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Arrest Made in Patricia Ryan Drive Homicides

February 13, 2009

CMPD’s Homicide detectives have identified and charged a suspect in the Patricia Ryan triple homicide from February 4, 2008.

Justin Duane Hurd (DOB 10/24/1978) was arrested in Fairborn, Ohio, yesterday February 12, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. on a grand theft auto charge that originated in Cinicinnati, Ohio.  Mr. Hurd was taken into police custody by members of the SOFAST Task Force (Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team) which is comprised of federal and local authorities.  He is currently being held in the Clark County Jail in Ohio.  Additionally Mr. Hurd has been charged with three counts of murder for the deaths of Kevin Ashley Young, Kinshasa Wagstaff, and Jasmine Ranae Hines.  Mr. Young and Ms. Wagstaff were found in the burned remains of the house at 6002 Patricia Ryan Drive in Charlotte.  Ms. Hines was found on Howell Ridge Road in Huntersville by a passing motorist.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Huntersville Police Departments along with the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) have been actively investigating this incident.  Based on physical evidence detectives identified Mr. Hurd as a suspect.  Detectives continue working other aspects of this case and are still seeking and looking to identify additional co-defendants.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a homicide detective.  Detective P. Rainwater is the lead detective assigned to the case.  In addition, you may also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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February 8, 2008

Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Huntersville Police Departments are continuing a joint investigation into the three February 4, 2008 homicides that appear to be connected.

The CMPD has positively identified one of the two victims found inside the burning house at 6002 Patricia Ryan Drive in Charlotte as Kevin Ashley Young, 34, also known as "Fergie".  Some media outlets have identified this victim as Paul Jenkins, which was an alias.

 

Efforts to identify the second victim from 6002 Patricia Ryan are continuing. Huntersville Police released earlier in the week the identity of the victim found on Howell Ridge Road. The body of Jasmine Ranae Hines, 18, was discovered by a passing motorist. 

Detectives continue working other aspects of the case and are interested in identifying and interviewing the individual pictured here.  

Anyone with information about his whereabouts or information regarding the van (believed to be a Chevrolet Venture, extended model) is asked to call CMPD at 911 or the Huntersville Police Department at 704-875-6542.