{"id":3062,"date":"2025-03-10T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccadv.org\/?page_id=3062"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:39:14","slug":"homicides-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nccadv.org\/es\/homicides\/homicides-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicides in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 1 – December 24, 2025 (66 murders, 19 suicides)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Date: January 13, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Chartara Laverta Courtney, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Wimbley, 47
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Harrisburg
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Date: January 18, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Cathleen Lesniak, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: George Lesniak, 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fuquay-Varina
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Date: January 21, 2024
    Victim Name: John Rowe, 73
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antonio Rodrigues, 70
    Relationship: See note
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: John Rowe was the partner of Antonio Rodrigues\u2019 ex-wife Jill Rohner. Rodrigues allegedly killed Rowe in an altercation involving Rohner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Date: January 22, 2025
    Victim Name: Unreleased
    Alleged Perpetrator: Clarence Dobbs Pinckney, 68
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pumpkin Center
    County: Lincoln
    Weapon: Fatal assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Date: January 28, 2025
    Victim Name: Clinton Bonnell, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shana Cloud, 50
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Clinton Bonnell was last seen January 27. Exact date of death is unknown at this time. His body was recovered in March 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Date: February 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Whitney Huston, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dustin Stephenson
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Maria Julian-Pichardo, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rafael Lopez, 51
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Yamilaine Sosa-Julian, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rafael Lopez, 51
    Relationship: Step-parent
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Yamilaine was allegedly killed by Rafael Lopez in an incident in which he also killed her mother\/his wife Maria Julian-Pichardo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Date: February 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Rebecca Rene Carter, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Travis Wynton Huff, 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Date: February 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Sandra Cobbler Preston, 77
    Alleged Perpetrator: Roger Preston, 81
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Clayton
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Date: March 5, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Linda Christine Smith, 63
    Alleged Perpetrator: Randy Lee Smith, 64
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Moncure
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim Name: Donald Damarri Long, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Raquel Monay Strudwick, 21
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim Name: Jaide Simmons, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sage Simmons, 25
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Jacksonville
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Date: March 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Rondray Darnell Gooding, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antrell Lamond Carlton, 42
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Rondray Gooding was allegedly killed by Antrell Carlton during a domestic dispute with a woman who escaped without physical injuries. Mr. Carlton then took his own life.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Date: March 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Teresa Adams-Pugh, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Pugh, 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Garner
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Date: March 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Mianna Roach, 6
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Rufus Roach
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Polkton
    County: Anson
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mianna is included in this list because she was allegedly kidnapped and later killed by her father Michael Roach after an altercation with Mianna\u2019s mother. He later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Date: March 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Shamaree Bell-Brown, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Maya Jones, 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Date: March 27, 2025
    Victim Name: Alana Enoicy, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Keith Atkinson, 65
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Date: March 30, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Thalia Marie Santiago, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ines Dokou, 26
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Date: April 7, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Aurora Rosendo Ortega, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Avelino Jaimes-Acuna
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Aurora\u2019s 18-year-old son Santiago was also shot during this incident while trying to protect her; he survived his injuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Date: April 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Tanasia Gaskins, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Unreleased
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Gregory Robinson, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sadie Covington, 25
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Miriam Renee Blue-Hopkins, 65
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Hopkins
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Concord
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Date: April 20, 2025
    Victim Name: Ann Ayers Ritchie, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator: Todd Alan Walker, 45
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Miller\u2019s Creek
    County: Wilkes
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Date: April 22, 2025
    Victim Name: Holly Petteys, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Lavelle, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Date: April 26, 2025
    Victim Name: Sulyrica Marie Evans, 16
    Alleged Perpetrator: Desmond Hargrove, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Norlina
    County: Warren
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Date: April 29, 2025
    Victim Name: Reina Magalybantes Castro, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Hector Aldana Moran
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Spring Hope
    County: Nash
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Latoya Marie Smith, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ross Jovian Smith, 35
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Calvin Carlyle Kennion, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ross Jovian Smith, 35
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Calvin Kennion is included in this list because he was allegedly killed by Ross Smith during the same incident in which Smith allegedly killed his estranged wife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Date: May 15, 2025
    Victim Name: Alaysha Odum, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Deshawn James Arfield, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Date: May 16, 2025
    Victim Name: Iona Collins
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Lee Collins, 70
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Harmony
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Date: May 29, 2025
    Victim Name: Debra Jane Ballance Jones, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Toler Jr., 48
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Bayboro
    County: Pamlico
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  33. Date: May 31, 2025
    Victim Name: Brian Hammonds, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tequilla Locklear, 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  34. Date: June 12, 2025
