Suspect charged after missing man found dead in trunk of car

FAYETTEVILLE (WTVD) -- Police have charged a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a man found dead in a car's trunk Thursday.

The victim was identified as 25-year-old Samuel Federick III. He was last seen leaving his home on Grand Prix Drive Tuesday morning in a gray 2012 Dodge Avenger.

Family members later found Federick shot to death in the trunk of a car around 8:25 p.m. Thursday. The discovery was made just two miles from Federick's home, in the area of Dodge Court and North Platte Road.

Police have now charged 36-year-old John Jacob Sierra with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Sierra was processed at the Cumberland County Detention Center, where he remains without bond.



Anyone with information regarding the death investigation is asked to contact Detective M. Taylor with the Fayetteville Police Department at (910) 303-9751 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).

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