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    Tevin Demetrius Vann Sentenced to LWOP in 2016 NC Murder of Ashley Ann McLean and her Unborn Child


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    Man faces death penalty in motel slaying of pregnant woman

    By F.T. Norton
    StarNewsOnline.com

    WILMINGTON -- The state is seeking the death penalty against a Wilmington man accused of killing a pregnant escort last summer inside a Market Street motel.

    Tevin Demetrius Vann, 25, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon in the Aug. 12, 2016, slaying of Ashley Ann McLean, 21, of Lillington. McLean was about 8 weeks pregnant at the time of her death.

    In a hearing June 12, the state announced its intention to seek the death penalty against Vann.

    Vann and McLean, according to police, were in the midst of a “prostitution proposal” after connecting via an online escort ad.

    McLean’s battered and stabbed body was found by a motel worker in room 229 of the Best Western Plus just before 1 p.m. Aug. 12, 2016. The employee had gone to the room, rented in McLean’s name, after she failed to check out.

    According to police, McLean’s missing phone was in woods off New Centre Drive between the motel and Vann’s home on Mosley Court.

    The phone contained text messages to and from McLean’s phone that were traced back to Vann, court documents indicate.

    A trial date has not yet been set in the case.

    Vann is being represented by Capital Defender Rick Miller. He has a prior conviction for robbery with a dangerous weapon. According to Wilmington Police Department records, Vann was armed with a blunt object when he robbed a man of a cellphone and $20 on North Water Street on June 24, 2011. He served at least two years in prison and was released from post-release supervision in June 2015.

    Vann is being held in the New Hanover County jail without bail.

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    Man gets life in prison for robbing, killing pregnant woman at Wilmington hotel in 2016


    By WECT Staff

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A New Hanover County jury has convicted a man accused of killing a pregnant woman at a Wilmington hotel in 2016.

    On Monday afternoon, Tevin Vann, 27, of Wilmington, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon.

    He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the crimes.

    Vann was on trial for the murder of Ashley Ann McLean of Lillington, N.C. and her unborn child. Mclean was found dead by a housekeeper in room #229 at the Best Western Hotel on Market Street shortly before 1 p.m. on Aug. 12, 2016.

    Vann was arrested four days later and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon.

    According to the court document, McLean was beaten and stabbed by a knife. An autopsy determined she died as a result of her liver being lacerated. McLean was in her first trimester, according to Detective Lee Odham.

    Vann also took McLean’s phone, which was recovered in a wooded area off New Centre Drive, Odham said. Texts discovered on the phone linked Vann to McLean’s murder.

    In an interview with the Wilmington Police Department following his arrest, Vann confessed to killing McLean after an argument ensued over money for a “prostitution proposal,” a search warrant states. According to Odham, Vann contacted McLean through an ad she posted on Craigslist.

    At trial, Vann testified that detectives had coerced his confession and that the did not assault McLean on the morning of Aug. 12, 2016.

    Vann was previously convicted of armed robbery on April 12, 2012, and received 38-55 months in prison.

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