The trial will begin Monday for a Mebane man accused of murdering two teens in 2022 in Orange County.
Issiah Mehki Ross, 21, is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark.
The teens were reported missing in September 2022. Woods, a student at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough, and Clark, a student at Eastern Alamance High School and a football player, were good friends, according to family members.
Their bodies were found on Sept. 18, 2022, off a remote ATV path in Orange County.
After the deaths of Clark and Woods, police said Ross fled to Delaware, where he was arrested in October 2022.
Ross is not eligible for the death penalty because he was under 18 years old at the time of the alleged crimes.
In March 2025, Ross entered a plea of not guilty.
Ross, who went to school with Clark at Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, will be tried as an adult.
Clark’s mother said Clark and Ross knew each other, but not well, as Ross had only been at Eastern Alamance for a few days before Clark and Woods went missing.
Jury selection is expected to begin on Monday.