LINCOLNTON, N.C. — A woman was beaten to death during a domestic disturbance Tuesday morning, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
It happened at a home on the 2700 block of Lee Lawing Road around 10:30 a.m.
Deputies said they responded to the home after receiving a call from 68-year-old Clarence Dobbs Pinckney.
Pinckney confessed to the sheriff’s office that he had killed his wife. He has been charged with first-degree murder.
Deputies said Pinckney was taken into custody without incident. He is being held without bond at the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center.
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