Editor-in-Chief
A 54
year old Cary man has been charged with Cary’s first homicide of the year. Dwight Anthony Blount of Cary is currently
being held without bond for the homicide of Luciano Mariana Andia, 72.
Before
7 a.m. on Sunday, Cary police received a call from a shopping center between
High House Road and Highway 55. The
witness calling on the phone believed the man, Andia, had been shot, due to the
holes through the car window. When officers arrived to the scene, they found
Andia dead inside his car.
On
Monday, Howard Cummings, the Wake County District Attorney, said the motive for
the homicide appeared to be robbery. At
first the death was not ruled a homicide, until investigators discovered that
Andia sustained injuries that caused his death.
Surveillance videos and forensic evidence led authorities to
Blount. This is not the first time
Blount has been in custody. At 19,
Blount was found guilty on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and
in 1994 he was convicted of second-degree murder. His last time in custody was on a breaking
and entering charge in 2009, for which he served eight months.
Blount
appeared in court yesterday. His next
hearing is scheduled for June 1 at 9 a.m.
