
Happy Friday, everyone, and welcome to this week’s QWeekly. My name is Taylor, and I’m here with the latest headlines for Qnotes Carolinas.
Today, I have an unfortunate update to provide regarding the disappearance of Andrew Douglas Tench, a Charlotte Metro area gay man. Now nearly three weeks later, Mecklenburg County police have confirmed that Tench is dead and an arrest has been made in connection with the case.
Read more about the case below.
Missing Charlotte Metro man reported as dead
Andrew Douglas Tench was known to friends and family simply as Andy. The Charlotte Metro area gay men vanished during the evening of March 24 or in the early morning hours of March 25, a few hours after he reportedly told his sister and mother that he was going out to celebrate his birthday. […]
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