January 1 – December 26, 2004 (81 Murders)
- Date of Murder: January 1, 2004
Victim Name: Asenath S. Wooten, 30
Alleged perpetrator name: Rayvon Townsend, 32
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
Murder Weapon: trauma to upper body - Date of Murder: January 14, 2004
Victim Name: Wendy Cranford Wallace, 29
Alleged perpetrator name: Tony Douglas Wallace, 32,
committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Southmont, Davidson County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 17, 2004
Victim: Dafina Molena, 43
Perpetrator: Martin Valdez, 33
Relationship: Boyfriend
Town: Sampson County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 19, 2004
Victim Name: Carlene South Johnson, 46
Alleged perpetrator name: Bartie Campbell, 51, committed suicide
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Warrensville, Ashe County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 30, 2004
Victim Name: Tammie Renee Benfield
Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Wagoner
Relationship: ex-husband
Town: Wilkes County
Murder Weapon: strangulation, thrown down a well - Date of Murder: January 30, 2004
Victim Name: Reba Faye Clark, 41
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Lee Davis, 38
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Weaverville, Buncombe County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 4, 2004
Victim Name: Jeanetta D. Ford, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Juan Donyell Langley, 31
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Kannapolis, Cabarrus County
Murder Weapon: edged weapon/knife - Date of Murder: February 6, 2004
Victim Name: Tony Dale Biggs, 44
Alleged perpetrator name: Fred Louis McNeil, 52
Relationship: neighbor of perp trying to protect victim
Town: Rockingham, Richmond County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 7, 2004
Victim Name: Pauline Blevins Church, 66
Alleged perpetrator name: Alvious Fred “Jack” Church, 65
Relationship: husband
Town: West Jefferson, Ashe County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 12, 2004
Victim Name: Cindy Moore Parker, 26
Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Lee Parker, 33, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Burgaw, Pender County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 27, 2004
Victim Name: Sherry Lynn Cobb, 44
Alleged perpetrator name: William Keith Lamm, 45
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Wilson County
Murder Weapon: bat and kicked - Date of Murder: March 19, 2004
Victim Name: Christine Stephens, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: Daiego Paroah Davis, 28
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: March 25, 2004
Victim Name: Shelton Henry Little, 51
Alleged perpetrator name: Gwendolyn Moorehead, 42
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Asheboro, Randolph County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: April 4, 2004
Victim Name: Jocelyn London, 58
Alleged perpetrator name: Carl Reginald London, 62
Relationship: husband
Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
Murder Weapon: strangled and stabbed - Date of Murder: April 4, 2004
Victim Name: Joanne Brooks, 44
Alleged perpetrator name: John Robert Dozler, 61
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: April 5, 2004
Victim Name: Vera Mae Herbin, 39
Alleged perpetrator name: Antonio Perrin, 40
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: April 6, 2004
Victim Name: Antonio Tyrone Wright, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Sherry Anthony
Relationship: estranged girlfriend
Town: Plymouth, Washington County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: April 19, 2004
Victim Name: Valri Baker, 22
Alleged perpetrator name: Joseph Darrell Kersey, 65
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: High Point, Guilford County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 6, 2004
Victim Name: Cynthia Johnson, 33
Alleged perpetrator name: Bobby Ray Jones, 50
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Spring Hope, Nash County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 6, 2004
Victim Name: Gregory Lamont Langley, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Eugene Gervin, 38
Relationship: friend of wife of perp
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: May 7, 2004
Victim Name: Katrina Ann Locklear, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: Randy Jerome Locklear, 53
Relationship: husband
Town: Maxton
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 8, 2004, body found
Victim Name: Tallie Antolin, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Robert Lambert, 35
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Morganton, Burke County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: May 14, 2004
Victim Name: Merritt Ennis, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Thomas Canaday
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Clinton, Johnston County
Murder Weapon: head trauma - Date of Murder: May 25, 2004
Victim: Diane Howell, 43
Perpetrator: Frank Brans, 45
Relationship: Boyfriend
Town: Lillington
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: May 28, 2004
Victim Name: Myiesha Danielle Bishop, 10
Alleged perpetrator name: Rufus Bishop, Jr, 37
Relationship: father
Town: Mebane, Alamance County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 31, 2004
Victim name: Jose’ Gerino, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Melinda Cerino, 37
Relationship: wife
Town: Springlake
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: June 2, 2004
