Nash County sheriff says 'armed and dangerous' murder suspect committed suicide

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Monday, September 18, 2017
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NASH COUNTY (WTVD) -- The Nash County Sheriff's Office says a man wanted for murder has committed suicide.



Thirty-four-year-old Michael Steven Stell was found dead in a Halifax County cemetery Monday.



Stell - who deputies described as armed and dangerous - was accused in the murder of 31-year-old Brian Scott Keen Jr. of Elm City.



Keen was shot to death Sunday in the 9000 block of Grover Road in Nashville, North Carolina.

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