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In fatal pirate sword stabbing case, Stumpy Point man pleads guilty to second-degree murder
In Dare County Superior Court in Manteo, a Stumpy Point man recently pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the April 2024 fatal stabbing of a man by pirate sword.

Corinne Saunders
8 hours ago8 min read


Fatally stabbed by pirate sword in Stumpy Point: Dead man’s brother says state wants plea deal, but ‘7 years for killing somebody is not a lot of time’
The brother of a man fatally stabbed by a pirate sword last April in Stumpy Point said his family is “very frustrated” that the state keeps pushing them to accept a plea deal for the man accused of murder to serve a seven-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter instead.

Corinne Saunders
Sep 118 min read
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