Victim Name: Cassandra Carol Pittman, 45
Alleged perpetrator name: Lorenzo Pittman, 44
Relationship: husband
Town: Tarboro, Edgecombe County
Murder Weapon: knife, fire - Date of Murder: June 4, 2004
Victim Name: Christen M. Naujoks, 22
Alleged perpetrator name: John B. Peck, 28
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
Murder Weapon: rifle - Date of Murder: June 18, 2004
Victim Name: Vonice Dickerson, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: Steve Lawrence Harrelson, 42
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: June 21, 2004
Victim Name: Latisha Renee Pinnix, 21
Alleged perpetrator name: Marche Sharod McCoy, 18
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: , Alamance County
Murder Weapon: strangulation - Date of Murder: June 23, 2004
Victim Name: Rodney Dylan Council, 33
Alleged perpetrator name: Tarra Darnel Mixon, 32
Relationship: ex-girlfriend
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 29, 2004
Victim Name: Karen Leigh Medford, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: Jeff Servidio, 33
Relationship: estranged boyfriend
Town: Cornelius, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: blunt object - Date of Murder: July 3, 2004
Victim Name: Shaudria Barfield, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Larry D. Carter, 26
Relationship: former boyfriend
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 5, 2004
Victim Name: Francis Louise Lytton, 83
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Robert Lytton, 79,
committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Sunset Beach, New Hanover County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 13, 2004
Victim Name: Jose Gonzalez, 29
Alleged perpetrator name: Regina Gail Bridges, 31
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Shelby, Cleveland County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 18, 2004
Victim Name: Judy Lorraine Warren
Alleged perpetrator name: John Rober Williamson, Sr., committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Sampson County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 18, 2004
Victim Name: Debra Howell Best, 19
Alleged perpetrator name: Jamie Israel Faulkner, 31, committed suicide
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: La Grange
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 20, 2004
Victim Name: Leon Thompson, 46
Alleged perpetrator name: Diane Young James, 50
Relationship: fiancé
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 28, 2004
Victim Name: Lillian Denise Bryant, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: David Christopher Bryant, 41, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Kenly, Johnston County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 31, 2004
Victim Name: Alex Rowland, 29
Alleged perpetrator name: Laverne Cunningham, 42
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Fuquay Varina, Wake County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: August 1, 2004
Victim Name: Teresa Edwards Forte, 23
Alleged perpetrator name: Jonathan Forte,
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: Knife - Date of Murder: August 2, 2004, body found
Victim Name: Marnita Bynum, 40
Alleged perpetrator name: Melvin Lamont Bynum, 43
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Sanford, Lee County
Murder Weapon: strangulation - Date of Murder: August 7, 2004
Victim: Micheal E. Eason, 50
Perpetrator: Robert L. Judd, Jr., 31
Relationship: Ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
Town: Angier/Coats
Murder Weapon: Handgun - Date of Murder: August 11, 2004, body found
Victim Name: Anita Jackson Leary
Alleged perpetrator name: Cornelius Leary, 39
Relationship: husband
Town: Edenton, Chowan County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 17, 2004
Victim Name: Pamela Joye Virzi, 47
Alleged perpetrator name: William Joseph Moore, 46
Relationship: former boyfriend
Town: Edenton, Chowan County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: August 21, 2004
Victim Name: Marsheida Dorsey, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles William Combs, 18
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 21, 2004
Victim Name: Karla Patricia Chavez
Alleged perpetrator name: Ottoniel Galvez Roblero & Maria Nora Mena
Relationship: ex-boyfriend & ex-wife of Roblero
Town: Cary, Wake County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: August 22, 2004
Victim Name: Sabry Ann Jenetta Stevenson, 52
Alleged perpetrator name: Carl Frederick Wilkinson, 46,
ommitted suicide
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Chatham County
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: August 30, 2004
Victim Name: Chanda Brown Mwicigi, 36
Alleged perpetrator name: Franklin Manacer-Herrera, 19
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Durham, Durham County
Murder Weapon: stabbing - Date of Murder: September 8, 2004
Victim Name: Mary Chappell, 66
Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lamar Hanna, 58, committed suicide
Relationship: neighbor
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 8, 2004
Victim Name: Deanna Hanna, 56
Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lamar Hanna, 58, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 14, 2004
Victim Name: Priscilla Mason, 28
Alleged perpetrator name: Antuanne Montez Shaw, 25
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Durham, Durham County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 19, 2004
Victim Name: Teresa Tysinger, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: Bradley Larsen, 41
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder Weapon: unknown - Date of Murder: September 21, 2004
