Found Deceased NC - Harold Simpson, 84, Burlington, 19 Aug 2017 *Arrests*

The body of an 84-year-old Burlington man missing since Aug. 19 was found Friday, the man’s son confirmed.

In a Friday night phone call to the Times-News, Robert Simpson said police had told his family that the body of Harold Simpson had been found that night in Caswell County. Robert Simpson learned the news about 10:15 Friday night from a family member, he said. Additional details were unavailable at press time Friday

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BURLINGTON, N.C. - Investigators are working to determine if an unidentified body found in Caswell County is connected to the disappearance of Mr. Harold Dean Simpson.

Police said they received information that led them to the area of Totten Road in Caswell County around 6:00 Friday night.

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Investigators said at this time it is unknown if this is the body of Mr. Harold Dean Simpson who was reported missing to the Burlington Police Department on August 19th.

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BURLINGTON, N.C. — A couple has been charged with murder after authorities found remains believed to be an 84-year-old man missing out of Burlington, according to a press release.

Sean Castorina and Penny Dawson were arrested in Minnesota on August 24. The couple had previously been wanted by Virginia police for a shooting that injured an elderly woman.
Burlington Police Department received information that Harold Simpson, who was reported missing on Aug. 19, may be located on Totten Road in Caswell County. Investigators responded to the area and found human remains.
The remains were taken to the North Carolina Examiners Office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death and identification. Investigators believe the remains are Simpson but are awaiting official notification through the examiner’s officer.

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UPDATE: The Burlington Police Department and the Alamance County District Attorney’s Office coordinated the extradition of Penny Dawson, 40, back to Alamance County on Friday.

Dawson and Sean D. Castorina, 42, are charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 84-year-old Harold Simpson.

Simpson was found dead in a Caswell County field last month.
Dawson is being held in the Alamance County Detention Center without bail.

Castorina is awaiting extradition back to Alamance County and is still in the custody of the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota.

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Sean Damien Castorina, 44, will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Thursday, Sept. 12, in the brutal murder of 84-year-old Harold Dean Simpson.

"What kind of monster animal would beat up and kill an old man?" Mark Hall said, reading a statement his late wife Sherri Hall, Simpson's daughter, wrote before her death.

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Castorina took an Alford plea, pleading guilty without admitting guilt, in exchange for a life sentence without parole. The Alamance County District Attorney's Office announced it would seek the death penalty against Castorina and Dawson just a few months after they were arrested and extradited back to Alamance County. Charges against Dawson are pending.

This was not Castorina's first murder conviction. He served 13 years in prison for the 2003 killing of 27-year-old Sean Nichols in Johnston County. He shot Nichols, his boss, in the back and again in the face on a hunting trip over a dispute about his paycheck, covered the body and left it in the woods, to be found weeks later.

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