Before he was found dead on Jan. 27, former N.C. State basketball standout Shackleford had been living in Kinston for about a year and had four children – two girls in college, one boy in high school and one girl in middle school. He did not have a job, but his sister, Sharron Moten, said he spent a lot of time at a local church and was attempting to begin a basketball program for Kinston adolescents.
Moten said members of the church saw Shackleford at the noon service helping distribute food the day before he died.
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[Former Wolfpack basketball star Charles Shackleford found dead]
“Everybody who saw him were saying they hadn’t seen him look that content and peaceful before,” Moten said.