New charges for 2 accused in death of Siler City woman found unconscious on Chatham County road

PITTSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two people have been charged in the death of a woman found on a Chatham County Road.

On Tuesday, the Chatham County Sheriff's Office said a man and a woman were charged in connection with the homicide investigation of 33-year-old Michelle Nichole Jenks, of Siler City.

Deputies received a tip early Monday about 2:40 a.m. that a person was lying in the roadway. First responders found Jenks unconscious in the 7700 block of NC 902.

Jenks was taken to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, where she was later pronounced dead.

On Wednesday, the sheriff's office filed additional charges against the two.

Terrie Fields, 39, of the 3000 block of Campbell Road in Bear Creek, and Corey Rives, 37, of the same address, were arrested and charged. On Tuesday, the sheriff's office said Fields was charged with one count of felony second-degree murder. On Wednesday, a charge of first-degree murder was added. Other new charges were one count of felony kidnapping, one count of felony possession of methamphetamine, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rives, originally charged with one count of felony accessory after the fact, was charged Wednesday with one count of felony first-degree murder, one count of felony possession of methamphetamine, one count of felony maintaining a dwelling for controlled substance, one count of misdemeanor simple possession of Schedule III controlled substance, one count of misdemeanor carrying a concealed gun, and one count of misdemeanor possession of marijuana up to half an ounce.

Field was held without bond. Rives' bond was set Tuesday at $41,500, but after the upgraded charges he was held without bond.

Both suspects are set to appear in Chatham County District Court in Pittsboro on Jan. 29.

There is no indication of an ongoing threat to public safety, the sheriff's office said.

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with relevant information is asked to please call the Sheriff's Office at (919) 542-2911.