Autopsy Shows Body Found In
Town Creek Was Murder Victim
RV FRIC CARLSON
An autopsv has revealed that a body found floating in
Town Creek recently was that of a 20-year-old Wil
mington man who died as a result of having his throat
slit. Brunswick County Sheriff John Carr Davis said
Monday.
Brunswick detectives. State Bureau of Investigation
agents and the Wilmington Police Department are look
ing into the murder of Brian Keith Smith, a graduate of
South Brunsick High School, whose partially clothed
body was discovered bv fishermen on May 8.
Although Smith was found about 10 miles up the
creek from the Cape Fear River, investigators arc still
unsure where the murder occurred and have not ruled
out the possibility that the killing happened in New
Hanover County. Detectivc Capt. Phil Perry said
Monday.
Thev arc also checking on the whereabouts of a
British ship that recently left Wilmington en route to
Norfolk. Va.
Smith was last seen at around midnight May 1 outside
the Barbary Coast bar on Front Street in Wilminton.
where he had been in (he company of one or more crew
members from the .ship. Perry said.
"It's just one of the many things we're looking into,"
Perry said. "We're also inverviewing his friends and
family and people who he may have come in contact
with, it's going to be a long process of elimination. We
have no suspects yet.
"At this time we aren't sure where the murder took
place." Perry said. "Considering the tides and the cur
rents and the wind, it could have happened he rc or in
Wilmington or on board a ship."
Police have been using hoats, airplanes and ground
crews to search areas along Town Creek and the Cape
Fear River in hopes of finding some evidence of the
murder site. They have had no luck so far. Perry said.
The investigation is continuing. Detectives have ob
tained a crcw list ftom the British ship and may schedule
interviews with some of its crew members. Perry said.
Anyone who saw Smith on the night he was killed or
who has any other information about the case should
call the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department at 1
800-672-6379.
Bolivia Man Charged With
Shooting At Vehicle Sunday
A dispute over a woman allegedly
led a Bolivia man to shoot at a car
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morning, according to a crime report
on file at the Brunswick County
Sheriff* s Department Monday.
The victim. Timothy Hollins, 23.
of Hollins Way. told deputy Richard
I x>ng that he was driving north on
U.S. 17 at about 8 a.m. when he said
he saw a man and heard a gunshot.
Hollins said he sped off to elude the
assailant, then turned around to re
turn home, the report said.
Hollins told Long that as he drove
down C 'herry Tree Road, he met the
man again and was run off the pave
ment into a ditch.
Hollins said the man shot at him
through the front windshield glass of
his own vehiele and into the right
tail light of Hollins' 1981 Chevrolet
Monte Carlo, causing an undeter
mined amount of damage.
Okcy E. Palmorc. 33, of Ocean
Highway. Bolivia, has been charged
with discharging a firearm into an
occupied vehicle, according to a
warrant on file at the Brunswick
County Clerk of Court's office.
In other crime reports:
? An 18-carat gold and diamond
necklace was reported stolen by a
woman who told Deputy Michael
Weldrick that her daughter took it
off while using a tanning bed at a lo
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reportedly removed the necklace and
put it on a shelf while using the tan
ning bed and returned a few hours
later to find it missing.
? Someone apparently crawled
through the window of a home on
CRIME REPORT
Makatoka Road in Supply recenlty
and stole a 12-gaugc shotgun and a
.243-calibcr Remington rifle. The
homeowner toid Deputy Jerry Gray
that the weapons were removed
from her son's bedroom. They were
valued at about $800.
? A color television, a microwave
oven and a stereo system valued al
about $660 were stolen in a break-in
at a home in Cypress Lakes, off
Sunset Harbor Road, sometime in
the past three weeks. The owner told
Deputy Rebekah McDonald that he
arrived at the residence Friday even
ing to find that the back door had
been pried open, in addition to the
stolen items, the man discovered
that his refrigerator had been left
open. There was about S300 damage
to the door and assorted food, the re
port said.
? Deputy Malcolm Long investi
gated a break-in (hat occvurrcu ai a
home on Bricklanding Road, Shal
lotte, Friday night. A woman who
lives there said that she returned
home at about 2:20 p.m. to find that
someone had forced their way in
through a rear door and disturbed
things throughout the residence.
Missing was a compact disc p'ayer,
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a wiuivm iticptiuiiv., a p?u iivvn
lace and four knives valued at a total
of $603. Damage was estimated to
be about S1S0.
? About S27S worth of fishing
tackle was reported stolen from the
bed of a pickup truck parked in the
front yard of a house on Buckeye
Road in Leland Saturday night. The
27-ycHf-o!d man wht> own *s the
truck told Deputy Richard Long that
he parked the vehicle at about 10
p.m. and returned at about 3 p.m. the
next day to find five rods and reels
missing.
? Someone apparently used a
crowbar to open the hack door of an
86-year-old woman's home on Shell
Point Road last week. The thief or
thieves made off with a television
valued at about S200, according to
Deputy Lewis Ward. The break-in is
believed to have occurred sometime
between Thursday and Saturday.
? The owner of a home on Piggott
Road reported the theft of her son's
bicycle from beneath her carport last
weekend. The bike was disctibed as
a Murray i ii- speed, fiuresceni red in
color with flurescent yellow handle
bars. Deputy Malcolm Long estimat
ed its value at $98.
South High PTSA
To Meet May 26
The South Brunswick High
School Parent Teacher Student
Association (PTSA) will meet
Thursday, May 26, at the high
school at Boiling Spring Lakes start
ing at 6:30 p.m.
President Robert Creech snid the
PTSA will present academic
achievement awards ui Muucnis,
hear a French class presentation, and
elect officers for 1994-95.
For more information call Creech
at 457-5633.
Ifian/Qjou for your '
vote and. support in
the <Mau 3rd
Primary.
Don Warren
County
Commissioner
District 1
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