Danny Pence murder profiled on national TV show

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — A local murder case is being profiled on a national cable TV channel tonight.

Danny Pence was a Laney High School honor student who was beaten to death in 1995, during a ploy to steal his car. Twenty-year-old Todd Boggess and his 14-year-old girlfriend, Melanie Gray, were convicted of Pence’s murder.

The case will be featured Monday at 9 p.m. on the Investigation Discovery Channel. Solved: Extreme Forensics airs on Time Warner Digital channel 251 (1251 HD) and again at midnight.