MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The man charged in the kidnapping and stabbing death of Katherine Nicole Sharp was returned to Berkeley County Wednesday from Winchester, Va., where he was being treated for gunshot wounds he received last week when correctional officers said he attempted to escape from them at City Hospital in Martinsburg.
The Eastern Regional Jail's Web site said Donald B. Surber Jr., 37, of Winchester, was readmitted to the jail Wednesday at 3:25 p.m., less than 24 hours before his scheduled appearance in Berkeley County Magistrate Court this morning for a preliminary hearing on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping. Â
Surber waived extradition at a Virginia detention center, according to Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Jean Games-Neely, who announced Surber's return to Berkeley County. Surber has not applied for court-appointed legal counsel, Games-Neely said Wednesday.
Six Berkeley County Sheriff's Department deputies and a K-9 provided the security detail for Surber's transport from Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center in Winchester to Berkeley County Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff Kenneth M. Lemaster Jr. said.