Arrest made after woman found dead outside apartment complex

LENOIR — Police have made an arrest after a Lenoir woman was found dead outside an apartment complex over a week ago.

Ashley Stewart was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon in connection with the death of Hope Webb. She has been charged with second-degree murder.

Webb died from a puncture wound outside Stewart's apartment.

Past coverage:
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Webb lived miles from the apartment complex.

Court documents released last week said Webb got into an altercation at the apartments with another woman and man who lived in an apartment.

When reporter Dave Faherty went to Stewart's apartment last week, she told him she had nothing to do with the murder. Investigators are not discussing a motive, but family members told Channel 9 Webb did at one time date Stewart's boyfriend.

Stewart is scheduled to appear before a judge Thursday morning in Caldwell County.

Faherty was at the magistrate's office when Stewart was taken into custody. See his story on Eyewitness News at 5.

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