A Jury Has Been Seated In The Murder Trial Of Two Carter County Brothers. Jacob And Joshua Hitchcock Face First-Degree Murder Charges In The 2023 Death Of Their Father, William Hitchcock. The Victim Was Found Dead With A Gunshot Wound By Fishermen On The Watauga River In April 2023. Court Documents Allege The Brothers Planned The Killing After Their Father Made Plans To Sell Property They Would Have Inherited. Testimony Will Start This Morning With The Trial Expected To Last Through The End Of The Week.
