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    Barney Gamble Pleads Guilty Sentenced to LWOP in 2010 NC Slaying of Ederly Couple

    DA to seek death in slaying of Four Oaks couple

    Four Oaks, N.C. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of slaying a Four Oaks retired couple.

    Firefighters found Sue Anne Beasley, 65, in her burning house at 125 Hollow Oak Drive, and her husband, L.C. Beasley, 66, in a nearby storage shed on Jan. 11. He had been shot twice, his autopsy found.

    Sue Anne Beasley's hands were tied behind her back with cloth cords, and her ankles were tied with a belt, according to the autopsy report. She was shot once in the forehead and once in the left eye.

    Barney Edward Gamble, 48, of King Mill Road, faces two counts of first-degree murder in the couple's deaths, along with charges of first-degree kidnapping, arson and larceny of a motor vehicle.

    Johnson County District Attorney Susan Doyle told WRAL News on Saturday that she will pursue a capital case against Gamble.

    http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7438136/

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    A Johnston County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Four Oaks couple last year and setting their house on fire, authorities said.

    Barney Edward Gamble, 50, of King Mill Road in Four Oaks, was sentenced to consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for the deaths of L.C. and Sue Anne Beasley.

    Johnston County District Attorney Susan Doyle had planned to seek the death penalty against Gamble, but she said that she took capital punishment off the table in exchange for the guilty plea.

    "In making this decision, my staff and I took into consideration the concern of the Beasleys’ family and their wishes for closure," Doyle said in a statement.

    Family members went to the Beasley home, at 125 Hollow Oak Drive, on Jan. 21, 2010, after they couldn't reach the retired couple by phone. They saw smoke inside the home and called firefighters, who found Sue Anne Beasley, 65, dead inside.

    Deputies later found the body of J.C. Beasley, 66, in a nearby storage shed.

    Authorities said that Sue Anne Beasley had been shot twice in the head and her husband once each in the head and chest. A fire was started on a couch in the home to cover up the crimes, they said.

    The couple's Chevrolet Silverado was found wrecked in a ditch nearby, and a witness said he saw Gamble getting out of the pickup with two shotguns, authorities said. A search of Gamble's home turned up a .22-caliber pistol that was found to be the murder weapon, they said.

    In addition to the two murder charges, Gamble pleaded guilty to first-degree arson, first-degree kidnapping and larceny of a motor vehicle.

    http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/10225209/

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