In fatal pirate sword stabbing case, Stumpy Point man pleads guilty to second-degree murder
- Corinne Saunders
- 3 hours ago
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Tanner Levi Russell Thrasher pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. (Photo courtesy Dare County Sheriff’s Office)
By Corinne Saunders
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MANTEO — 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.
Tanner Levi Russell Thrasher, 23, pleaded guilty before Judge R. Andrew Womble on Tuesday, Oct. 14, to the second-degree murder of Manns Harbor resident Timothy “Timmy” Joseph Bakersmith, 43 at his time of death.
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