{"id":1005,"date":"2022-01-14T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreepack.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2022-01-24T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:44:45","slug":"nc-state-employee-chadwick-seagraves-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreepack.com\/?p=1005","title":{"rendered":"NC State Employee Chadwick Seagraves Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

                Chadwick Seagraves, the embattled NC State IT administrator at the center of a student protest<\/a> last January, has died<\/a>, possibly by suicide. Although the medical examiner has not released the autopsy yet, The Free Pack<\/em> traveled to Johnston County and interviewed eyewitnesses who attest a single gunshot rang out from Seagrave\u2019s residence moments before his house burst into flame. Seagraves was 47, and he is survived by his wife and young daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Seagraves had been employed at NC State in the Office of Information and Technology (OIT). In November 2020, he had become embroiled in controversy at the university after allegedly \u201cdoxxing\u201d nearly 1,400 members of Antifa and other left-wing groups from Portland, Oregon and Asheville, North Carolina using publicly available information. In retaliation, left-wing groups doxxed Seagraves. A student protest demanded Seagraves be fired, however, a university investigation<\/a> \u201cdid not substantiate any significant accusations\u201d against the IT professional. Seagraves \u201cdid not have access to the protected personal information of any NC State student or any staff members other than those supervised by the employee\u201d, and he denied<\/a> belonging to any white supremacist organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Seagraves\u2019 troubles were not limited to calls for his resignation. The Free Pack <\/em>has spoken with neighbors who attest Seagraves\u2019 current residence, at least a 30 minute drive from the university, was vandalized with graffiti multiple times in the last year. Additionally, in a case of mistaken identity, vandals spray-painted slurs and violent threats<\/a> on the house and car at a property Seagraves used to own, including the phrase \u201cDie Cracker\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                On January 7th<\/sup>, at approximately 5:15 PM, an altercation occurred between Seagraves and a man visiting one of the neighbors. The visitor was able to pull his car up the driveway, enter his host\u2019s house, and call 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Seagraves returned inside his house, and police arrived around 6:00 or 6:15 PM. Police were on scene for about 15 minutes before, according to a firsthand witness, a single shot rang out from inside the house around 6:30. A fire broke out inside the house almost immediately after. (At the time of publication it is unclear how the fire started.) Seagrave\u2019s body was recovered from the scene after the fire had been contained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                Neighbors expressed shock at the events from last Friday, noting, \u201c[We] never had any problems with Seagraves since he moved to the neighborhood [around April 2020].\u201d The neighbors The Free Pack<\/em> talked with strongly disputed media portrayals of Seagraves as a racist or bigot. \u201cHe hired minorities\u2026 he was friends with minorities.\u201d Neighbors described Seagraves as having a \u201cbubbly\u201d and \u201csweet\u201d personality that was incongruent with the events of January 7th<\/sup>. \u201cThe attacks from the media weighed heavily on him\u201d one neighbor reflected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It is unclear what prompted the altercation last Friday. Neighbors denied any bad relations with Seagraves nor any argument with the visitor preceding the confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Chadwick Seagraves, the embattled NC State IT administrator at the center of a student protest last January, has died, possibly by suicide. Although the medical examiner has not released the autopsy yet, The Free Pack traveled to Johnston County and interviewed eyewitnesses who attest a single gunshot rang out from Seagrave\u2019s residence moments before 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