KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A Gastonia man was on the run after investigators said he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death at a gas station in Kings Mountain Tuesday night. Two days later, he and a woman were taken into custody during a traffic stop.
Kings Mountain police were called to the Silver Express on Kings Street a few minutes after 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 17 for a reported stabbing. When officers got to the store, they found a woman who had been stabbed multiple times.
The victim, identified as 34-year-old Ashley Erin Scoggins, was rushed to a hospital where she died from her injuries.
Detectives allege that Scoggins' ex-boyfriend, Timothy Prescott Parson, stabbed her inside the store before leaving the parking lot in a gray Nissan Sentra.
His car was eventually found abandoned in town. Police continued their search.
On Thursday, KMPD announced Parson was arrested around 2:30 p.m. during a traffic stop along Dixon School Road near I-85. Parson was driving an older-model BMW at the time and was taken to jail.
A woman who was riding with Parson as a passenger was also arrested. 42-year-old Tracy Marie Hartis was charged with obstruction of justice and similarly jailed.
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