MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. –Two Mercer County teenagers are facing charges in connection to a stabbing death in Princeton earlier this week.
According to Princeton Police Department Dep. Chief R.S. Gibson, Michael Chapman, 18, and David Bishop, 19, both of Princeton, are charged with first-degree murder, third-degree arson, grand larceny, and conspiracy.
Princeton police had responded to an unattended death call at a residence on Reed Street on Tuesday. Upon arrival, they found the victim, John Walker Jr., deceased with stab wounds and saw indications of a struggle.
The investigation was immediately handed over the department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, where they discovered Walker’s car was missing.
Hours later, the car was located in the Brush Creek Falls Road area, fully engulfed in flames.
Detectives were able to identify Chapman and Bishop as the suspects through video surveillance.
Both are being held Southern Regional Jail on $750,000 bonds.
If anyone has any information or surveillance videos in the areas, they encourage you to call the Princeton Police front office at 304-484-5000 and ask for Detective Corporal D. Gibson.
The investigation remains ongoing.