Sheriff’s Office to hold news conference on death investigation

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office will hold a news conference this morning for information in the death investigation of Benjamin Privott, according to a news release from a sheriff’s spokesman.

Click here for information from the news conference about an arrest in the case

Deputies said Privott, 39, was found stabbed to death on Bracken Fern Drive around 2 a.m. Friday. They said he was found lying in a yard.

In a 911 call, the woman who identifies herself as the victim’s fiance initially thought Privott was hit by a car. She later discovered the stab wound on his chest, according to the emotional call.

Privott, a Wilmington musician, was recording a new song before he was killed. Now his friends hope to finish the song before his celebration of life ceremony scheduled for Sunday.