Reward offered in case of teen found dead in house fire

Police are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to an arrest in the Sept. 4 murder of a Northern Nash High School student.

Authorities continue to search for three suspects accused in the shooting of 17-year-old Chavalis Boyd, found dead in a Rocky Mount house fire last month.

After extinguishing the fire at Boyd’s home on Silverleaf Road, firefighters found the teen dead in the house’s front bedroom. An autopsy conducted a few days later determined the teen had been shot and was dead before the fire.

Police arrested 21-year-old Quantisia Lushun Moss earlier this month and charged the Kenly woman with accessory after the fact for murder. Three men – Nathan Jones, 32, of Raleigh, Brian Carney, 20, and Corey Jermaine Lee, 32, both of Rocky Mount – are wanted in connection to the slaying.

Police put out reward posters Monday, offering $1,000 to anyone who knows where the men might be.

Investigators issued arrest warrants for the three suspects earlier this month after searching their homes, police said. Lee is wanted on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, first-degree burglary and arson.

Jones and Carney are wanted for first-degree murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and first-degree burglary.

A Facebook group was created as a tribute to Boyd. More than 460 people had joined the group by Tuesday, leaving dozens of comments in memory of the slain student.

“We must remember his life in a good way and know that we must live our life to the fullest extent and pray that we see him again at the gates,” the Facebook group’s creator Shemekia Michelle Gilchrist wrote. “We all know Chavalis was a wonderful person, young and filled with so much joy, living every minute to the fullest. he [sic] was so dear to us all.”

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Twin County Crimestoppers at 252-977-1111 or e-mail crimestoppers@rockymountnc.gov.