Saturday's Internet Edition, May 17, 2008.
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| Candice Joyal |
According to a report from the Davie Sheriff’s Department, Candice Marie Joyal, 18, of 991 Gladstone Road, Mocksville was found unresponsive around 1 p.m. at a home on Swicegood Street near Cooleemee on July 1.
Capt. J.D. Hartman said Joyal was at a friend’s home spending the night when she was found.
Joyal was sleeping on the couch and the friend was sleeping on the floor. Hartman said the friend attempted to rouse Joyal around 8 a.m. that morning but Joyal would not wake. She tried again near noon and became scared when Joyal would still not wake. She became frightened and contacted a friend. Afterwards they called 911, according to Hartman.
Joyal was charged with one count second-degree kidnapping, along with two other females, on April 29 after their involvement in the beating and kidnapping of Gene Moore, 23, of Statesville and his girlfriend following a drug purchase made in Charlotte.
Moore and his girlfriend were brought to another home on Dalton Road. Moore was severely beaten by four male suspects while his girlfriend was held in another room of the home by Joyal and the female suspects.
Joyal was scheduled to appear in Davie District Court on July 12.
Hartman said that the cause Joyal’s death is being further investigated.
An autopsy will be performed at Baptist Medical Center ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.