RFP Staff
♦ Since Sunday morning when an unidentified white male body was discovered during a fire call at 6:45 p.m. to Alexander Place Apartments at 632 Hamilton Drive in Salisbury, the murder victim Joseph David Walker, 37, of Salisbury has become less of a mystery man. Since the body of Joseph David Walker was discovered, the Salisbury Police joined forces with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in the homicide investigation.
To date investigators have not described the murder method employed or have named any suspects. This tight lipped approach to be expected because some individuals, knowing such information, might step forward and claim they murdered the victim out of misplaced sense of guilt or want a peculiar fling at the limelight.
The Late Joseph David Walker in His Earlier Years:
Here’s what we know about Joseph Davis Walker:
He was born on June 6th, 1978 and graduated from High School in Clinton, Maryland.
On Thursday the Walker family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cumby Funeral Home in Archdale, N.C.
On Friday a Memorial Service will be held for the late Mr. Walker at 2 p.m. at the Cumby Family Funeral Home on 206 Trindale Road in Archdale, N.C. in Forsyth County. Rev. Morris Little will officiate a committal service at Mt. Gur Cemetery Columbarium in Kernersville with full military honors accorded by the Randolph County Honor Guard.
He worked in administration at Delhaize group (Food Lion) in Salisbury.
He received a B.A. in Business Administration from UNC Greensboro in 2013.
He lived at one time in Brevard County Florida and was a U.S. Air Force Veteran in Iraq (2004). Walker served in the Air Force from 2000 to 2007.
According to a neighbor Walker was a very private person and had a female friend who visited on occaision.
According to one obituary Walker was a gamer, liked computers, and played a saxophone.
Walker has no criminal record in the state of North Carolina and was cited for expired tags in Forsyth County a few years back.
Neighbors said Walker has only lived at Alexander Place several months, having left Kernersville, N.C. where he lived in a modest home at 6120 Fording Creek Lane prior to Salisbury and earlier at 1456 Hammer Mill Lane, Apt. E. Prior to Kernersville his previous address was Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Ma.
Residents living at Alexander Place were both surprised and alarmed that the killing and the apparent arson took place. Alexander Place is not far from Jake Alexander Blvd.
Sources told us the apartment fire likely was an arson set to cover the homicide.
If someone has information about either the fire or the murder please call the Salisbury Police Department at 704-638-5333 or Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.
**This article will be updated as more information arrives.**
Alexander Place Apartments 632 Hamilton Drive Top floor:
