4 arrested after North Carolina woman reportedly kidnapped, stabbed, and burned

SURRY COUNTY, N.C. (TCD) -- Three men and one woman were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and torturing a 45-year-old woman with a metal object.

According to the Surry County Sheriff’s Office, on Dec. 1, deputies responded to a call about a cutting incident in Crossroads Church Road. They discovered 45-year-old Kathy Jo Miller, who was reportedly suffering from an apparent stab wound in the lower part of her body. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation and concluded Miller "had been kidnapped, stabbed and burnt with a metal object."

Investigators obtained a search warrant for a residence at 153 Moondreamer Lane in Mount Airy. The Sheriff’s Office said specific details will not be released due to the active nature of the investigation, but they did say four people were taken into custody on various charges.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, 38-year-old Travis Ray Hall was charged with one count each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. His bond was set at $1.8 million.

Lakin Nicole Harvey was taken into custody and charged with one count each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping, and assault by strangulation. Her bond is $1.7 million.

Another alleged accomplice, 53-year-old Gregory Todd Sawyers, received one charge each of attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping, and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, with bond set at $1.86 million.

Thirty-two-year-old Grayson Gregory Sawyers was charged with one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree kidnapping. His bond is $500,000.

All four are scheduled to appear in court Jan. 12.

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