Photo: Wilson Police Department
A North Carolina man has been charged after he allegedly killed his mother and teenage brother one week after being released from prison.
According to PEOPLE, 25-year-old Da'ron Jenkins was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of 50-year-old Dana Jenkins and her son, Daryn Cox, 15.
Police responded to a home in Wilson, North Carolina at around 5:30 pm on March 31 and found the bodies of Dana and Daryn. Authorities confirmed that the suspect was the son and brother of the victims. Further details surrounding the circumstances of their deaths remain unclear and are currently under investigation.
Court documents show Da'ron was released from jail one week before his family's killings on a separate crime.
Juanilla Kornegay, Dana’s cousin, said she was shocked to learn of the fatal incident.
"I would have never thought that,” Kornegay said. "I would have never thought he would do something like that.”
Da'ron is currently being held at the Wilson County Jail on no bond.
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