Michael Sharron Wright told a judge he was guilty of second-degree murder Friday in Granville County Superior Court, accepting a sentence of at least 14 years, and up to 17.5 years to serve...
Wright killed his 54-year-old uncle, Kirk Douglas Wright Sr., on Jan. 17, 2010, a Sunday during which the men had been seen watching football together at the 611 Granville St., Oxford, home where both lived...
Bostic told Bushfan that investigators took a statement from Michael Wright the day after the body was found, “and he said, ‘it was an accident, I didn’t mean to,’” Bostic said. Bostic added the relationship between the two men had been strained by conflict recently before the murder.