Police charge man in murder investigation

Published 9:55 pm Thursday, July 12, 2012

A Suffolk man is charged with first-degree murder after a daylong investigation into the death of a 60-year-old woman.

George Eure III, 24, of the 400 block of Woodruff Street, is charged with first-degree murder, abduction and shoot, stab, cut or wound in the death of Amelia Lou Mustin.

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Neighbors of Mustin, who was found dead at her Woodruff Street home Wednesday night, say she was a nice woman who never bothered anybody.

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Bernard Miles called police just after 8:30 p.m. because he hadn’t seen his neighbor and was concerned.

“She usually sat on the porch in the morning, drinking coffee, saying hello to everybody and enjoying herself,” Miles said.

The last time he saw her was Monday evening.

“Tuesday, I didn’t see her at all, so I got concerned,” he said.

When officers arrived at the home in the Hollywood subdivision, they found the 60-year-old’s body inside the residence.

Mustin’s son, William Sorey, said he found out about her death while watching television news.

“I began to get a sick feeling in my stomach,” he said. He called Suffolk Police Department to inquire about it and gave them her name and address. That’s when he got the devastating news.

“She was kind-hearted,” he said, adding that his mother was found in the living room. “The kids loved her. She wouldn’t hurt nobody, and she would give her last to make sure you were taken care of. The things that happened to her, she did not deserve.”

Eure

Sorey was an only child, he said. Mustin, who used to be a welder at the shipyard, also leaves behind three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

On Thursday evening, the home still had crime scene tape wrapped around it, and a detective was speaking with neighbors. The small garden was decorated with potted plants and light fixtures.

Bea Cannon, who lives several houses down the street, said she didn’t know Mustin well but had two things in common with her — they both liked dogs, and they were the only two white women on the street in the predominantly black neighborhood.

“I’m scared now,” Cannon said. “She was a nice lady, and she cared for her pets. We had that in common.”

Miles said neighbors were trying to look out for one another better after recent minor crimes.

“I guess we didn’t do enough,” he said.