-Information courtesy the Henderson Police Department’s Facebook page
On Saturday, February 2, 2019, around 5 a.m., Henderson Police Department officers responded to a call at I-85, mile marker 213 (Dabney Dr) in reference to a pedestrian being struck.
When they arrived, Carl Maurice Matthews III, age 25 of Oxford, NC, was found unresponsive. Matthews had been struck by a motor vehicle in the southbound lane of I-85.
After an in-depth investigation and speaking with family, friends, and acquaintances, the case has been deemed a suicide. Out of respect for the family, no further information will be provided.
