On October 30, 2013 Deputies with the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office received word a body had been found in a shallow grave. Scavengers searching property around an abandoned house on Old Turnpike Road near Beckley located the grave. Information known to the Raleigh and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Offices linked the grave site to an active murder investigation in Kanawha County.
Raleigh County Sheriff Steve Tanner contacted the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office. He invited detectives to witness and assist with the recovery of the body and processing the area as a crime scene. Detectives with the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office went to the area on October 30, and returned October 31, 2013.
On the morning of October 31, 2013, Detectives with the Raleigh and Kanawha County Sheriff’s Offices, and investigators with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of West Virginia exhumed the remains of an adult male. The remains were taken to the Medical Examiner’s office for identification and autopsy.
There are facts known to the detectives indicating the body may be that of Kareem Hunter of Charleston, WV. Mr. Hunter was last seen in Charleston, WV, on September 23, 2013. During their investigation, detectives with Charleston Police Department discovered a crime scene in Marmet, WV, where investigators believe Mr. Hunter was killed. One person, Kelsey Legg of Marmet, has already been charged in the case. The investigation is continuing.
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Corporal B. D. Humphreys
Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office
301 Virginia Street East,
Charleston WV 25301
304-357-0732 / 304-951-7328