Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 22, 1995 TAG: 9507180104
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: GREENEVILLE, TENN. LENGTH: Short
The first-degree murder charge against Sean Patrick Goble, 28, of Asheboro, N.C., will go to a Greene County grand jury. The grand jury's next session is scheduled for July 31.
Goble is accused of strangling Brenda Kay Hagy, 45, of Bloomington, Ind., at a truck stop along Interstate 81. Her body was found about 60 miles away in Virginia on Jan. 23.
Goble, who weighed a reported 300 pounds when he was arrested April 13 in North Carolina, had lost weight. His long beard and hair had been cut and his hair was pulled back in a ponytail.
He was shackled and handcuffed during his brief appearance. He nodded when asked if he waived his preliminary hearing. Sessions Court Judge James Carter ordered the case sent to the grand jury.
Goble was brought to court from Jefferson County, where he is being held without bond on a first-degree murder charge. There, he is accused of suffocating Alice Rebecca Hanes, 36, of Columbus, Ohio.
He told authorities he killed her at a truck stop along I-81 and then dumped her body about 60 miles away in Kingsport. Her body was found March 19.
Goble is to be tried first for Hanes' death. The trial is expected to begin in late summer or early fall.
The trucker also is accused of murder in North Carolina. The partially decomposed body of Sherry Mansur, 34, of Clearwater, Fla., was found Feb. 19 in Guilford County. Goble was charged in Orange County, where authorities believe the killing occurred.
by CNB