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Calif. man indicted in 4 Va. bludgeoning deaths

Posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:15 AM

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FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — An aspiring California rapper has been indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of four people found bludgeoned to death at a central Virginia home in September.

The Prince Edward County Circuit Court indictments were returned for 20-year-old Richard "Sam" McCroskey of Castro Valley, Calif.

McCroskey is charged in the Sept. 18 deaths of his girlfriend, 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock; her parents, 50-year-old Presbyterian minister Mark Niederbrock and 53-year-old Longwood University professor Debra Kelley; and Emma's friend, 18-year-old Melanie Wells of Inwood, W.Va. Their bodies were found in a home in Farmville.

McCroskey met Emma Niederbrock online through their interest in so-called "horrorcore" music and flew to Virginia on Sept. 6 to meet her.

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