Victim Name: Miriam McLeoud, 45
Alleged perpetrator name: Larry David Wilson, 41
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Harnett County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 29, 2004
Victim Name: Gail Tice Hewson, 62
Alleged perpetrator name: Bob Hewson, 65
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 30, 2004
Victim Name: Phillip Tillman Horton
Alleged perpetrator name: Robert Glenn Smothers III
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: Trauma, body found in trash can - Date of Murder: October 6, 2004
Victim Name: Melissa M. Tittle
Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory T. Pegram
Relationship: estranged boyfriend
Town: Stokes County
Murder Weapon: Knife - Date of Murder: October 8, 2004
Victim Name: Sandra K. Raper, 48
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Bill Raper, 62
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Wilson County
Murder Weapon: gun or knife – not yet announced - Date of Murder: October 8, 2004
Victim Name: Emerson Ray Batchelor, 27
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Bill Raper, 62
Relationship: step father
Town: Wilson County
Murder Weapon: gun or knife – not yet announced - Date of Murder: October 12, 2004
Victim Name: Rachel Antonia Martin
Alleged perpetrator name: Jason James Wilder
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Chadbourn
Murder Weapon: hatchet - Date of Murder: October 24, 2004
Victim Name: Darwin Richard Dawley
Alleged perpetrator name: Wendy Sue Dawley
Relationship: wife
Town: Winston-Salem
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: October 24, 2004
Victim Name: Elizabeth Dawley
Alleged perpetrator name: Wendy Sue Dawley
Relationship: mother
Town: Winston-Salem
Murder Weapon gun - Date of Murder: October 26, 2004
Victim Name: Azyia Yolanda McLaughlin
Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Allen
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Wilmington
Murder Weapon gun - Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
Victim Name: Michelle Wyzanowski
Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
Relationship: husband
Town: Marshville
Murder Weapon: gun, burned house - Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
Victim Name: Ronald Faulk
Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
Relationship: son-in-law
Town: Unionville
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
Victim Name: Ronnie Joe Deese
Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
Relationship: brother-in-law
Town: Unionville
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
Victim Name: Christopher Schrader
Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
Relationship: brother-in-law
Town: Unionville
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: October 29, 2004
Victim Name: Deirdre Hinton Hines
Alleged perpetrator name: Stephen Nathaniel Hines
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Raleigh
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: November 5, 2004
Victim Name: Nereida Camacho Garcia
Alleged perpetrator name: Angel Zaragoza Duarte
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Durham
Murder Weapon: gun and hit with an object - Date of Murder: November 26, 2004
Victim Name: Valerie Holt Craven
Alleged perpetrator name: Leonard Matthews
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Lexington
Murder Weapon: beaten to death - Date of Murder: November 29, 2004
Victim Name: Shenel McCrimon McKendall
Alleged perpetrator name: Randy Laverne McKendall,
committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Chapel Hill
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: November 30, 2004
Victim Name: Tracy Michelle Sellars
Alleged perpetrator name: John Willie Sellers
Relationship: husband
Town: Alamance County
Murder Weapon: not yet reported - Date of Murder: December 3, 2004
Victim Name: Carmen Allen Davis, 62
Alleged perpetrator name: James Edward Solomon, 44
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Durham, Durham County
Murder weapon: unknown - Date of Murder: December 8, 2004
Victim: Suzette Joseph
Perpetrator: Aiden Lee Melvin
Relationship: Girlfriend
Town: Wilson
Weapon: Gun - Date of Murder: December 18, 2004
Victim Name: Megan L. Miles
Alleged perpetrator name: Shannon G. Hunt
Relationship: Boyfriend
Town: Charlotte
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 19, 2004
Victim Name: Marvian Ransome
Alleged perpetrator name: Keisha Lee Jamison
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Wilmington
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 20, 2004
Victim Name: Mary Rose
Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Rose
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Mill Springs, Polk county
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 21, 2004
Victim Name: Bethany Brintle Goins, 35
Alleged perpetrator name: Gregorio Cruz, 38
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Dobson, Alleghany County
Murder weapon: stabbing - Date of Murder: December 23, 2004
Victim Name: Richard Wayne Burgess
Alleged perpetrator name: Hope Nicole Myer
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Leland, Brunswick
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 24, 2004
Victim Name: Kim Harvey
Alleged perpetrator name: Jim Johnson
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Newton Grove
Murder weapon: unknown - Date of Murder: December 26, 2004
Victim Name: Cheryl Hawks
Alleged perpetrator name: Clarence Lloyd Hawks
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Davidson County
Murder weapon: gun
