Asheboro man charged in rock quarry killing facing robbery charges Carrie Hodgin, WFMY News 2 Digital
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An Asheboro man charged with murder in the death of a man whose body was discovered in a rock quarry is facing additional charges.
The Randolph Sheriff’s Office said Branson Raye Lambert, 21, is facing robbery charges in a separate case.
Investigators said on Feb. 7 the Asheboro Police Department conducted a search of his house on Farr Street. Police said they found evidence linking him to a robbery that occurred at the GH Mart. During their investigation they also discovered Lambert was a suspect in a homicide case that occurred following the robbery.
Asheboro man charged in rock quarry killing facing robbery charges
The Randolph Sheriff’s Office said Branson Raye Lambert, 21, is facing robbery charges in a separate case. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 6:08 PM EST March 2, 2021 Updated: 6:29 PM EST March 2, 2021
ASHEBORO, N.C. An Asheboro man charged with murder in the death of a man whose body was discovered in a rock quarry is facing additional charges.
The Randolph Sheriff’s Office said Branson Raye Lambert, 21, is facing robbery charges in a separate case.
Investigators said on Feb. 7 the Asheboro Police Department conducted a search of his house on Farr Street. Police said they found evidence linking him to a robbery that occurred at the GH Mart. During their investigation they also discovered Lambert was a suspect in a homicide case that occurred following the robbery.
Asheboro man’s body discovered in rock quarry, 2 arrested in case
Police said Dillion Wirt, 23, was killed Sunday in Asheboro but his body was discovered Monday by dive teams at the Glendon Pyrophyllite Rock Quarry. Author: Carrie Hodgin (WFMY News 2 Digital) Published: 4:18 PM EST February 10, 2021 Updated: 4:21 PM EST February 10, 2021
MOORE COUNTY, N.C. Divers recovered the body of an Asheboro man who was killed from a rock quarry.
Police said Dillion Wirt, 23, was killed Sunday in Asheboro but his body was discovered Monday by dive teams at the Glendon Pyrophyllite Rock Quarry in Moore County.
Police were called around at 2:13 a.m. to the 400 block of E. Salisbury Street for reports of a person being shot.
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) A 21-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman are behind bars in Virginia accused of being part of a murder in Asheboro.
Branson Raye Lambert, 21, is accused of killing Dillion Zayne Wirt, 23. Lambert and Wirt are both from Asheboro.
The Asheboro Police Department said Wirt was shot and killed Sunday sometime before 2 a.m.
Branson Raye Lambert (Source: Asheboro Police Department)
Evidence suggested a violent crime happened at a home in the city. That evidence and interviews with witnesses led police to begin searching for Wirt s body at the former Glendon Pyrophyllite Rock Quarry in Moore County.