A Huntersville man sought for a triple-murder in a small mobile home community has reportedly shot himself dead Thursday.
21-year-old Michael Jacob Matocha died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the same trailer home where he murdered his third victim 41-year-old Phillip Daryl Jewell.
Officers were first alerted to the shooting rampage Tuesday afternoon after finding Michael Eugene Elliot, 58, shot to death at a mobile home in Caldwell Station Road.
The following day, 26-year-old Kendrick Logan Knight was found dead in a wooded area not far from the first crime scene.
Jewell and Matocha’s bodies were found on Thursday. Investigators believe Matocha was the killer of the three other men.
They said that the perpetrator and Knight were friends and that Knight was friends with the two other victims.
The investigation continues to determine a motive for the crime continues. Anyone with information about the triple-homicide is asked to call North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers at 704-896-7867 or 704-464-5400.
