SEAGROVE — A grand jury has indicted a couple about 16 months after the death of their child.
According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, during the November 2024 session of the grand jury, a true bill of indictment was issued for Billy Gene Myers Jr. and Christina Ashley Myers for felony first-degree murder.
Billy Myers was served his indictment on Nov. 21, and Christina Myers was served on Nov. 22. Neither of them was given bond.
These indictments were issued “as a result of an investigation by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division,” according to the sheriff’s office.
In July 2023, deputies went to a home in Seagrove for a welfare check and found a 5-year-old girl dead in the home. The Randolph County Criminal Investigations Division responded and began a death investigation.
Her parents were initially charged with child abuse and taken into custody a year ago July. The parents were taken to the Randolph County Detention Center where they were charged, and both received a bond of $250,000. They were appointed public defenders.
The girl’s uncle told a Triad television station that the girl had cerebral palsy and that she was “loveable. She laughed a lot.”
After the initial charges, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office announced that the investigation would be ongoing.
