KANAWHA FALLS, W.Va. — A man is in custody charged with murder and malicious assault after double stabbing Sunday afternoon at Kanawha Falls in Fayette County.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Department said John Craig III, 45, was found near the scene of the stabbings.
Deputies found Phillip Hughes, 61, unresponsive at shortly after 4 p.m. He had a laceration to his head. Hughes was later pronounced dead at Montgomery General Hospital. The second victim, Meloni Flood, 44, is in serious condition at Charleston Area Medical Center after suffering stab wounds.
Fayette County Sheriff Mike Fridley found Craig underneath the Kanawha Falls Bridge.
Craig is being held in the Southern Regional Jail without bail.