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Sex Offender Sought in Killing of Police Chief's Daughter
Michael Neal Harvey, 34, is wanted in the murder of 23-year-old Valerie Hamilton
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Michael Neal Harvey, 34 - wanted in the
murder of 23-year-old Valerie Hamilton |
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Sex Offender Sought in Killing of Police Chief's Daughter
Michael Neal Harvey, 34, is wanted in the murder of 23-year-old Valerie Hamilton
AOL News
September 19, 2010
Police in North Carolina are looking for a convicted sex offender wanted in the slaying of a local police chief's daughter.
The body of Valerie Hamilton, 23, was found early this morning in a storage unit in Charlotte, local media reported. Hamilton was a part-time swimming instructor at the Little Otter Swim School in Charlotte and a student at Central Piedmont Community College, WBTV in Charlotte said. The daughter of Concord police Chief Merl Hamilton, she had been missing since early Wednesday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a murder warrant had been issued for the arrest of Michael Neal Harvey, 34, who was believed to be driving a stolen Chevrolet Blazer. A registered sex offender, Harvey was convicted of rape in upstate New York in 1996, WSOC-TV reported.
Investigators declined to disclose how Hamilton died. She was last seen early Wednesday leaving the Thomas Street Tavern with a man thought to be Harvey, the Charlotte Observer reported. Her car, along with her purse and keys, were found in the restaurant's parking lot, a manager told WBTV. |
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"The entire community joins me and the City Council in offering condolences to Chief Hamilton, his wife Susanne, and their daughter," Concord Mayor Scott Padgett said in a written statement
"None of us understand how something like this can happen. The only thing we can do is express our concern for this wonderful family," he said.
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