Sandra Smith Hoyle, 72, and her husband Andrew Percy Hoyle were found dead in their home on Dragstrip Road in New Bern, North Carolina. The couple, married 54 years and known locally for hunting and dancing, were discovered deceased on July 8, 2020. Sandra was a homemaker; Andrew had worked on the railroad until retirement.

Investigators determined the deaths to be a double homicide. The Hoyles’ vehicle was missing from the property; authorities later located their grandson, 30-year-old Michael Tanner Norris, in Beaufort County driving that vehicle and recovered a weapon believed to be the murder weapon from the car. Norris was charged in connection with the killings.

Anyone who knew the Hoyles or saw their vehicle around July 8, 2020, is asked to come forward with information.