New details emerge in Whitemarsh Island Walmart stabbing that killed 18-year-old

A dozen friends and family members of a recently killed 18-year-old sat in a courtroom Thursday afternoon as new information was revealed about the late-October stabbing outside the Walmart on Whitemarsh Island.

Chatham County Police Department Detective Jonathan Puhala testified that 48-year-old Delano Middleton, who is accused of murdering J.T. Schroeder, stabbed the 18-year-old in the neck several times with a silver pocketknife that had a 3-inch blade.

Walmart security footage showed Schroeder entering the store only a minute before Middleton at around 5:25 p.m. on Oct. 23. According to Puhala, the two both went to the bathroom where they exchanged words. Puhala said Middleton told him Schroeder “exposed himself” in the bathroom…

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