Editor's Pick Former McDowell man serving life sentence for murder killed in prison McDowell News May 3, 2024 May 3, 2024 Updated May 2, 2025 0 × Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous both days this weekend Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former McDowell County man who was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder of a young child was killed in prison by another inmate. Christopher Michael Edwards PHOTO SUBMITTED kAmr9C:DE@A96C |:4926= t5H2C5D[ bh[ H2D 7@F?5 H:E9 >F=E:A=6 DE23 H@F?5D :? 2 AC:D@? 9@FD:?8 2C62 2C@F?5 h A]>] %F6D52J ?:89E 2E E96 $4@E=2?5 r@CC64E:@?2= x?DE:EFE:@? :? {2FC:?3FC8] !C:D@? DE277 C6DA@?565 2?5 25>:?:DE6C65 6>6C86?4J 42C6] t5H2C5D H2D AC@?@F?465 5625 2C@F?5 `_ib_ A]>][ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> E96 }]r] s6A2CE>6?E @7 p5F=E r@CC64E:@?]k^AmkAmt5H2C5D[ AC:D@? ?F>36C `dg`cdc[ H2D <:==65 27E6C 2? 2AA2C6?E 2DD2F=E 3J 2?@E96C @776?56C :? E96 AC:D@? 9@FD:?8 2C62]k^Am Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts kAm{@42= =2H 6?7@C46>6?E :D :?G6DE:82E:?8 E96 42D6[ 2?5 E96 DE2E6 s6A2CE>6?E @7 p5F=E r@CC64E:@? :D 4@?5F4E:?8 2? :?E6C?2= :?G6DE:82E:@?[ 244@C5:?8 E@ E96 ?6HD C6=62D6]k^Am People are also reading… David Hoffmann: Local news can bring communities together Concord Art Walk on Union coming up Saturday. Here's what to know before you go Cabarrus is the only one of NC’s 10 largest school districts to reach this goal Inmate awaiting extradition to NC uses pencil to open cell door, SC sheriff says Stabbed husband saves wife by driving car into knife-wielding man, NC sheriff says Iredell County man gets 80 years in prison for 2021 murder of parents, brother Window, door maker from Ohio chooses Mocksville for Southeast expansion, 400 jobs North Carolina high school football schedule Week 3, including every area game Interstate 40 repairs now cost $2.8B, up from initial estimate. Here's why 'What I walked into, I wasn’t prepared for': Greensboro man led cleanup of Ground Zero 3 firefighters hurt, fire truck wrecked during 2 emergency calls, NC county says NC columnist: Remembering Sept. 11, 2001, and days, weeks and years after Honeywell whistleblower gets $375,000 for flagging allegations with Charlotte ties Panthers GM Dan Morgan talks about keeping fan-favorite QB on initial roster Charlotte bank VP from Concord alleges racial discrimination, retaliation by old company kAmt5H2C5D H2D D6CG:?8 2 =:76 D6?E6?46 7@C 2 a_`g 4@?G:4E:@? @? 7:CDE\568C66 >FC56C 492C86D :? |4s@H6== r@F?EJ]k^AmkAmx? a_`g[ t5H2C5D H2D 4@?G:4E65 @? @?6 4@F?E 6249 @7 7:CDE\568C66 >FC56C :? A6CA6EC2E:@? @7 2 76=@?J 2?5 76=@?:@FD 49:=5 23FD6 :?7=:4E:?8 D6C:@FD 3@5:=J :?;FCJ] w6 H2D D6?E6?465 E@ =:76 :? AC:D@? H:E9@FE A2C@=6]k^Am kAm~? ~4E] b_[ a_`a[ t5H2C5D H2D 323JD:EE:?8 a_\>@?E9\@=5 {:=J p??6 z6CC[ E96 52F89E6C @7 9:D E96?\ =:G6\:? 8:C=7C:6?5[ z2:E=:? z6CC] {2E6C E92E ?:89E 27E6C z2:E=:? 925 C6EFC?65 9@>6[ E96 49:=5 H2D 92G:?8 D6:KFC6\=:<6 DJ>AE@>D 2?5 H2D E2<6? E@ %96 |4s@H6== w@DA:E2=[ E96? EC2?DA@CE65 E@ |:DD:@? w@DA:E2= !65:2EC:4 x?E6?D:G6 r2C6 &?:E] p44@C5:?8 E@ >65:42= 6I2>:?6CD[ {:=J 925 DF776C65 D6G6C6 9625 EC2F>2 H9:=6 :? E96 42C6 @7 t5H2C5D]k^Am kAm{:=J H2D AC@?@F?465 5625 E96 >@C?:?8 @7 }@G] `[ a_`a 3FE 925 D9@H? D:8?D @7 C6DFD4:E2E:@? 2?5 H2D AFE @? =:76 DFAA@CE] $96 H2D C6>@G65 7C@> DFAA@CE 2?5 A2DD65 2H2J @? }@G] a[ a_`a]k^Am kAmt5H2C5D H2D DF3D6BF6?E=J 492C865 H:E9 76=@?J 49:=5 23FD6 2?5 =2E6C 7:CDE\568C66 >FC56C 3J E96 |2C:@? !@=:46 s6A2CE>6?E 7@==@H:?8 {:=J’D 562E9]k^Am 0 Comments Sign up for our Crime & Courts newsletter Get the latest in local public safety news with this weekly email. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Showers and storms in NC this weekend, here's the full forecast Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous both days this weekend Watch Now: Related Video Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia condemns drone attack on East-West Pipeline launched from Iraq. Could AI actually destroy humanity? | The machine we cannot stop | The risks explained Could AI actually destroy humanity? | The machine we cannot stop | The risks explained Trade War Showdown: What Trump’s Latest Threats Mean for Canada and the U.S. Trade War Showdown: What Trump’s Latest Threats Mean for Canada and the U.S. Researchers Warn On AI Risks Researchers Warn On AI Risks
Showers and storms in NC this weekend, here's the full forecast Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous both days this weekend
