Joe Zickafoose Death News: Joe Zickafoose and Wife Melissa Died in Murder-Suicide in Rowan County
Joe Zickafoose Death News; The bodies of a couple whose bodies were found in a garage on Monday night were most likely the result of a murder-suicide, according to deputies in Rowan County, North Carolina. In response to a report of a domestic incident, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office was called to a residence on Old Concord Road in Salisbury, North Carolina, just before 6:30 o’clock in the evening.
Shooting in Rowan County
A concerned neighbor noticed a man and his wife entering the building during the event. The 54-year-old male was identified as Joseph Benjamin Zickafoose, and his 51-year-old wife was Melissa Kincaid Zickafoose. The neighbor of the couple called the sheriff’s office for help after he was unable to talk the pair out of the locked garage.
As police officers arrived at the house, they forced their way inside and found that the couple had been fatally shot. The investigation is still underway, according to the detectives, while they await the autopsy’s results and thoroughly examine all of the evidence that was collected at the scene. In its statement, the sheriff’s office withheld any further information.
About Melissa Zickafoose and Joseph Zickafoose
Melissa Kincaid Zickafoose’s social media page states that she attended Fayetteville High School in 1990 and is a resident of Fayetteville, West Virginia. She studied nursing and received her degree from West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 1994.
In Kannapolis, North Carolina, Melissa had positions as a home health clinical specialist at Gentiva Health Services from 2014 to 2017 and as a communication liaison at Home Care of The Carolinas from 2010 to 2014.
She was employed with CenterWell Home Health as a Senior Home Health Clinical Specialist. Reid and Riley Zickafoose, her two kids, had her as a devoted mother.
Born and raised in Oak Hill, West Virginia, Joseph Benjamin Zickafoose attended Oak Hill High School. By the look of his social media accounts, he was the proprietor of RHR Brand Inc.