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Boat Crash Guilty Plea and Aftermath | Raleigh News
Quinten Kight has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the August 2025 boat crash on Harris Lake that killed 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll and left Jennifer Stehle critically injured, requiring leg amputation. Found impaired with 39 empty alcoholic seltzer cans aboard, Kight was not looking ahead at the time of impact—evidence included glassy eyes and slurred speech. Seventeen family members are set to deliver victim impact statements, as the community grapples with the tragedy. Kight’s girlfriend, who owned the boat, faces separate charges for aiding and abetting boating while impaired…
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