The 68-year-old man was last seen leaving his home in Henderson County at about 8:35 a.m. The teenager said he was kidnapped by Phillip Stroupe II about a month before Stroupe. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that investigators believe Stroupe kidnapped Bryson. by Tanja Rekhi Wed, August 23rd 2017, 7:08 PM PDT 3 VIEW ALL PHOTOS David Money is grateful to be alive. EARLIER: Missing man believed to be with suspect in NC national forest manhunt, kidnapping possible, deputies sayĪuthorities had been combing the mountains for him since Saturday, when he eluded them by stealing a bike at gunpoint, then blocking the road with his vehicle and pedaling away, according to law enforcement officials.Īfter Stroupe’s capture, the focus turned to locating Thomas Bryson. 3:56 HENDERSONVILLE - Phillip Michael Stroupe II, charged with capital first-degree murder in the 2017 death of Mills River resident Tommy Bryson, has accepted a plea deal that sentences him to. Wednesday, deputies ended a vehicle chase by deploying stop sticks, the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said, but then had to search for him on foot after he escaped into a tomato field, deputies said. Police said that during the manhunt, Stroupe kidnapped Bryson at gunpoint while at his mailbox. Phillip Michael Stroupe II, 39, of Burnsville, was captured in McDowell County.Īround 10:30 p.m. The fugitive was caught with a missing man’s pickup truck, and authorities are now scouring the area for the truck’s owner, authorities say. (WNCN) – The subject of a massive manhunt in the western mountains of North Carolina, which closed a large section of the Pisgah National Forest, has been captured. Stroupe has been charged with several felony crimes. Officers were called to investigate a case of kidnapping and domestic assault and determined that Joel Evan Stroupe, 47, was the suspect. A few days later, he was attempting to flee authorities when he rammed a stolen car into a Buncombe County sheriff's deputy's vehicle, authorities said.MILLS RIVER, N.C. Gaston County police are searching for a man accused of kidnapping a woman. Authorities in Buncombe County found Bryson’s body. Last month, Stroupe was named as a suspect in the armed robbery of a store in Weaverville. Bryson, a 68-year-old man who disappeared July 25 and whom Stroupe was suspected then of kidnapping. He was released from prison in April 2015. In 1999, Stroupe was sentenced to more than 18 years, the maximum allowed, for felony robbery with a deadly weapon and as well as breaking and entering and false imprisonment. Stroupe had just been released from the Yancey County jail July 20 and has spent most of the past two decades behind bars, according to North Carolina prison records. A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty against a fugitive charged with kidnaping and killing a man while eluding police in North Carolina for six days. There are things we just aren't certain of at this time," the sheriff said. Warrants related to Henderson County's investigation of Phillip Michael Stroupe II, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering a 68-year-old Mills River man, reveal how. Philip Michael Stroupe II was driving Bryson's truck when authorities found and captured him in Yancey on Thursday after a search that closed parts of the. "He had a lot of time to cover a lot more ground. It was not immediately clear when those areas would reopen.Īn even bigger search area was being used to try to find Bryson, McDonald said at a news conference. Forest Service had two camps and two roads closed late Wednesday. The search for Stroupe included hundreds of miles in the Pisgah National Forest, parts of which were closed to visitors. More charges will likely be filed in Transylvania and Henderson counties from his escape Saturday and what may have happened to Bryson on Wednesday, authorities said. Judge Joseph Crosswhite imposed a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Stroupe faces drug, weapons and fleeing police charges in McDowell County. In Henderson County Superior Court, Stroupe pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder, two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, and first-degree kidnapping.
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