Haywood Deputies Make Arrests in Murder of Clyde Man

Update: 11/4/09

On October 26th, 2009, the body of Jesse Lee Parker was found in the Panther Creek Area of Haywood County.

Matthew Caldwell Age 27 Arrested on October 27th, 2009

Indicted for 1st degree murder
Charged with Conspiracy to commit murder and 2nd degree burglary
$250,000 bond

Crystal Moody Age 27 Arrested on November 2, 2009

Indicted for Accessory after the fact
Charged with Conspiracy and 2nd degree burglary
$125, 000 bond

Ashley Duckett Age 22 Arrested on November 2, 2009

Charged with Conspiracy and 2nd degree burglary
$100,000 bond

Alicia Creasman Age 24 Arrested on November 2, 2009

Charged with Conspiracy and 2nd degree burglary
$100,000 bond

Update: 10/28/09

The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the death of a man found Monday off Panther Creek Road.

Sheriff Bobby Suttles says an arrest warrant was served on Matthew Robert Caldwell, 27, early Wednesday morning. Caldwell is charged with the murder of Jesse Lee Parker, 44, of Clyde, North Carolina.

The sheriff says after interviews his officers obtained a search warrant for Caldwell’s home. That led to the arrest.

Parker’s body was found some distance from his residence in Clyde.

An autopsy on Parker is being conducted Wednesday in Chapel Hill. Suttles would not say how he beleived the victim died or how long Parker’s remains had been off Panther Creek Road before they were found.

We’re told there may be other charges filed against Caldwell in the ongoing investigation. Suttles says the State Bureau of Investigation aided his deputies and investigators in making the arrest.