According to a DCSO press release, Adam Courtney Hartley, 39, of 9051 N.C. Highway 150 South in the Churchland community in Linwood, is facing one count of first degree murder and is being held without bond in connection to the alleged shooting death of 29-year-old William Dean Sink Jr. Deputies discovered Sink’s body at Hartley’s residence shortly after receiving a call in reference to a shooting from the suspect at 1:02 Sunday morning. EMS paramedics declared Sink dead at the scene of an apparent gunshot wound.
An arrest warrant states that Hartley was arrested because probable cause existed that the defendant “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder William Dean Sink Jr.”
Following an investigation, detectives arrested Hartley at 3:39 a.m. Sunday morning and charged him with murder. Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said the two men were roommates at Hartley’s residence, but would not comment on what led to Sink’s shooting. Sink’s body was found lying on the living room floor. Grice said that other weapons were found at the residence.
“[The case] is still actively being investigated,” Grice said. “The body has been sent to Chapel Hill for an autopsy and a detective is down there with it. [Sink] did die of an apparent gunshot wound. I can’t comment anymore than that.”
Hartley is being held in the Davidson County Detention Center and had a first appearance hearing in court Monday. He is scheduled to appear in court again on June 21.
This marks the third homicide of the year in Davidson County. On Jan. 29, DCSO deputies discovered the body of Linda Brook Hammonds, 56, of 195 Young Drive in Lexington, laying in the roadway on Badin Lake Road near the Davidson/Montgomery county line. Hammonds was reported missing by her daughter earlier that day, leading to Lexington Police Department initiating a missing person investigation. DCSO deputies determined Hammonds was the victim of a homicide, and Grice said the investigation is still open and “very active.”
“We are actively investigating the case on a daily basis,” said Grice. “We are researching leads and we’re feeling more confident we’ll have a resolution every day.”
In January, Hank Wade Lanier, 38, of Tyro, was charged in the stabbing death of Kathy Anne Seymour of King.
Staff Writer Eliot Duke can be reached at 888-3578, or duke@tvilletimes.com.
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