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<p>A jury of five men and seven women on Thursday, April 11, found a Shell Point man guilty of murdering a disabled neighbor shortly after she received her monthly disability check and filled her prescriptions for pain medication.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Brian David Walls, 38, was found guilty of killing 56-year-old Teresa Seigler in December 2016. Walls was sentenced to 40 years in prison, following the verdict from a Beaufort County General Sessions Court jury.</p>
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<p>“Teresa had chronic pain and a number of prescriptions. Beyond these drugs, she was not a person of means,” said Hunter Swanson of the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, who prosecuted the case. “Nonetheless, she would provide her neighbors a soft landing when they couldn’t pay their bills or afford groceries. Brian Walls and the people he lived with were at her house often.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>“Brian knew when Teresa’s disability check came, and he knew when her prescriptions were filled. In other words, he knew when to pounce.”&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Swanson called 18 witnesses over two days of testimony. Circuit Court Judge G. Thomas Cooper handed down Thursday’s sentence.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Walls’ criminal history includes convictions for simple assault, fraud, multiple counts of simple possession of marijuana, multiple counts of assault and battery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>John Dontue Priester, 27, and Courtney Elizabeth Brock, 24, are also charged with Seigler’s murder, and Priester is accused of the arson of Seigler’s mobile home. Walls faces first-degree criminal sexual conduct, use of a vehicle without permission and conspiracy to kidnap charges in an unrelated incident shortly after Seigler’s murder. &nbsp;<br></p>
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