Farmville murders

The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia in September 2009. The quadruple bludgeoning homicide of Mark Niederbrock, Debra S. Kelley, their daughter Emma Niedersbrock and friend Melanie Wells. Emma shared an online relationship with Richard Samuel McCroskey, a troubled aspiring rapper. Days before the killings, Emma and her mother went to a horrorcore concert with McCros key. McCros Key was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison.

About Farmville murders in brief

Summary Farmville murdersThe Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia in September 2009. The quadruple bludgeoning homicide of Mark Niederbrock, Debra S. Kelley, their daughter Emma Niedersbrock and friend Melanie Wells. Emma shared an online relationship with Richard Samuel McCroskey, a troubled aspiring rapper. Days before the killings, Emma and her mother went to a horrorcore concert with McCros key. McCros Key was convicted of the murders and sentenced to life in prison. As of 2020, he is serving his sentence at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. The bodies were found just after 3: 00 p.m. on September 17, 2009, the victims having been bludgeoned to death with a hammer and maul. The victims had no defensive wounds, according to the Prince Edward County Commonwealth’s Attorney James Ennis.

The murders took place at Dr. Debra Kelley’s home, where Kelley lived with her daughter Emma and Emma’s father, Mark Nieser Brock, a pastor at a Presbyterian church in Hixburg in northern Appomattox County. Emma’s parents had taken her to the concert with her boyfriend, Richard McCrosKey, the week before the murders. The three female victims were killed as they were sleeping in their bedrooms. The following Monday, the Attorney General and Farmville County Police Department held a press conference where the bodies were identified. A press release was issued to the public at the time of the murdered, An e-mail was sent to Longwood University students.