A second suspect has been arrested and charged in the July 2015 killing of Darrell Hill, according to Mitchell County Attorney Mark Noah. Hill was brutally murdered at his home in the rural Mitchell County community of Asheville, according to the sheriff’s department.

On September 14, Hill’s former son-in-law, Merlyn Hoesly, 56, Simpson, was formally charged with First Degree Murder and Interference with Law Enforcement.

He remains in the Mitchell County jail on a $1 million bond.

The Public Defender’s office was appointed to represent him.

The trial for the original suspect Trevin Spencer, 29, of rural Cloud County is rescheduled to begin on October 5, according to Noah.

Spencer was the only person present when the killing happened according to Noah and the charges against Hoesly stem from “aiding and abetting” or being “an accessory.”

(staff and wire reports)