HENDERSON, N.C. (WTVD) — Relations of a Chicago man who was discovered lifeless in Vance County, and the general public are calling for transparency from authorities through the investigation.
Javion Magee, a 21-year-old truck driver from Aurora, Illinois, simply exterior Chicago, was discovered lifeless in a rural space off Vanco Mill Street on Wednesday in Vance County. Investigators stated he was not removed from his truck, leaning together with his again up towards a tree and a rope round his neck.
Magee was in Henderson making a supply to the Walmart distribution middle.
“The household said that Javion is a loving, loving buddy. Good to be round. You recognize, he by no means had any disturbing points like that,” stated the household’s consultant, Candice Matthews. “He beloved his household. You recognize, he beloved simply having fun with himself. And he beloved being a truck driver. That was what he beloved to do. So it is like all people is confused proper now, like, what is that this?”
Matthews shared the newest ideas of Javion’s closest family members, saying their world is in turmoil after they stated the Vance County Sheriff’s referred to as them and stated he died by suicide.
Nevertheless, Sheriff Curtis Brame stated there was no signal of foul play, although the investigation is ongoing.
A search warrant confirmed that Magee was seen on video shopping for a rope on the Walmart on Cooper Drive in Henderson — apparently the identical rope discovered together with his physique.
In that video, Magee used the self-checkout and was sporting the identical garments he was later present in. Twelve minutes later, he was seen coming into the Hampton Inn on Smash Creek Street after which leaving a couple of minutes later. An affiliate on the lodge instructed ABC11 off-camera they did not have any rooms obtainable that evening.
He then drove to Vanco Mill Street the place surveillance video confirmed his truck pulling in and Magee strolling away.
Simply after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, a 911 name led deputies to Magee’s physique.
Civil rights activists and other people locally are additionally searching for readability and for footage to be shared with the household.
“Transparency. You recognize, that is what should be demanded on this case,” stated activist the Rev. William Barber II. “What we should first do is locate out what occurred, and there should be reality and transparency and nothing much less. You can’t — while you discover African-People with a rope round their neck at a base of a tree — and dismiss that within the South; significantly with the historical past and that type of violence within the South and what it has usually been.”
Brame instructed ABC11 that the state lawyer common and the State Bureau of Investigation are concerned within the case. He added {that a} reason for demise has not been decided however as of now, there have been no apparent indicators that he was making an attempt to defend himself. The sheriff’s workplace continues to be ready on a toxicology report.
In the meantime, anxious family members await solutions.
“The household feels that they deserve accountability. And the household feels that they deserve justice,” Matthews stated. “And that is what we’re all going to do to make sure that that household will get some kind of closure.”
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