Levi Norwood was seventeen years old from Virginia when he would murder his mother and brother. According to court documents Levi Norwood on Valentines Day in 2020 would fatally shoot his mother, Jennifer Norwood and his six year old brother Wyatt Norwood. Levi Norwood then steal a car and flee the State however he would be arrested the next day in North Carolina after he was suspected of shoplifting. After many delays due to COVID Levi Norwood would ultimately plead guilty to the double murder. For some strange reason this teen killer plea deal did not include sentencing guidelines so faces life in prison when he is sentenced
- Update – Levi Norwood was sentenced to life in prison
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A Midland, Virginia teen pleaded guilty Monday in the 2020 murders of his mother and brother.
Levi Norwood, now 19, faced two first-degree murder charges in the fatal shootings of his 34-year-old mother, Jennifer Norwood, and his 6-year-old brother Wyatt, on Valentine’s Day.
Two days later he was picked up by police after allegedly shoplifting hair dye, clothing, and a backpack at a Durham, NC Target. He was 17 at the time of his arrest.
One of the charges was decreased to second-degree murder, 7News has learned.
At the time of his arrest, Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office said there was no history of 911 calls to the home.
His father came home on Valentine’s Day and found his wife and younger son dead inside their home in the 12000 block of Elk Run Road. He called 911 Levi also allegedly shot his father Joshua, but he survived that shooting.
After hours of trying to make contact with the shooter, at about 10:15 p.m. officers entered the home and he was not found. Officers searched the home and the property.
When he was not found in the house, they conducted a bloodhound track to an area off of Route 28 and a massive manhunt was launched. Two days later, a Target store employee reported a shoplifter in Durham, NC and he was taken into custody.