Man Charged With Murder & Dismemberment After Missing Woman's Remains Discovered

Aug 26, 2022

RawNews1st – Man Charged With Murder & Dismemberment After Missing Woman’s Remains Discovered

Authorities have arrested a Robeson County man accused of killing his girlfriend.

Glenn Locklear III, 24, of Maxton is charged with first-degree murder, concealment of death by dismembering human remains and altering and destroying evidence.

Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said Locklear buried parts of his girlfriend’s body in plastic bags in a shallow grave near his home.

It took investigators two weeks to find her body after she went missing.

By using identifying markings and tattoos, sheriff’s office investigators and family members said they identified the remains as those belonging to Wendy Jones, 20, also from Maxton.

Authorities are still waiting on the official confirmation from the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office.

In October 2021, Jessica Lawrence, 42, of St. Pauls, was last seen leaving her job at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville. Her body was discovered Oct. 25 in a wooded area outside of Rowland. Michael Brayboy, 42, was charged with her murder.

Then in April, the body of Jessica Locklear, 38, was found in the woods near Cabinet Shop Road in Robeson County. Cedric Locklear, 36, is charge with her death.

Tony Hunt, Locklear’s cousin said “you could have never fooled me in a million years” that Locklear would be accused of murder.

Jones’ mother and father are devastated.

“She was a good mother,” Linda Jones, Wendy’s mother said. “She always come to the house and hang out with me and her daddy. We always bond together. We always cook out and have fun and everything.”

Locklear is being held without bond in the Robeson County Detention Center. Family members tell us they’re going to have a balloon release for Wendy Jones this weekend.