    Victim Name: Taysha Brannon, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shane Cohen, 38
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: St. Pauls
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  35. Date: June 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Jet Collins, 13
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shannon Collins, 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because Shannon Collins killed his two sons and then himself while their mother was attempting to file a protective order the morning after a domestic violence incident at their home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  36. Date: June 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: River Collins, 15
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shannon Collins, 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because Shannon Collins killed his two sons and then himself while their mother was attempting to file a protective order the morning after a domestic violence incident at their home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  37. Date: July 8, 2025
    Victim Name: Aaron Daine Smith, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charlotte Brandy Smith, 45
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Elizabethtown
    County: Bladen
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  38. Date: July 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Gareshia Shanta Willis Joyner, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kendrick Joyner, 37
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  39. Date: July 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Lynda Neubeck, 68
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Snow, 61
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Blunt force trauma<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  40. Date: August 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Jose Roberto Ferreira, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Johann Manuel Ibarra, 23
    Relationship: N\/A
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Johann Ibarra allegedly killed Jose Ferreira after he attempted to intervene in a fight between Johann and his girlfriend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  41. Date: August 4, 2025
    Victim Name: Jill Elizabeth Horn, 79
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Thomas Horn, 84
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Bolivia
    County: Brunswick
    Weapon: Knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  42. Date: August 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Majda Massri, 55
    Alleged Perpetrator: Abderrahman \u201cAbdul\u201d Rajab, 60
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  43. Date: August 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: London Powers, 21
    Alleged Perpetrator: Damien Tinsley, 23
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  44. Date: August 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Shannon Lee Bailey-Hill, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: Andre Landon Hill, 55
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pittsboro
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  45. Date: August 30, 2025
    Victim Name: Tamika Johnson, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Roderick Berry Jr.
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Gastonia
    County: Gaston
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  46. Date: September 1, 2025
    Victim Name: LeTonya Gidney Bradshaw, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Keith Bradshaw, 36
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Shelby
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  47. Date: September 3, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Norma Merales Mendoza, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Hector Manuel Meraz-Cruz, 49
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Four Oaks
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  48. Date: September 9, 2025
    Victim Name: Amber Schimmelpfenning, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ricky Lam, 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  49. Date: September 10, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Auriel Lowe, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Brian Whitley, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  50. Date: September 12, 2025
    Victim Name: Micah McKoy, 21
    Alleged Perpetrator: Zyasia Nya Qui Nee Crumb, 21
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Elizabethtown
    County: Bladen
    Weapon: Knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  51. Date: September 14, 2025
    Victim Name: Rhonda Larochelle Oglesby, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Samuel David Oglesby, 55
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Fatal assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  52. Date: September 26, 2025
    Victim Name: Shauna Richie, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Derrick Washington, 32
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Roxboro
    County: Person
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  53. Date: September 30, 2025
    Victim Name: Josefina Tavarez, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Hariston Jose Ure\u00f1a-Morales, 44
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wake Forest
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  54. Date: October 7, 2025
    Victim Name: Jamie Suzette McCloud, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Marshall Shook, 32
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Taylorsville
    County: Alexander
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  55. Date: October 9, 2025
    Victim Name: Delfine Lowder Sr., 26
    Alleged Perpetrator: Queen Allah, 26
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  56. Date: October 17, 2025
    Victim Name: June Hicks, 76
    Alleged Perpetrator: Stephen Hicks, 78
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Davidson
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  57. Date: October 17, 2025
    Victim Name: Stephen Eric Hicks, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Stephen Hicks, 78
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Davidson
    Weapon: Unreleased
    Note: Stephen Eric Hicks was allegedly killed by his father during an incident in which he also killed his spouse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  58. Date: October 18, 2025
    Victim Name: Ramona Jasso Cortes, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alfredo Santana Trujillo Sr., 42
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  59. Date: October 23, 2025
    Victim Name: Erica Victoria McNeill, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rodney Jermaine Pipkin, 42
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Lillington
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  60. Date: November 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Emma Gibbs Deyton, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Henry Paul Deyton
    Relationship: Ex-spouse
    Town: Burnsville
    County: Yancey
    Weapon: Unreleased<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  61. Date: November 6, 2025
    Victim Name: Chiquita DeNorris George, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mitchell Jermaine Hilton, 37
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Shelby
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  62. Date: November 6, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Jennifer Scott, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeffrey Michael Scott, 54
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Bear Greek
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  63. Date: November 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide<\/strong>
    Victim Name: Alessandra Amador Merchant, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Paul Arthur Merchant, 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  64. Date: December 4, 2025
    Victim Name: Frezja Matisse Baker, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator:\u00a0Lorenza Inman Jr., 37
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  65. Date: December 12, 2025
    Victim Name: Ebony Boles, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator:\u00a0Michael Tyrone Loyde, 58
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  66. Date: December 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Tiffany Lassiter, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator:\u00a0Mahlon Leroy Hebron, 52
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Firearm<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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