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Man Charged with Killing 5-Year-Old, Arrested Near Taco Bell

7/10/2026

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Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles, 31, was charged with first-degree murder for killing his 5-year-old son at Pineville’s Sabal Point Apartments.
Police found the boy with multiple stab wounds shortly after midnight Thursday and pronounced him dead.
The mother called 911 after the suspect broke into the apartment, entered the bedroom, and fled.
Police arrested the suspect at a Taco Bell about a mile from the scene and held him without bond.

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Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles, 31, was charged with first-degree murder for killing his 5-year-old son at Pineville’s Sabal Point Apartments.
Police found the boy with multiple stab wounds shortly after midnight Thursday and pronounced him dead.
The mother called 911 after the suspect broke into the apartment, entered the bedroom, and fled.
Police arrested the suspect at a Taco Bell about a mile from the scene and held him without bond.