WV HAS VIOLENT DOUBLE MURDER |
(04/17/2007) |
While the nation was focused on violent death in Blacksburg Virginia, with 33 dead at the Virginia Tech campus, West Virginia experienced a tragic double murder in Preston County. Two bodies were found in an abandoned car outside of Kingwood early yesterday.
Officials said Casteel and her son lived with DeGasperin. "They [students] all liked him," said Casey Golden, "They called him Mr. D." The victims were badly beaten, and left in a Ford Explorer. A neighbor told police DeGasperin said he killed Casteel by beating her with a baseball bat. He then reportedly asked for help to dispose of their bodies. Preston County Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Brown said DeGasperin was friendly and well-liked in the area. Officials said the 36-year-old had his own kids from a previous marriage, making these murders even more puzzling. "I can't understand it," Golden said. "Him being a teacher, I just think there's more to it than we heard." DeGasperin is in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail.
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