Thursday, September 13, 2012

Murder Charges In Nicholas County

{Nettie, West Virginia}...Two Nicholas County men are now facing murder charges more than five years after the crimes. Wednesday, Rodney Snodgrass, Jr., 29, from Summersville and Jonathan Fields, 29, from Nettie, were arrested for the 2007 murders of 29 year old April Moore and 73 year old Howard Delp, both from Nettie. They were found beaten to death at Delp's home on Panther Creek Road on May 28, 2007. At the time, investigators said the motives for the murders were likely drugs and robbery. Investigators believed Delp was a known Oxycodone dealer. Law enforcement officers with the Central West Virginia Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, the Nicholas County Sheriff's Department and State Police have been investigating the murders.