Larry Milton Gragg, 55, of Collettsville, North Carolina, was fatally shot in the Globe Community of Caldwell County on the evening of June 22, 2019. Deputies were dispatched at about 7:24 p.m. to the 5600 block of Anthony Creek Road, west of Lenoir, and found Gragg dead at the scene. Gragg owned Milton Gragg Grading, LLC, and his obituary listed parents Larry W. Gragg and Marilyn Collins Gragg, a son Jordan, a daughter Emily, a significant other Iris Whitt, a brother and sister, and other family members; he had previously lost his wife Lynn M. Gragg and a son Benjamin. Authorities immediately treated the incident as a homicide but did not publicly describe a motive or what, if any, dispute led to the shooting.

Investigators quickly identified Richard Lee Crump, then 56 and a Globe Road resident in Lenoir, and charged him with murder. Crump was arrested the next day and held without bond while the investigation continued. Evidence at the later jury trial included security-camera footage that Gragg’s family said captured part of the incident. In September 2023 a jury returned a not-guilty verdict for Crump; reporting since then does not identify another person arrested or convicted in connection with Gragg’s death. Does anyone have information about Gragg’s movements or contacts in Globe on June 22, 2019?