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  • Chris didn't get along with his step-father. He is a know drug user. Leith never spend his inherited money on his children, which made Chris mad.
  • He supplied a key and the map to the house where Upchurch had killed Leith Von Stein.
  • Refused to take the polygraph test that both his mother and sister pass.
  • James is convicted for the murder of Lieth Von Stein and the assault with intent to kill of Bonnie Von Stein on July 25th, 1988, in Washington, NC.
  • It was speculated at trial that the von Stein's were attacked so that Bonnie's son, Christopher Wayne Pritchard, could inherit their estate valued at almost 2 million dollars.
  • Method of murder: Stabbed and bludgeoned to death

James Upchurch III

Gerald N. Henderson

Christopher Wayne Pritchard

Evidence:

  • A hog farmer happened to spot a fire in the woods around the time of the murder.
  • hunting knife
  • some clothing
  • a scrap of paper with a map of the Von Stein's neighborhood

James Upchurch III

CONTAMINATED:

Angela Pritchard had red spots on her pants and she told the police that it was tomatoe sauce. And the police didn't investigate anymore.

Amendments:

5th Amendments

  • Chris admitted to supplying the key and map of the of the house to James, but didn't admit to anything else.

6th Amendments

  • James had another trail that gave him a "second" chance.
  • Was sentence to death but then resentence to life in prison. (ALOT)

Conclusion

Summary:

Leith Von Stein was murder and beaten to death in his own home. His wife, Bonnie, was also hurt but she barely survive when the cops arrived. Investigations found out that Chris, Leith's step-son was involved and was the one who hire the murderer.

  • Chris is sentence in life in prison and is on Parol
  • Gerald sentence to life in prison and is on parol
  • James sentenced to death January 30, 1990. Resentenced to life October 1, 1992

Leith Von Stein

Born: Mar 16, 1946

Died: Jul 25, 1988

CRIME SCENE:

When polices arrived at the crime scene, they found the house staged as if there was a robbery which has gone wrong. They also found a 18-yr-old girl in her room who said that she slept through the whole thing.

It took a long time to investigate the crime and eventually found a break.

Leith Von Stein Murder Case

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