Two men accused in a cold case murder have already been set free but the last suspect in Justin Ervin’s death remains in legal limbo, being held indefinitely due to North Carolina laws pertaining to criminal defendants with severe mental health issues.

By Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez / The Charlotte Observer

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Foreign [Music] He went into the store to get some Cigarettes and she stayed in the car Well she had a Mustang a real brand new Mustang and guys tried to rob her and What I was told the clerk told him that Something was going on out there with This girlfriend in the car so he ran out There and um They um they pistol whipped him and he Got broke away from him and he was Running when they shot him he just he Was so sweet he was just he was a sweet Person if that guy asked for something He'd give him his keys you know he Didn't have to kill him you have to I'm Just chilling yeah he loved animals he Was he was a good-hearted person and he Loved that girl and he tried his best to Correct that girl Don't really change he just didn't learn To live with it I think you just You know it changes you but The pain don't really change I don't think it does I just want that guy to stay in prison I Don't care what it takes to keep him There And I could be patient long you know for A while longer because I don't think He's done he's been in there long enough I might not ever want him out probably Never but I would like to have some

Closure one day but I'm not going to Push it if it means him getting out no And I'm sitting there But I'm proud of him for trying to stand Up for her and trying to do the right Thing And that just tells me he would have Been behind her in life he would tell Them what Justin could have done Throughout his life We had the chance

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