Execution

Extradition imminent for accused trucker

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
MONMOUTH - A North Carolina truck driver accused of killing another man with a hammer will be extradited to Tennessee in the next few days, Warren County State's Attorney Chip Algren said Tuesday.
David McCoy, 41, of Shelby, N.C., has been charged with first degree murder by prosecutors in Nashville where the killing of Marvin Davis, 41, occurred. The Nashville warrant for McCoy's arrests was issued Tuesday.
Davis' body was discovered Sept. 2 east of Monmouth along U.S. 34 near the Cameron exit.
McCoy, who is being held on $1 million bond in the Warren County Jail, appeared Tuesday in Warren County Circuit Court with his attorney, David Reid Clark of Monmouth. McCoy waived extradition before Circuit Judge David L. Vancil.
McCoy is an over-the-road truck driver who was working for a trucking company that had an office in Monmouth.
Authorities believe Davis was killed in Tennessee.
According to Metro Police in Nashville, Davis and McCoy were together at an East Nashville truck stop late Aug. 31 or early Sept. 1. The two allegedly got into a fight, and Davis was killed when he was struck in the head with a hammer.
According to The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, police used a Global Positioning System in McCoy's semi to confirm his location during the time of the murder. He later traded his semi for a newer one, but the newspaper said police found Davis' blood in the old truck.
The story also states McCoy is claiming self defense because Davis had a knife. Police have reportedly recovered the hammer in McCoy's truck but not the knife.
The Warren County charges against McCoy will be dismissed upon extradition.
GateHouse News Service contributed to this report.