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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>Orange County authorities filed petition against 17-year-old with two counts of first-degree murder in relation to missing North Carolina high school students </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>9th grader Lyric Woods, 14, and senior Devin Clark, 18, were both reported missing over the weekend by their families before their bodies were found in the woods </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>Their bodies were discovered on Sunday in western Orange County by two men on four-wheelers </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>Cops say the victims had been shot ten times </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>Both families claim the teen friends were last seen in a car with a third person before they vanished </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office intend to file formal pleading that initiates a juvenile court case against the 17-year-old with two counts of first-degree murder </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3d2f2f;font-size:14px"><strong>GoFundMe collections for both teenagers have now raised more than $46,000 for their funerals</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lyric-Woods-8.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417718" width="810" height="1059"/><figcaption><strong>Killed: Lyric Woods, 14, [photo], was reported missing on Saturday after her stepfather realized her bed was empty. Her body was discovered on Sunday in western Orange County</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced on Tuesday that a petition had been filed against a 17-year-old boy in connection with the deaths of two teenagers who were found shot to death in western Orange County.<br>The suspect will be tried as a juvenile, with two counts of first-degree murder after the two friends, both high school students, vanished in Orange County, North Carolina. <br>Lyric Woods, 14, and Devin Clark, 18, were found dead on a country trail with gunshot injuries after the pair disappeared in mysterious circumstances. The pair reportedly, had been shot ten times.<br>A petition is not the same thing as formal charges. <br>As of 2019, 17-year-olds who commit crimes are no longer charged in the adult criminal justice system. Instead, law enforcement officers will file a juvenile petition, that is the formal pleading that initiates a juvenile court case.<br>The identity of the juvenile offender has not been made public.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Devin-Clark-with-his-mother-Tiffancy-Concepion-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417719" width="837" height="1020"/><figcaption><strong>Killed:</strong> <strong>Devin Clark, 18, seen [photo] with his mother Tiffancy Concepion, a talented football player, was also reported missing around the same time was Woods. His body was also found next to the ninth-grader, with both suffering gunshot wounds</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Woods was reported missing by her stepfather on Saturday morning after they found her empty bed at the home in Efland.<br>The backdoor of the property was also found unlocked, and the family of the ninth grader at Cedar Ridge High School immediately contacted police.<br>&#8216;Gentle giant&#8217; Clark, a talented football player for Eastern Alamance High School, was reported missing on Sunday after his family last saw him on Friday night.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lyric-Woods-with-her-grandfather-Stan-Dean-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417723" width="838" height="938"/><figcaption><strong>Stan Dean, seen [photo], with his granddaughter Lyric Woods, has crafted a cross surrounded by flowers and put it where her body was found, with lights because his granddaughter was ‘afraid of the dark’</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Sheriff Charles Blackwood said: ‘Through the hard work of my investigators, along with the assistance of personnel from many other law enforcement agencies, we have identified a suspect in this case.<br>‘We will now work with local, state, and federal authorities to apprehend and present the suspect to the court system.<br>‘I want to thank the families of Devin Clark and Lyric Woods for trusting us and the investigative process during this excruciatingly painful time. I hope the apprehension&#8217;<br>Devin Clark, 18, a talented football player at Eastern Alamance, was also reported missing around the same time was Woods. His body was also found next to the ninth-grader, with both suffering gunshot wounds</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lyric-Woods-with-her-parents-and-siblings-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417728" width="838" height="1082"/><figcaption><strong>The 14-year-old victim&#8217;s dad Brady Woods, seen with Lyric [second left] and the rest of the family, helped in the search after the Sheriff&#8217;s Office contacted him</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Authorities confirmed that the two teenagers’ bodies were discovered with gunshot wounds by two men riding ATV’s on Sunday.<br>The teenagers are understood to have known each other, with both of their families saying that they were both last spotted in a car with an unknown man.<br>Authorities are investigating their deaths, after witnesses claimed to hear at least 10 shots. <br>Both families are pleading with anyone with information that will help with apprehending the perpetrators.