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’
- Corinne Saunders
- Sep 11
- 8 min read
Timothy “Timmy” Joseph Bakersmith (pictured) died April 29, 2024. Tanner Levi Russell Thrasher, the man accused of his murder, has not yet been sentenced. (Photo courtesy Bakersmith family)
By Corinne Saunders
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STUMPY POINT — A man was fatally stabbed by a pirate sword last April in Stumpy Point, his autopsy showed. The Dare County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged a Stumpy Point man with his murder. The medical examiner marked the death as a homicide.
But no trial has taken place, and the brother of the deceased said his family is “very frustrated” that the state keeps pushing them to accept a plea deal for the accused to serve a seven-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter instead.
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