A Spartanburg County judge has sentenced 28-year-old Deandre Lashun Fuller to four life sentences without parole for a 2020 home invasion that left Kelli Curran and Timothy Thompson dead, after a prosecution that included phone-call tracking and photographs of the stolen rifle. Fuller was convicted of two counts of murder, armed robbery, first-degree burglary, and possession of a weapon by a person convicted of a crime of violence, and received a separate five-year sentence for the weapons charge.
According to WYFF News 4, the attack unfolded in the early morning hours of Oct. 25, 2020, when two men showed up at Thompson’s home on Walden Circle claiming they were having car trouble. Curran and Thompson invited the men inside to help, and one of the men then shot both of them multiple times. Curran managed to call 911 after being shot but died later that morning; Thompson died from his injuries roughly two months later, according to the outlet.
Prosecutors with the 7th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office say the robbery was set in motion by an unnamed individual who had traded cars with Thompson just days before the attack and told co-defendant Kenyatta “Dubb” Lebby that Thompson kept firearms and marijuana inside the house. The men’s phones showed that Lebby, Fuller and Tyleek Johnson met in Greenville and traveled together to commit the robbery, according to WYFF News 4. A third man was also called to the victims’ home, per WYFF News 4.
Cell Records and a Stolen Rifle Sealed the Case
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office opened the investigation and ultimately identified all three suspects by tracking cell phone calls between Lebby, Johnson, and Fuller. On a 911 call, a man could be heard referring to another suspect by the nickname “Dubbs,” per WYFF News 4…