<br>Lyric&#8217;s grandfather, Stan Dean, has now offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who has information regarding the murders. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Devin-Clark-with-his-mother-Tiffancy-Concepion-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417729" width="830" height="1108"/><figcaption><strong>Clarks mother, Tiffancy Concepion, pictured with her son, is demanding answers for what happened. She said &#8216;my baby has been brutally murdered&#8217;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Lyric&#8217;s grandfather, Stan Dean, has now offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who has information regarding the murders.<br>He crafted a cross surrounded by flowers and put it where her body was found, with lights because his granddaughter was ‘afraid of the dark’.<br>Dean said that he had seen his granddaughter in the hours before her death and had taken her for ice cream: ‘I’m living a nightmare. It just doesn’t make sense. The minutes are too long,&#8217; adding, ‘We’re just taking it breath by breath. She trusted everyone.’<br>Her stepfather Shane Cannada said that she had a shower at around 11pm on Friday night, and he thinks she left by an unlocked door shortly after.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lyric-Woods-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417628" width="840" height="1088"/><figcaption><strong>Lyric&#8217;s grandfather, Stan Dean, has now offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who has information regarding the murders.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p><br>A missing person report stated that Lyric left all of her things in her room apart from her iPad, so he did not think she had run away. <br>Brady Woods, Lyric&#8217;s father, helped in the search after the Sheriff&#8217;s Office contacted him.<br>Authorities managed to track her scent through a trail using a K-9 dog and her pillowcase, close to where four wheelers drove through.<br>She was then seen by a neighbor in an SUV at around 3am on Saturday, in the same area, with deputies believing that she was given a ride by someone.<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/devin-clark-family-with-funeral-expenses?qid=b1802349957da8023038d21b2235e98a" target="_blank">GoFundMe</a> collections for <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-funds-for-lyric-woods?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&;utm_medium=copy_link&;utm_source=customer" target="_blank">both teenagers </a>have now raised more than $46,000 for their funerals. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Devin-Clark-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417622" width="836" height="1544"/><figcaption><strong>The male victim Devin Clark, [photo], a football player at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, was described as an &#8216;athletic person, a good person with a good heart&#8217; by his mother </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lyric-Woods-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417630" width="819" height="1219"/><figcaption><strong> The search party tracked Lyric Woods with her scent through a trail using a K-9 dog and her pillowcase, close to where the men who discovered her body <strong>drove through</strong> on four wheelers </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A Mebane Police Department report was filed on Saturday for Clark, who had lived with his father.<br>Paying tribute to the star athlete, his mother Tiffancy Concepion described him as an &#8216;athletic person, a good person with a good heart.’<br>Hundreds of people attended a balloon release in memory of Clark, with his brother saying ‘we won’t stop until we find justice for who killed my brother.’<br>His family were furious that law enforcement did not issue an Amber Alert when he was first reported missing.<br>Concepion also claims that she had to identify her son by his clothes, and was not allowed to see his body.<br>She thinks the sheriff&#8217;s office should have been more aggressive and sent out an Amber Alert when the friends first vanished.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Devin-Clark-4.png" alt="" class="wp-image-417727" width="838" height="1425"/><figcaption><strong>Devin&#8217;s mom <strong>Tiffancy Concepion</strong> claims that she had to identify her son [photo], by his clothes, and was not allowed to see his body. His brother has vowed: ‘we won’t stop until we find justice for who killed my brother’</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>But Orange County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said that Amber Alerts are not issued for those who are 18 years old.<br>Sheriff Blackwood said in a statement: &#8216;The process is important and critical to lead us to the person or persons responsible for this horrific crime.<br>&#8216;I&#8217;m asking for your patience as we, along with other investigative agencies, do the work necessary to seek justice for the victims and their families.&#8217;<br>Alamance County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and the Mebane Police Department are handling Clark&#8217;s investigation.</p>

Orange County file juvenile petition against 17-year-old boy on two counts of first-degree murder after missing girl, 14, and high school football player, 18, were found dead, shot more than 10 times
