Summerfield pleads guilty, will serve at least 30 years in prison

Nathan Summerfield will serve a minimum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to one count of second-degree murder and two kidnapping charges in the 2012 killing of Lynn Jackenheimer on Hatteras Island. Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett imposed consecutive sentences on what were described as heinous crimes aggravated by the use of […]

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Summerfield appears briefly in court; murder trial starts Feb. 2 and may be televised

Nathan Summerfield appeared in Dare County Superior Court on Tuesday to listen to legal motions that relate to his upcoming first-degree murder trial. Since his last appearance three months ago, his neatly trimmed dark hair has grown a little longer. But he still wore the orange jumpsuit issued to him by his jailers. The next […]

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