Motive Unknown In Man’s Death In Dover

DOVER, N.H. — Dover police and the attorney general’s office are investigating a suspected overnight homicide.

Investigators have converged at 81 Old Dover Point Road following the death of David King, 48.WMUR News 9’s Aaron Kellogg reported that police tape surrounded the home on Old Dover Point Road for much of the day and into the afternoon. Neighbors watched police search for clues.

“I’m nervous. I was nervous because I didn’t know what was going on,” said Elizabeth Frost, a neighbor. “I don’t know what happened. I really don’t understand what could have happened.”Neighbors said they King doing yard work around dinnertime on Friday.”He was just washing his buckets out because he had just borrowed a hose off of us,” Frost said.

Police said King was living with his girlfriend of three years and the couple was planning a move to Texas.”He was doing fine; he was happy,” Frost said. “I don’t see why anyone could have hurt him.”An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday morning. Authorities did not immediately detail the circumstances surrounding King’s death, but said they do not believe the public is in danger.”I want to know what happened,” Frost said.Anyone with information is asked to call the Dover police crime line by dialing 603-749-6000.Refresh WMUR.com often and watch WMUR News 9 for the latest updates in this developing report.

Polk Driver Arrested In 14-Year-Old’s Hit And Run Death

Joseph Nobles

MULBERRY – Polk County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Lakeland man early today in the hit-and-run death of a 14-year-old boy.

Joseph Eugene Nobles, 54, of 1952 Vista View Drive, was arrested at his home this morning and charged with hit-and-run and leaving the scene of a fatal accident, the sheriff’s office said.
Nobles was being held today without bail at Polk County Jail.

Deputies said Scotty Reeves was walking across State Road 60 in Mulberry on his way home from a store at about 12:20 a.m. The teenager was with friends and talking on his cell phone when we he was hit by a white pickup truck traveling east, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie S. Rodgers said.

The truck fled, and Reeves’ friends removed him from the road. Reeves, of 113 Cesara Drive, Mulberry, was pronounced at the scene, deputies reported.

Rodgers said a traffic stop about 30 minutes later led deputies to Nobles.

Deputy James Jordan stopped Nobles in his pickup truck at about 12:50 a.m. when he noticed the left headlight was broken. He had no information about the hit-and-run vehicle at the time, and released the driver with a warning, Rodgers said.

A short time later, when he heard the vehicle description, Jordan remembered Nobles’ name and deputies drove to his home. They found the truck, with the damaged light and blood stains, but Nobles was not home, Rodgers said.

Deputies said Nobles had gone to a restaurant with his wife. When he returned, he told them he had been driving home from work on S.R. 60 and remembered hitting something, but did not stop, Rodgers said.

Missing Diver’s Body Found In Jupiter Inlet

JUPITER, Fla. — The body of a diver who went missing off the Juno Beach Pier was found on Saturday.

The Coast Guard and several other local and state agencies found Eve Schwartz’s body at about 12 p.m. in the Jupiter Inlet.Schwartz had been missing since Friday after she went diving.

Her body was taken to a Palm Beach medical examiner to determine the cause of death.

Man Hit By Train In West Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man in West Palm Beach was hit by a train near City Place on Saturday.

Security guards found his body near the train tracks at about 9 a.m.Police said it didn’t appear that the man had been robbed because he had his valuables on him.

The man’s name has not been released, but police said he was from Australia.

Mountain Brook teen killed in automobile crash near Mobile

A University of Alabama student from Mountain Brook was killed in an automobile crash on Interstate 65 near Mobile Friday.

Mountain Brook High School graduate and University of Alabama student Virginia Gray Bailey, 18, was driving an SUV to the beach for the Labor Day holiday weekend when the vehicle left the road and overturned.

Satsuma Police Chief David Benefield said the accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. There were three female passengers.

Witnesses said it appeared Bailey overcompensated while trying to keep the SUV on the road. She was found dead in the vehicle and a 22-year-old from Texas was pronounced dead at a hospital. The other two passengers were treated for scrapes and bruises.