TRIADELPHIA, W.Va. - Two men were charged with felony murder yesterday in the shooting deaths of a businessman, his wife and stepson.
William Richard Spears, 28, of Triadelphia, and Jeffrey Ray Woods, 43, of Wheeling, were arrested at about 1 a.m. yesterday at a motel in St. Clairsville, Ohio, across the Ohio River from Wheeling.
Each suspect was charged with one count of felony murder in commission of a felony. They are accused of the killing of Bernard Buzz Conniff Jr., 54; Deborah Conniff, 50; and her 22-year-old son, Jonathan Michael Noon. Bernard Conniff owned Valley Coin, a vending machine establishment in Triadelphia.
A relative found the victims' bodies in the basement of their Triadelphia home Monday afternoon.
Guns and an undetermined amount of cash were taken, said Chief Deputy Pat Butler with the Ohio County Sheriff's Department.
Noon's pickup truck was discovered late Monday in Belmont County and was to be taken to the State Police crime lab for forensic testing. The truck was seen leaving the home, Butler said.
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