Man murdered near South Molton

Ryan King

               Nephew is murdered for allegedly being "dissrespectful"

                       In August of 2011, 20 year old Ryan King was murdered at his family's home near South Molton. According to family members he was attending his mother's 40th birthday party when his great uncle, 68 year old Raymond Dupree stabbed him in the neck with a broken wine glass.

                      According to witnesses, Ryans mothers party was going just fine until a group of girls began playing music that Mr. Dupree did not like. The man began screaming at the girls to turn off the music when King stepped in to intervene. The two men began to argue and Dupree told him that he should respect his elders, then suddenly he grabbed a wine glass off the dining table and stabbed king in the neck, severing major arteries. Ryan King was rushed to North Devon hospital, but unfortunately died of major blood-loss.
                 
                     Dupree was arrested while walking home on a country road, and put in jail to await a court sentence. Police found him with a cut on his hand from the broken glass and matched that to some of the blood at the crime scene, Kings blood was also found and matched.

                   When asked why he would kill his own nephew, Dupree simply stated, “He was being disrespectful.” The trial begins this week and is estimated to last at least ten days.

              -Sean Jarrell-Hurtado

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-19627892