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Warrenton man charged in Henderson domestic homicide

Vance County authorities have charged a Warrenton man in what they called a "domestic situation" that left a Henderson woman dead.

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Michael Talley, Henderson homicide
By
Matthew Burns
, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor
HENDERSON, N.C. — Vance County authorities have charged a Warrenton man in what they called a "domestic situation" that left a Henderson woman dead.

Deputies found Ruth Antionette Mallette, 59, dead of a gunshot wound in her home on Brunswick Lane shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.

Michael McKenzie Talley, 47, of 1112 Cole Farm Road, was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a felon in the case. He was being held without bond in the Vance County jail.

No other details about the case were released.

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