Illegal immigrants Alder and Arturo Marin-Sotelo plead guilty after murdering a Wake County North Carolina deputy sheriff
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2025 5:15 pm
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WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA -- Over three years after the death of Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd, the brothers accused of his murder entered a guilty plea in court.
In August of 2022, investigators believe Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo and his older brother, Arturo Marin-Sotelo, shot and killed Byrd.
Arturo Marin-Sotelo later admitted to authorities that they had an AK-47 with them at the time but told investigators they were using it to hunt deer.
While waiting to be tried on state murder charges, Alder Marin-Sotelo was convicted in December 2022 on a federal charge for possession of a firearm while living in the United States illegally.
Marin-Sotelo was being held at Piedmont Regional Jail in Farmville, Virginia, while awaiting sentencing on the federal charge. He escaped the jail with the aid of his sister. He then fled to Mexico and had to be extradited back to the United States.
Alder pleaded guilty to that prison escape earlier this year.
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