By Canadian Press

Sheriff: Carnival worker from Virginia shot, killed 3 women

May 14, 2019 | 10:04 AM

Authorities in Virginia have linked the slayings of two missing women and a missing teenage girl to a carnival worker who met the victims through the travelling show.

The sheriff’s office in rural Washington County announced Monday that 23-year-old James Michael Wright is charged with murder. He’s accused of fatally shooting the three in February and March.

Sheriff Fred Newman identified the victims as 25-year-old Athina Hopson of Johnson City, Tennessee; 22-year-old Elizabeth Marie Vanmeter of Carter County, Tennessee; and 17-year-old Joslyn M. Alsup of Cobb County, Georgia.

Newman said in a statement that Johnson City police had reported Hopson was last seen with Wright. Newman said Wright confessed to the shootings but called them accidental.

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Defence attorney Barry Proctor said he’s met with Wright but can’t discuss their conversation.

The Associated Press