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Terry Speaks has a substantial criminal history
Terry Speaks, a suspect in the recent murder and dismemberment of 22-year-old exotic dancerJaren Lockhart, has a substantial criminal history, including convictions for having sex with a 14-year-old, assaulting a woman and domestic violence, records show. The convictions all occurred in Surry County, N.C. The most recent was the sex offense, of which Speaks was found guilty in 2003, when he was 31.
The violent crimes appear to have involved female family members, though the court documents do not make clear how the victims are related to Speaks.
Earlier this year, a grand jury in North Carolina indicted Speaks for failing to register as a sex offender as a result of his 2003 conviction. That charge landed him in front of a federal magistrate judge in New Orleans on Friday, who ordered him transferred to North Carolina for arraignment.
Glenn Grannan, chief investigator for the Hancock County, Miss., sheriff’s office, the lead agency investigating Lockhart’s death, said he does not believe Speaks’ transfer to North Carolina will be immediate. Nor does he believe Speaks’ move will affect Hancock County’s investigation into Lockhart’s death.
“If we charge him with anything, we’ll just put him on a plane and fly him down to Mississippi,” Grannan said.
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Grannan said both Speaks and Sanchez have remained silent during questioning.
Grannan said Hancock County officials on Friday conducted tests using sonar equipment off the coast of Long Beach, Miss. They were looking for the hunting knife they believe was used to stab Lockhart in her chest and kill her.
“We knew the victim suffered a chest wound with some sort of hunting knife, so we were looking for something similar,” Grannan said. “All we found was a crab trap.”
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