A man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of a Hickory mother and her son.
During a police chase in 2023, Chander Johnson was on a motorcycle when a former officer crashed into Cynthia Lail and her son, Michael, killing them.
That officer, while not formally charged, was eventually fired, according to the Hickory Record.
Johnson was later charged and sentenced to five years of supervised probation. He was originally being chased for reckless driving.
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