The Clocktree
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.
Eric Rayshawn Keel: Williamston, NC resident who was found murdered in Martin County in January 2003. He is a victim of Anthony Mayes Jr., a convicted drug trafficker and murderer who is serving life in federal prison.
Keith Cofield: Williamston, NC resident who was found murdered in the Tar River in Edgecombe County, NC in March of 2004. He was reported missing in February 2003. He is a victim of Anthony Mayes Jr., a convicted drug trafficker and murderer who is serving life in federal prison.
Photo source: Rocky Mountain Telegram
Derrick “Guy” Spruill: Williamston, NC resident who was convicted of cocaine trafficking in 1993. He was incarcerated until 2008. Shortly after his early release he became a missing person and was eventually discovered deceased inside a burned-up car in rural Martin County.
Steve Canon: Oak City, NC resident who own and operates an insurance business inside the former BB&T bank building that was robbed in 1992. Steve’s father was mayor of Oak City when the robbery occurred and his aunt was the teller who first realized a robbery was taking place on the morning of October 12, 1992.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Richard Elijah Smith: Known by the alias ‘Joe Rags’. Jamesville, NC native with a lengthy criminal history spanning the 1980’s and 1990’s. He was convicted of murder in 1996 and remains incarcerated.
Photo source: North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections
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
Kenneth Lindell Williams: Williamston, NC resident who was arrested in the 1990’s for drug offenses in Martin County. He and Ezekiel Brown were arrested by Tim Hines in September of 1991 for cocaine possession and trafficking. Kenneth is now deceased.
Photo source: Williamston High School Yearbook (hard copy scan only, no link available)
Ezekiel Tyrone Brown: Williamston, NC resident who was arrested in the 1990’s for drug offenses. His cases were later dropped by the prosecuting attorney. Ezekiel was an associate of Kenneth Williams but denies any familiarity with Douglas Wagg Jr.
Francis D’Ambra: Delia’s father and retired police chief of Bethel Police Department in Bethel, NC. Francis worked for the town of Bethel from 1992 to 1997 and often crossed paths with law enforcement personnel from the Roanoke Chowan Narcotics Task Force, Martin County Sheriff’s Office and surrounding neighboring agencies.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Mike Wells: retired Williamston Police officer and Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputy who worked on the Roanoke Chowan Narcotics Task Force in the 1990’s.
Wesley Liverman: Retired former commander of the Roanoke Chowan Narcotics Task Force. Wesley led the operations of the task force and was a liaison with numerous police departments and sheriff’s offices in North Carolina during the 1990’s and early 2000’s.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra
Tremaine Howell: Williamston, NC teenager who disappeared on August 3rd, 1992 and was found deceased floating in the Roanoke River on August 5th, 1992. Despite law enforcement stating he and his friends died from drowning, his family still rejects that notion.
Photo source: Williamston High School Yearbook (hard copy scan only, no link available)
Nikki Wilson: Williamston, NC teenager who disappeared on August 3rd, 1992 and was found deceased floating in the Roanoke River on August 5th, 1992.
Photo source: Mashell Wilson
Joycegean Wilson: Williamston, NC teenager who disappeared on August 3rd, 1992 and was found deceased floating in the Roanoke River on August 5th, 1992. Joyce and Nikki were cousins.
Photo source: Williamston High School Yearbook (hard copy scan only, no link available)
Denise Howell: Mother of Tremaine Howell
Photo source: audiochuck
Larry Howell: Father of Tremaine Howell
Alex “Spanky” Brown: Friend of Tremaine Howell’s who did not accompany his friends to the Walmart on August 3rd, 1992.
Photo source: Brandy Bacote
Larry Darnell Jones: accused perpetrator in the 1992 Oak City, NC bank robbery that resulted in the shooting death of Martin County Sheriff Jerry Beach. Jones was found dead of apparent suicide in his jail in January 1993, less than three months after his arrest.
Photo source: The News and Observer Newspaper
Kelly Alexander Jr.: Former president of the North Carolina NAACP. Spoke out supporting an independent review of law enforcement and the NCSBI’s actions after the Oak City bank robbery incident that resulted in the deaths of Jerry Beach and Jean Wiggins.
Photo source: NC General Assembly
Maynard Harrell Jr.: Larry Darnell Jones’s court-appointed defense attorney in 1992 and 1993. He also once represented Ezekiel Tyrone Brown in the 1990’s.
Photo source: Delia D’Ambra