Whitey Ford
01-10-2024, 06:29 PM
Live-in boyfriend arrested: facing additional charge of murder
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Raleigh police arrested James Stewart Purvis Jr., 35 on Monday, Nov. 27 on an outstanding warrant for larceny of a motor vehicle.
Local authorities also were searching for Purvis Jr. in reference to the homicide of his girlfriend, Jessica Bentacourt Riggs, 41.
On Thursday, Nov. 23 Pitt County authorities responded to the residence of 1407 Rick Circle in Greenville to the report of a deceased person. Once on scene officials found Jessica Riggs around 5:00 p.m. deceased with a fatal gunshot wound.
The death was ruled as a homicide according to police.
Purvis Jr. who was Riggs' live-in boyfriend was seen leaving the residence in the hours surrounding the homicide.
https://wcti12.com/news/local/live-in-boyfriend-arrested-facing-additional-charge-of-murder
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Raleigh police arrested James Stewart Purvis Jr., 35 on Monday, Nov. 27 on an outstanding warrant for larceny of a motor vehicle.
Local authorities also were searching for Purvis Jr. in reference to the homicide of his girlfriend, Jessica Bentacourt Riggs, 41.
On Thursday, Nov. 23 Pitt County authorities responded to the residence of 1407 Rick Circle in Greenville to the report of a deceased person. Once on scene officials found Jessica Riggs around 5:00 p.m. deceased with a fatal gunshot wound.
The death was ruled as a homicide according to police.
Purvis Jr. who was Riggs' live-in boyfriend was seen leaving the residence in the hours surrounding the homicide.
https://wcti12.com/news/local/live-in-boyfriend-arrested-facing-additional-charge-of-murder