ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A man is charged with murder after a woman was found dead in a vehicle along Interstate 26 early Tuesday, Sept. 23, police said.
Asheville police say 41-year-old Kenneth Lontrell Christian is charged with first-degree murder after officers found 50-year-old Carly Elizabeth Johnson dead in a vehicle along I-26, just before Exit 33 (Brevard Road).
Officers were responding to a report of a disabled vehicle around 3:23 a.m. when they discovered the female passenger deceased, having suffered a “serious assault.”
Asheville Police Captain Joe Silberman described the scene as “grisly.”…