Orange County

Couple arrested after death of Orange County man denied bond in court

A man and woman arrested after the death of an Orange County man who was reported missing last week faced a judge Sunday afternoon.

Johnny Wesley and Lashawn Triplett are both charged with first-degree murder with a firearm in the death of Melvin Wilcox.

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Wilcox was last seen Tuesday and reported missing by his family. His body was found Friday night in the trunk of his car in the Pine Hills area.

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Wesley and Triplett were both arrested Saturday. A judge ordered Sunday that they will have no bond ue to the nature of their charges.

Investigators said Triplett is Wilcox’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child and Wesley was Wilcox’s friend.

Orange County deputies said surveillance video linked them to Wilcox’s murder.

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Investigators said a neighbor’s surveillance video shows Wilcox pulling up to Wesley’s house days ago to talk to him, and that was the last time he was seen alive.

An arrest report shows the couple hid their relationship from Wilcox for about a year until last week, when Wilcox ran into them at a fair.

Days later, his body was found in the trunk of his car at a Walgreens on Pine Hills Road.

Investigators said Wilcox had been shot once in the head and twice in his neck and shoulders.

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Investigators said they found Wilcox’s blood on furniture, walls, doors and the floor at a home on Elon Drive.

Channel 9 will continue to monitor this murder investigation and provide updates on Eyewitness News.

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