WHEELING, W.Va. – Wheeling Police announced Thursday that a man has been criminally charged in connection with the death of his wife on Wheeling Island.
53-year-old Dwayne Herring of Wheeling has been charged with one count of murder following a joint month-long investigation conducted by the Wheeling Police Department and the Albemarle County Police Department in Charlottesville, Va.
On March 21, 2025, police were called to a home in the 400 block of South Front Street after a woman, identified as 56-year-old Kathleen J. Herring, was found deceased inside.
During the investigation, initial findings at the scene revealed that foul play was suspected. Kathleen’s body was taken to the West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, where preliminary findings indicated signs of a homicide.
On April 28, 2025, the Albemarle County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit located and arrested Dwayne Herring on Woodlake Drive in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Dwyane Herring is currently being held in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, where he awaits extradition back to West Virginia later this month.
