he was attempting to cross West Virginia Avenue and take his grandson home after the boy s martial arts practice.
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