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Click below to learn more about those who knew Douglas Wagg Jr. and the people who were connected to the case.
Click below to learn more about those who knew Douglas Wagg Jr. and the people who were connected to the case.
Douglas Wagg Jr.: 27-year-old victim who was found deceased on the railroad tracks in the early morning hours of July 8th, 1991, in Martin County, North Carolina.
Photo source: Melissa Leigh
Melissa Leigh: Douglas Wagg Jr’s younger sister. Melissa began independently researching and investigating her brother’s death in 2021.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Jessica Wagg Walls: Douglas Wagg Jr’s youngest sister.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Michael Wagg: Douglas Wagg Jr’s younger brother.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Angel McIntyre: Douglas Wagg Jr’s younger sister.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Shirley Chamberlain: Douglas Wagg Jr’s mother.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Doug Wagg Sr.: Douglas Wagg Jr’s father.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Jerry Vernon Beach: Martin County Sheriff in 1991.
Photo Source: Connie Rhem, The Enterprise Newspaper (hard copy scan only, no link available)
Andy Holliman: retired Williamston Police Department detective who responded to the death scene with his partner a few hours after the train strike and discovered pieces of evidence that did not align with an accidental strike scenario.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Tim Hines: retired Williamston Police officer and Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputy who accompanied Andy Holliman to Douglas Wagg Jr’s death scene. Tim subsequently went to work for Martin County sheriff Jerry Beach in early 1992.
Drew Robinson: current chief deputy of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Sandy Davis Wagg Terry: Douglas Wagg Jr’s wife at the time of his death. Mother of Douglas Wagg III. Long-time Martin County resident.
Douglas Wagg III: Son of Douglas Wagg Jr. who was born three months after his father died.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Dr. Mary Gilliland: Retired forensic pathologist for the Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, NC who provided autopsy services to the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner from 1989 to 2019. Mary consulted with Dr. Stan Harris to help with the Douglas Wagg Jr. death investigation
Photo source: Dr. Mary Gilliland
Dr. Kent Harshbarger: Forensic pathologist and Montgomery County, Ohio chief coroner who consulted on the Douglas Wagg Jr. Case for CounterClock.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra