January 1 – December 10, 2002 (79 Murders)
- Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
Victim name: Charlene Beatrice Major, 39
Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Buncombe County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
Victim name: Octavia Denise Major, 16
Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
Town: Buncombe County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
Victim name: Shanika Niyiel Major, 10
Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
Town: Buncombe County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: January 13, 2002
Victim name: Shalamar Franceschi, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Damian Colon Francheschi, 26
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: “missing” January 16, 2002
Victim name: Alice Blount Williams, 40
Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lee Williams, 39
Relationship: husband
Town: Pitt County
Murder weapon: strangulation - Date of Murder: January 16, 2002
Victim name: Janice Pendergraft Holmes, 44
Alleged perpetrator name: David Earl Holmes, 39
Relationship: husband
Town: Four Oaks, Johnston County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 21, 2002
Victim name: Leta Litman Blanton, 47
Alleged perpetrator name: Dale Robert Blanton, 61, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: murder was in a SC motel, perp returned to Mooresboro & killed himself
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 21, 2002
Victim name: Fred Osteen, 46
Alleged perpetrator name: Dale Robert Blanton, 61, committed suicide
Relationship: husband of girlfriend
Town: murder was in a SC motel, perp returned to Mooresboro & killed himself
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 27, 2002
Victim name: Sherry Briggs Moore, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: John Bryan Moore, 39,
Relationship: husband
Town: Earl, Cleveland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 30, 2002
Victim name: Angela Rose Thompson, 36
Alleged perpetrator name: Dennis E. Thompson, 42, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Pink Hill, Lenoir County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: January 31, 2002
Victim name: Antron Beborah Norman, 32
Alleged perpetrator names: Julius Clark, 26, Karon Marquette Tucker, 25, Rodney Christopher Craig, 30
Relationship: Craig was her boyfriend
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 3, 2002
Victim name: Meg Parmaei, 51
Alleged perpetrator name: Khosrow Parmei, 44
Relationship: husband
Town: Black Mountain, Buncombe County
Murder weapon: hands-strangulation - Date of Murder: February 13, 2002
Victim name: Margie Soles Ward, 47
Alleged perpetrator name: Curtis Ward, 53, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Hallsboro, Columbus County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 13, 2002
Victim Name: Lorilee Duthler
Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Duane Young
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Black Mountain
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 27, 2002
Victim name: Barbara Monique Ealey, 40
Alleged perpetrator name: Johnny Franklin Ealey, 41
Relationship: husband
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: March 2, 2002
Victim name: Jessica Simms, 21
Alleged perpetrator name: Christian Simms, 24, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: March 10, 2002
Victim name: 2nd Lt. Annis (Nece) King-Hall, 32
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Oliver Hall, 32
Relationship: husband, separated
Town: I-20 N of Florence, SC. She was picking up her baby from visitation with him.
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: March 11, 2002
Victim name: Bao Q. Niguyen
Alleged perpetrator name: Thu Niguyet Nguyen, 35, committed suicide
Relationship: wife
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: March 19, 2002
Victim name: Tonia Lynn Sasser Pope, 44
Alleged perpetrator name: Edward Sasser, 64
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Clinton, Sampson County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: March 22, 2002
Victim name: Cindy Sharon Lemons, 20
Alleged perpetrator name: Tarvaris Novack Mickens, 25
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Micro, Johnston County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: March 24, 2002
Victim name: Kimberly Dial, 18
Alleged perpetrator name: James Curtis McNeill, 32
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Fairmont, Robeson County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: March 25, 2002
Victim name: Deborah Jane Chance, 43
Alleged perpetrator name: Nathan Owen Chance, 50
Relationship: husband
Town: Hope Mills, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: fist, blunt blow to head - Date of Murder: March 31, 2002, body found
Victim name: Magena Rochelle Baldwin, 35
Alleged perpetrator name: Kerry Lee Ratliff, 42
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Troy, Montgomery County
Murder weapon: strangled and beaten - Date of Murder: March 31, 2002
Victim name: Brenda Renee Lancaster, 27
Alleged perpetrator names: Kenneth Earl Byrd, Jr., 30 and Roswitha Federlein Morrison, 55
Relationship: ex-boyfriend and ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend
Town: Dunn, Harnett County
Murder weapon: gun-shot 8 times - Date of Murder: April 19, 2002
Victim name: Thelma Katrina Jackson, 25
Alleged perpetrator name: Richard James, 35
Relationship: common-law husband
Town: Whiteville, Columbus County
Murder weapon: pushed her in front of vehicle - Date of Murder: April 22, 2002
Victim name: Camille “Millie” Blackwell, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Horne, 26
Relationship: ex-husband
Town: East Spencer, Rowan County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: assaulted May 4, 2002, died May 10, 2002
Victim name: Brandy Renee Skaggs Martin, 25
Alleged perpetrator name: Geoffrey Allan Martin, 26
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: softball bat - Date of Murder: May 4, 2002
Victim name: Susan Elaine Rhew, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: Bryan Crisco, 30, committed suicide
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Durham, Durham County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 19, 2002
Victim name: Latahnya Witherspoon, 26
Alleged perpetrator name: Theodore Witherspoon
Relationship: husband
Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
Murder weapon: hands-strangulation - Date of Murder: May 28, 2002
Victim name: Deborah Lynn Scandinaro Hughes, 43
Alleged perpetrator name: Gerald Dewayne Floyd, 48, later
committed suicide
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 28, 2002
Victim name: Rueben Winston Hewett, 49
Alleged perpetrator name: Gerald Dewayne Floyd, 48, later
committed suicide
Relationship: perp was ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
Town: Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: May 30, 2002
Victim name: Donna J. Trent, 39
Alleged perpetrator name: Scotty Lynn Trent, 39
Relationship: husband
Town: Eden, Rockingham County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 6, 2002
Victim name: Elizabeth Unker Hilton, 49
Alleged perpetrator name: Jack Lacy Hilton, 56, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Sandy Mush Area, Madison County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 9, 2002
Victim name: Teresa Nieves, 28
Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt First Class Rigoberto Nieves, Jr., 32, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 14, 2002
Victim name: Kathy Greene, 37
Alleged perpetrator name: David Greene, 34, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Polkville, Cleveland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 17, 2002
Victim name: Alverta Blankenship Dyer Hamby, 67
Alleged perpetrator name: Ralph Ray Hamby, 48,
Relationship: husband
Town: Purlear, Wilkes County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 18, 2002
Victim name: Lisa Carole Sumner, 30
Alleged perpetrator name: Kenneth K. Kleckley, 37, committed suicide
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Pink Hill, Lenoir County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 22, 2002
Victim name: Tiffany Monique Mason, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Jammie Eugene Parker, 27
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Kannapolis, Rowan County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: June 23, 2002
Victim name: Lynn Albert Sykes, 40
Alleged perpetrator name: Teddy Dean Acrey, 43
Relationship: neighbor of Acrey’s former girlfriend
Town: Hillsborough, Orange County
Murder weapon: yard ornament - Date of Murder: June 26, 2002
Victim name: Marshall Ivosha Johnson, 22
Alleged perpetrator name: Delvecchio Durran Boyd, 23, committed suicide
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder weapon: strangled and stabbed - Date of Murder: June 29, 2002
Victim name: Jennifer Gail Wright, 32
Alleged perpetrator name: Master Sgt. William C. Wright, 36, later committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: hands-strangulation - Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
Victim name: Valerie Michelle Gates, 24
Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
Relationship: father
Town: White Cross, Orange County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
Victim name: Corda’e Shimira Lee, 21
Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
Relationship: friend’s father
Town: White Cross, Orange County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
Victim name: Kendall Alexander Dianis, 2
Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
Relationship: mother’s friend’s father
Town: White Cross, Orange County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 7, 2002
Victim name: Tiana Nicole Williams, 22
Alleged perpetrator name: Ronald Valentine Hendrickson, 39
Relationship: fiance
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder weapon: beaten with chair - Date of Murder: July 8, 2002
Victim name: Aleta Vernon
Alleged perpetrator name: Danny Lee Vernon
Relationship: husband
Town: Stoneville, Rockingham County
Murder weapon: rubber mallet, then staged a cover-up car accident - Date of Murder: July 9, 2002
Victim name: Marilyn Rene Styles-Griffin, 32
Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt. Cedric Ramon Griffin, 28
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: knife, then burned down house - Date of Murder: July 12, 2002
Victim name: Lisa Hill
Alleged perpetrator name: Ralph Hill, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: La Grange, Lenoir County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: July 19, 2002
Victim name: Andrea Floyd, 29
Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt. First Class Brandon S. Floyd, 30, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: July 25, 2002
Victim name: Heather Anne Domenie, 33
Alleged perpetrator name: Ian Aulden Campbell, 29
Relationship: fiancé
Town: Cary, Wake County
Murder weapon: hands, strangled her - Date of Murder: July 29, 2002
Victim name: Diane Nelson, 64
Alleged perpetrator name: Aubrey Labron Nelson, Jr., 71
Relationship: husband
Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
Murder weapon: strangled with belt - Date of Murder: August 5, 2002
Victim name: Charlene Howard, 43
Alleged perpetrator name: Antonio Undre Byrd, 24
Relationship: boyfriend of victim’s daughter’s friend
Town: Burlington, Alamance County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 6, 2002
Victim name: Margaret Rogers
Alleged perpetrator name: Jesse Jay Rogers
Relationship: husband
Town: Lenoir County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 11, 2002
Victim name: Terry Dannelley, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: David Eugene Pinell, 41
Relationship: ex-husband of victim’s wife
Town: Jacksonville, Onslow County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 13, 2002
Victim name: Kathy Jean Brown Hunter, 43
Alleged perpetrator name: Claudia Franklin Hunter, 50,
committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Magnolia, Duplin County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 16, 2002
Victim name: Janice Marie Goldston, 38
Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Ray Raines, 44
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Sanford, Lee County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 24, 2002
Victim name: Kebba Janneh, 26
Alleged perpetrator name: Bernard Rogers, 19
Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s friend
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: August 31, 2002 found dead in apartment
Victim name: Dawn Marie Ureche, 41
Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Michael Fontaine, 38
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
Murder weapon: strangled and beaten - Date of Murder: September 4, 2002
Victim name: Glady Swepson Bryant, 53
Alleged perpetrator name: David Eugene Bryant, 55
Relationship: ex-husband
Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 7, 2002
Victim name: Donna Wheeler Bass, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: Saladin Bass, 36
Relationship: husband
Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
Murder weapon: blow to head - Date of Murder: September 10, 2002
Victim name: Bobbie Ann Myers, 34
Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Earl Watkins, 44
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 10, 2002
Victim name: George Bradley Autry, 37
Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Earl Watkins, 44
Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s friend
Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 16, 2002
Victim name: Sherri Lynn Beitzel Howell, 28
Alleged perpetrator name: Jimmy Dale Sheffield, 33
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Moore County
Murder weapon: baseball bat - Date of Murder: September 23, 2002
Victim name: Lourdes Almendares Guzman, 26
Alleged perpetrator name: Roberto A. Campos, 25, committed suicide
Relationship: estranged boyfriend; father of 2 of her kids
Town: Kidnapped her & kids in Raleigh, let kids go, drove to VA & killed her when police blocked the road.
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: September 23, 2002
Victim name: Nicole Leah Peake, 21
Alleged perpetrator name: Anthony Sean Trull, 27
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Gastonia, Gaston County
Murder weapon: cocaine overdose, suspicious circumstances - Date of Murder: September 26, 2002
Victim name: Louisa Williams, 30
Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Marcus Williams, 33
Relationship: husband
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder weapon: hands, beaten and strangled - Date of Murder: October 6, 2002
Victim name: Shelby Billings Miller, 55
Alleged perpetrator name: Kenneth Miller, 56
Relationship: husband
Town: Ferguson, Wilkes County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: October 11, 2002
Victim name: Charmaine Mason, 25
Alleged perpetrator name: George Bernard Speight, 29
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Jacksonville, Onslow County
Murder weapon: steak knife - Date of Murder: November 1, 2002
Victim name: Gael Morrison, 35
Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Patrick Morrison, 39,
committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Lincolnton, Lincoln County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: November 1, 2002
Victim name: Amanda Barnhardt, 14
Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Patrick Morrison, 39,
committed suicide
Relationship: stepfather
Town: Lincolnton, Lincoln County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
Victim name: Elizabeth Maria Tetter, 42
Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Lexington, Davidson County
Murder weapon: strangled - Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
Victim name: Kristin Nicole Tetter, 8
Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
Relationship: Father
Town: Lexington, Davidson County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
Victim name: Manual “Alex” Alejandro Ojeda Gonzalez, 12
Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
Relationship: stepfather
Town: Lexington, Davidson County
Murder weapon: strangled - Date of Murder: November 10, 2002
Victim name: Lisa Lynn Ebert, 35
Alleged perpetrator name: Mark Allen Ebert, 37, committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Bessemer City, Gaston County
Murder weapon: 12 gauge shot gun - Date of Murder: November 19, 2002
Victim name: Candice Cockerham, 17
Alleged perpetrator name: Richard Ellerbee, 46, later
committed suicide
Relationship: stepfather
Town: Elkin, Yadkin County
Murder weapon: knife/glass - Date of Murder: November 25, 2002
Victim name: Miriam Alfaro, 31
Alleged perpetrator name: Cesar Estrada, 30
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Raleigh, Wake County
Murder weapon: knife - Date of Murder: December 2, 2002
Victim name: Barbara Jean Burkett, 63
Alleged perpetrator name: James Calvin Burkett, Sr., 66,
committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Dallas, Gaston County
Murder weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 8, 2002
Victim Name: Corey David Hawkins, 22
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rayford Clyde Hendrix, 26
relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Farmington, Davie County
Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 10, 2002
Victim name: Sarah Marshall Kreamer, 27
Alleged perpetrator name: John Christopher Ireland, 41, committed suicide
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Greenville, Pitt County
Murder weapon: 20 gauge shotgun
