BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a North Carolina man who pleaded guilty to killing an 81-year-old former sheriff.
Gray Jr. photo courtesy Asheville Police
58-year-old Donald Mack Gray Jr. has pleaded guilty in the June 10 stabbing death of William Joy of Billings. Joy was once sheriff of Big Horn County.
No sentencing date has been set.
Authorities say Gray wanted to return to North Carolina when he spotted Joy and forced him to drive at knifepoint. Prosecutors say he stabbed Joy after Joy tried to attract attention.
Gray also faces a murder charge in North Carolina where he’s accused of killing 59-year-old Tamra Ann Gibson of Asheville, North Carolina. Her body was found in Junction City in May, and her car was found in Laramie, Wyoming, in June. No charges have been filed in Junction City. The case was turned over to authorities in North Carolina.
Gibson was last seen in Asheville on May 22 and was reported missing on May 24. Her body was found May 28th between two buildings in Junction City but it was not until June that her identity could be determined.