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Richard McCroskey has been indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of four people found bludgeoned to death at a Farmville home last month.FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) -- An aspiring California horrorcore rapper has been indicted on capital murder charges in the deaths of four people found bludgeoned to death at a Farmville home last month.
The Prince Edward County Circuit Court indictments were returned for 20-year-old Richard "Sam" McCroskey of Castro Valley, Calif.
McCroskey is charged in the Sept. 18 deaths of his girlfriend, 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock; her parents, 50-year-old Presbyterian minister Mark Niederbrock and 53-year-old Longwood University professor Debra Kelley; and Emma's friend, 18-year-old Melanie Wells of Inwood, W.Va.
McCroskey met Emma Niederbrock online through their interest in horrorcore music and flew to Virginia on Sept. 6 to meet her.
He also was indicted on a charge of stealing Mark Niederbrock's 2000 Honda.
