Police: Two men arrested in 17-year-old homicide case

Cleveland County Sheriff’s deputies have charged two men with first-degree murder in a woman’s death almost 17 years ago, the Shelby Star reported.

Police arrested Gator Walter Martin, 42, from Corner, Ga., and William Earl Huffstetler, 37, from Blacksburg, S.C., on Monday and charged them in connection to the death of Charlene Simmons.

Simmons was found dead at a King’s Mountain nightclub, the Log Cabin, that she owned on June 21, 1995, police said.

Police said Martin and Huffstetler took an unknown amount of money from Simmons and threatened her with a knife.

Deputies also charged both men with robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy.

Both men are jailed without bail at the Cleveland County Detention Center.

The cause of Simmons’ death was never released by police.