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CHARLOTTE, NC — New developments are coming to the surface in the murder of an elderly woman in East Charlotte.
Crime tape was still hanging on a fence Tuesday outside the family home where police say William Henry Yongue killed Imogene Yongue, his mother.
“We don’t know what to think. We really don’t,” said Lolane Yongue.
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She’s is grasping for answers: why would her cousin kill her aunt? She says he’s an attorney and his mother was a retired English professor.
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“We’re hurt,” said Lolane. “I feel sorry for him as well.”
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Police won’t release a motive for the murder… and won’t say how Imogene died.
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Officers first came to her home on Vernedale Rd. Monday evening for a welfare check.Β Investigators won’t say who called to request that service.Β
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Inside, they say they found the 88-year-old dead.Β
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“You’re hoping for the best, that the outcome was not what it ended up being,” said Lolane.Β After questioning Imogene’s only son, police arrested him.
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Tom Osiecki was next door.
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“It was a complete shock,” said Osiecki. Β “I assumed it was old age that she had passed.”
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WCCB Charlotte called the son’s law office in Virginia. The call went to his personal line’s voice mail.
Family says Imogene taught at Johnson C. Smith University.
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She was part of Duke University’s documentary about segregation in North Carolina.
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“It makes us very proud,” said Lolane. “She was fun and loving and very welcoming.”
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Now, the Yongue family grieves together two days before Christmas.
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“It’s just hard to be joyous at this point,” said Lolane.Β
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William Yongue is still in jail with no bond.Β
