Murder of Cecil Lawrence Chacon Jr.

In June of 1992, Cecil Chacon Jr. was a vocational coordinator at the Vance County, North Carolina schools. On June 8, 1992, Cecil was returning from a long trip to Wilmington and stopped by his mother's home on Nelson St. In Henderson, North Carolina. His mother wanted him to stay for the night, but he declined and went home around 10 p.m. He would leave alone in his 1976 Buick Skylark.

Cecil was supposed to be at school the next day on Monday. He did not show up and his mother did not get her daily call from him. The police came by his residence around 9 p.m. to check up one him. They noticed an open window on the east side of the home and that the spotlight in the back was on. No other lights were on in the house. 

The front window's screen was lying on the ground and the deputies thought a breaking and entering may have happened. In order to gain access to the house one deputy entered through a basement window. They searched around the home. In a child's bedroom, they noticed overturned furniture and dark stains on the carpet. 

They would eventually find Cecil's body in the backyard in a shallow grave 140 ft from the house. This would not have been an easy task as he was 6'4" and weighed around 295 lbs. They had stabbed him several times and then dragged him out the back door. Then they would bury him where he was found. 

A blood luminol test was done in the home and it revealed bloody bare footprints inside. The murder or murderers made an attempt to clean up the scene by moping the kitchen floor and vacuuming the carpet.

A neighbor stated that they would see a Chevrolet Blazer type vehicle that may have been red and black with yellow license plates outside his residence around 10:30 p.m. Monday night.

SOURCES:
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations 
Find a Grave