Westover man facing murder charges among those indicted in Preston County

Cops and Courts October 18, 2023

The man who allegedly confessed to the 1985 murder of 13-year-old Jeremiah “Jerry” Matthew Watkins was indicted for first-degree murder earlier this week by a Preston County grand jury. According to an article published by The Dominion Post on Nov. 13, 1985, the teen had been reported ...

Westover man confesses to 1985 cold case murder of teen Jeremiah 'Jerry' Watkins

Cops and Courts February 14, 2023

“Because it wasn’t solved.”  That's why Preston County deputies chose to reopen the nearly four-decade-old cold case murder of 13-year-old Jeremiah “Jerry” Matthew Watkins, Sheriff Paul “Moe” Pritt said. Now, 37 years after Jerry’s body was found in a shallow hole ...