Raleigh police charge 2nd teen with murder of man found at Raleigh cemetery
Detectives have charged a second teen with murder in the death of a 69-year-old man found seriously injured at a Raleigh cemetery Friday.
Johnathan Daniel Villanueva-Galer, 19, has been taken to jail. Juvenile petitions have also been obtained for a 16-year-old who has been taken into custody.
On Saturday police announced they had charged Maria Pena-Echeverria, 18, with murder in the death of James Lacy Taylor. He was found injured in the 2200 block of State Farm Road. and died at a hospital.
News of the homicide first came from an N.C. State University student crime alert Friday, which said police were investigating and incident at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, next to Schenck Forest. Though not near campus, Schenck Forest is owned and managed by the university.
The killing was not a random act, police spokesperson Laura Hourigan said.
The department is not yet releasing the cause of death, she said, citing the ongoing investigation.”
911 caller saw people leaving cemetery
A 911 caller reported seeing three people run out of the cemetery, according to a recording released by the department Tuesday. The caller said a woman and two men left the scene in a pickup truck and a sedan.
The caller reported approaching the cemetery gate and seeing a pair of black latex gloves, two shoes, a pair of pants and a two-foot wide splatter of blood on the ground.
This story was originally published May 29, 2021 at 9:43 AM.