Authorities: Suspect in multistate crime rampage, deaths of NC couple, commits suicide in cell
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Authorities say one of two suspects arrested in a multistate crime rampage which included the deaths of a North Carolina couple has committed suicide in prison.
Keith Acree of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety says correctional officers found 54-year-old Edward Campbell unresponsive in his cell Tuesday. Acree's statement says Campbell tried to hang himself, was treated by prison medical personnel and then taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Campbell was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 73-year-old Jerome Faulkner and his 62-year-old wife, Dora, near Oxford on Jan. 1. Authorities say Campbell set fire to the couple's home and stole their vehicle.
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Authorities say Campbell and his son then headed to West Virginia, where they are accused of involvement in a police shootout.