GLOUCESTER COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — The discovery of a missing man’s body in Gloucester over the weekend, which began as an investigation into a home invasion, has led to multiple arrests.
According to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, three suspects are accused of breaking into a home in the 8600 block of Back Creek Road in the overnight hours of Saturday into Sunday.
As deputies were investigating, the suspects reportedly returned to the scene.
Deputies stopped their vehicle and took Kathryne Elizabeth Wright, David Isiah Ford, and a 17-year-old boy into custody. Multiple firearms were found in the vehicle and all three suspects were arrested, the sheriff’s office said.
During the investigation, authorities found out that 36-year-old Kayron Tyrone Long was missing from the home on Back Creek Rd.
Upon further investigation, evidence showed Long was the victim of a homicide inside the same home the morning of February 10.
On the evening of February 12, deputies, with assistance from the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations, discovered a buried body in the 2900 block of Carmines Island Road. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the identity of the body Monday to be that of Kayron Tyrone Long.
Deputies arrested Long’s two roommates, Edward Lee Hodges, 33, and Winfrey Carlton Henry Jr., 24, and charged them with his death.
The sheriff’s office confirms Hodges and Henry made the original call about the home invasion.
Hodges has been charged with concealment of a dead body and accessory to a felony after the fact. Henry has been charged with second-degree murder, the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and the concealment of a dead body.
Kathryne Elizabeth Wright, 35, has been charged with two counts of second-degree breaking and entering with intent to commit assault while armed and second-degree armed robbery.
David Isiah Ford, 19, was charged with two counts of breaking and entering with the intent to commit assault while armed, three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, armed robbery, malicious wounding, and larceny of a firearm.
The 17-year-old juvenile was charged with two counts of breaking and entering with the intent to commit assault while armed, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a minor, and armed robbery.
WAVY News 10’s Hayley Milon is working to learn more about this investigation. Look for her updates Monday on WAVY beginning at 4 p.m.
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