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Two Men Indicted In Death Of UNC Professor

Troy Arrington (left), Derick Davis

A grand jury in Orange County has indicted two men in the robbery and death of a UNC Chapel Hill professor. 

Troy Arrington of Chapel Hill, and Derick Davis II of Durham are both charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the incident that led to Feng Liu's death. 

The News and Observer reports thatevidence is still being gathered in the case according to Orange County D. A. Jim Woodall. 

Davis and Arrington are accused of hitting Liu over the head with a stone as he walked in Chapel Hill.  The two men then took his wallet.  Liu was soon found by a passerby who called 9-1-1 for help.  The professor was taken to UNC Hospitals where he died a day later. 

Liu was known in international medical circles for his work in cancer research at UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy for the last decade. He was remembered last week at a candlelight vigil and a memorial service on campus.

>> Look at a timeline of events related to Feng Liu's death

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Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
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