WBOCEXMORE, Va. - A man could face life in prison for the fatal stabbing of a community leader in Accomack County.
According to court documents, Derrick Epps, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first degree murder of mental health worker Sharone Bailey, among other charges. A bench trial had been scheduled for the July 2010 crime.
Commonwealth attorney Bruce Jones says Epps had been evaluated by mental professionals to stand trial. Jones explains Epps had "developed an idea that the Baileys owed them cash," and confronted Bailey during her lunch break at her Exmore home.
A sentencing hearing has not yet been set on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
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