Man wanted in wake of Greene homicides now in custody

A Charlottesville man wanted in connection with a May 3 home invasion in Stanardsville was arrested Sunday night.

But Greene County sheriff’s officials have not charged Taybronne Altereik White, 26, in connection with the shooting deaths of three people found less than an hour after and less than two miles away from the home invasion scene on Ford Avenue.

Greene County Sheriff’s Maj. Randall Snead has said in previous interviews that the home invasion is connected to the triple homicide, but he declined to provide more detail.

“We’re continuing to follow up leads in the triple homicide and the home invasion and they are both still under investigation,” Snead said Monday. “At this time, we’re not looking for any other suspects [in the home invasion].”

White, 26, currently faces charges of felony burglary while armed; malicious wounding; committing a robbery by threat of bodily harm or presence of a firearm; unlawfully wounding a person during the commission of a felony; unlawfully using a firearm in a threatening manner during the commission of a robbery; and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the home invasion, according to a news release from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Dustin Tyler Knighton, 25, Brian Robert Lee Daniels, 26, and Lisa Hwang, 26, were all found shot to death in front of a house on Octonia Road. Their deaths have been ruled homicides, a medical examiner’s official said last week.

Snead declined to comment further Monday on the investigation into the triple homicide.

Sheriff’s deputies were at the Ford Avenue residence around 2 a.m. on May 3 when a 911 call came in about the bodies on Octonia Road, investigators have said.

A woman at the Ford Avenue residence Monday said she was not there when the robbery occurred and did not want to comment. She said the two male victims in the case were not at home Monday.

Investigators have said White and possibly others entered the house and robbed two men at gunpoint. Snead declined to comment on other specifics about the home invasion on Monday.

Sheriff’s officials have not released a motive for the home invasion or the shootings and Snead would not comment on whether one or both of the crimes were drug-related.

White was joined by family members when he turned himself over to members of the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force in Charlottesville on Sunday night, said Charlottesville Police Sgt. T.V. McKean. White was then turned over to Greene County detectives who had been looking for him since Wednesday, Snead said.

“It’s great to know someone we’ve been looking for is finally off the streets,” Snead said. “It’s a relief to the people in the community to know he’s no longer out there.”

White is being held without bond at the Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange.

He is scheduled to appear in Greene County General District Court on Wednesday.

Anyone with information in the home invasion or the triple homicide can call the Greene County Sheriff’s Office at 985-2222 or Crime Stoppers at 989-2110.