A former felon employed at a restaurant used a large butcher knife to brutally stab his employer, and her unborn child, to death after an argument, as reported by the Charlotte Observer. The restaurant is under scrutiny for hiring a felon, the 911 operator on administrative leave for taking down the wrong address for the restaurant, and the alleged attacker is facing an indictment involving the death of a fetus.
M.A.C. was indicted on January 30 by a Mecklenburg grand jury for the murder of D.W. and her two-month old fetus. The murder took place at the restaurant that employed both M.A.C., 22, and D.W., 25: the Flying Biscuit Café.
North Carolina prosecutors are the first, per the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts in Raleigh, to obtain a murder indictment in regards to the death of an unborn child. The new state law went into effect one month ago. Anyone accused of murdering a pregnant woman can now face two charges of murder.
M.A.C. has been indicted for murder, murder of an unborn child, robbery with a dangerous weapon and felonious larceny. Prosecutors may choose to go for the death penalty.
Records obtained from the N.C. Department of Corrections show that M.A.C. was released from prison, after serving time for robbery and breaking and entering, this past November.
The murder occurred on January 13 inside the Flying Biscuit Café near Rea Road in a shopping center south of Charlotte.
M.A.C. allegedly confessed the murders to his sister before leaving both the bloodied knife and his clothes in his apartment and fleeing.
As a result of D.W.’s murder the Flying Biscuit Café has been scrutinized for their hiring practices, namely for hiring a felon with a history of robbery.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has also been forced to review its policy on dispatched calls. Following the murder, the 911 operator typed in the wrong address and has now been placed on administrative leave.
The address was given by D.W.’s boyfriend, K.S., upon the grisly discovery of his girlfriend’s body partially hidden behind a dumpster. He told the operator that he suspected a robbery was occurring at the café.
The 911 operator, instead, sent a police officer to an address four blocks away from the café.
Operators now must confirm addresses as part of a change in policy.
Police searched the apartment that M.A.C. shared with his sister and two others. Investigators on scene saw “a blood trail leading to the residence as well as blood on the front door” according to the search warrant.
Police noted other areas of the apartment with bloodstains and a large butcher knife sat in a mug filled with some type of liquid.
M.A.C.’s sister told police that her brother had told her that he “had taken the victim’s vehicle and was planning on dumping the bloody clothes and vehicle in a river.”
M.A.C. was later found at a friend’s house and arrested.
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