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Durham teen charged with killing his father never had a ‘discipline problem,’ attorney says
February 25, 2019 11:30 AM
Durham
A Durham County judge on Monday set a $250,000 bond for a 16-year-old charged with killing his father, who was found unresponsive last April with a dog leash around his neck.
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Sharp raised concerns about how law enforcement handled the case, including a Friday arrest that resulted in Alexander Bishop spending the weekend in jail. Sharp also argued there is a dispute between medical experts about whether Bill Bishop’s death was a homicide.
The North Carolina state medical examiner ruled Bishop’s death a homicide and said he died from strangulation. But a Greenville pathologist hired by Bishop’s family cast doubt on that ruling, The News & Observer reported. Bob Idol, an attorney representing Bishop’s sons in estate-related matters, has said the family believes Bishop died from a heart attack.
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