Homicides in 2005

January 1 – December 31, 2005 (72 Murders)

1. Date of Murder: February 19, 2005
   Victim Name: Corene Davis, 48
   Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Davis, 53
   Relationship: Husband
   Town: East Bend, Yadkin
   Murder Weapon: Gun
    
2. Date of Murder: February 26, 2005
   Victim Name: Zachary Rinehart, 14 months
   Perpetrator: Timothy James Eckard, 27
   Relationship: perp had dated Zachary’s mother
   Town: Hickory
   Murder Weapon: blunt force trauma to head
    
3. Date of Murder: March 4, 2005
   Victim Name: Teresa Lambert Crenshaw, 51
   Alleged perpetrator name: James Edward Crenshaw, Jr., 49
   Relationship: estranged husband
   Town: Asheboro, Randolph
   Murder Weapon: gun
    
4. Date of Murder: March 7, 2005
   Victim Name: Deborah Jean Coley, 47
   Alleged perpetrator name: Roger Earl Coley, 45
   Relationship: husband
   Town: Rocky Mount
   Murder Weapon: knife
    
5. Date of Murder: March 11, 2005
   Victim Name: Crystal Johnson, 29
   Alleged perpetrator name: Danny Ray Johnson, 33
   Relationship: husband
   Town: Pilot Mountain, Surry
   Murder Weapon: gun
    
6. Date of Murder: March 12, 2005
   Victim Name: Alycia Nichelle McKinnon, 22
   Alleged perpetrator name: DeWayne Lee Mackell, 39 (hired to kill Alycia’s half sister Andrea) & LeQuan Rock, 26 (hired Mackell to kill his girlfriend Andrea)
   Relationship: none
   Town: Jackson Hamlet, Moore
   Murder Weapon: gun
    
7. Date of Murder: March 13, 2005
   Victim Name: Neiko Michelle Eller, 30
   Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Michael Eller, 28
   Relationship: husband
   Town: Mount Holly, Gaston
   Murder Weapon: gun
    
8. Date of Murder: March 18, 2005
   Victim Name: Janet Martinez
   Alleged perpetrator name: Reginald Ragan, 46
   Relationship: ex-boyfriend
   Town: Pineville, Mecklenburg
   Murder Weapon: gun
    
9. Date of Murder: March 19, 2005
   Victim Name: Velma Lynch
   Alleged perpetrator name: Alfred Epps
   Relationship: boyfriend
   Town: Weldon, Halifax
   Murder Weapon: beaten with wooden end of gun
    
10. Date of Murder: March 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Melissa Mayer, 16
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ashley Reagan Jr., 34
    Relationship: Stepfather
    Town: Johnston County
    Murder Weapon: beaten with barbell, strangled
     
11. Date of Murder: March 25, 3005
    Victim Name: David Jack Snow
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Sharon Dorminy
    Relationship: former boyfriend
    Town: Surry County
    Murder Weapon: Ford Explorer
     
12. Date of Murder: April 3, 3005
    Name: Kimberly Pitts, 40
    Pepetrator: James Pitts, 51
    Location: Waynesville, Haywood County
    Relationship: husband
    Weapon: gun
     
13. Date of Murder: April 9, 2005
    Victim Name: Jessica Allyne Crews, 23
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tracey Lamour Siler, 33
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
14. Date of Murder: April 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Bruce Clawson, 51
    Perpetrator: Teresa Haws Clawson, 52
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: Sledgehammer, knife
     
15. Date of Murder: April 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Melfa Khasadi Miller, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles C. Wilson, 42
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Manteo, Dare County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
16. Date of Murder: April 18, 2005
    Victim Name: Jennifer Murray, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tony Davis Murray, Sr., 47
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Wilson
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
17. Date of Murder: April 26, 2005
    Victim Name: Janet Christiansen Abaroa, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Raven Abaroa, 25
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Durham County: Durham
    Weapon: Knife
     
18. Date of Murder: May 1, 2005
    Victim Name: Suzanne Clark, 52
    Alleged perpetrator name: Keith Harold Murphy, 53
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Caldwell
    Murder Weapon: hands
     
19. Date of Murder: May 3, 2005 (died May 8)
    Victim Name: David Lee Michael, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Amy Toomes McArthur
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Randolph County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
20. Date of Murder: May 8, 2005
    Victim Name: Lee Scott Carter, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Raymundo Estrada, 26
    Relationship: boyfriend of perpetrator’s estranged wife
    Town: Dilworth/Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
21. Date of Murder: May 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Pam Bryant
    Alleged perpetrator name: Archie Bryant, Jr.
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wilson
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
22. Date of Murder: May 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Vaishali Bipinchandra Sarode, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bipinchandra Baburao Sarode, 37
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte/Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
23. Date of Murder: May 15, 2005
    Victim Name: Alfred Dwayne Douglas, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christina Ann McMannus, 27
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Highpoint
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
24. Date of Murder: May 16, 2005
    Victim Name: Dujuana Stallings Massenburg
    Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Massenburg, 38
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Raleigh/Wake
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
25. Date of Murder: May 21, 2005
    Victim Name: Ronna Valentine, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Valentine, 42
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville/Cumberland
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
26. Date of Murder: May 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Joni Snider Railey
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ricky Lamar Railey
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Randolph County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
27. Date of Murder: May 24, 2005
    Victim Name: Barbara Jean Wheless Jackson, 62
    Alleged perpetrator name: Walter Edward Jones, 53
    Relationship: personal relationship
    Town: Raleigh/Wake
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
28. Date of Murder: May 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Emily Elainna Maccione, 3
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alejandro Reyes Cortez,
    Relationship: stepfather
    Town: Burlington, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: drown or asphyxiation
     
29. Date of Murder: May 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Katharine Broome Johnson, 36
    Alleged perpetrator name: Stanford Eugene Jones, 40
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
30. Date of Murder: May 27, 2005
    Victim Name: Dallas Sullivan, 69
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rodney Coleman
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
31. Date of Murder: May 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Bonita V. King, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Terry King, 42
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
32. Date of Murder: June 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Sarah Felisha Kersey, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Victor Tabor, 24
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Broadway, Harnett County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
33. Date of Murder: June 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Amy Marie Greene, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Clayton Mitchell, 27
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Onslow County
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
34. Date of Murder: June 11, 2005
    Victim Name: Austin Berry, 2
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bradley Dean Austin, 26
    Relationship: child’s mom’s live-in boyfriend
    Town: Altamahaw, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: head trauma
     
35. Date of Murder: June 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Nancy B. Hill, 70
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gilbert Lee Hill
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Statesville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
36. Date of Murder: June 15, 2005
    Victim Name: Larry Junior Laborn, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Richard Antwaun Graves, 22
    Relationship: victim was brother of perp’s girlfriend
    Town: Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: sawed off shotgun
     
37. Date of Murder: June 20, 2005
    Victim Name: Johnetta Wrisborne Duncan, 33
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas H. Duncan, 64
    Relationship: father-in-law
    Town: Leland, Brunswick County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
38. Date of Murder: June 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Jean Marie Cartrette Gray
    Alleged perpetrator name: Harland Hank Gray, 40
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Columbus County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
39. Date of Murder: June 24, 2005
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Ann Messer, 19
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Wright III, 19
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Matthews, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
40. Date of Murder: June 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Gloria Salmeron, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Orlando Blanco, 33
    Relationship: romantic involvement
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: stabbed
     
41. Date of Murder: July 1, 2005
    Victim Name: Darrel Johnson, 20
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory Johnson Clark II, 20
    Relationship: former boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
42. Date of Murder: July 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Christy Ann Galvin, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Seyi Tayo Oduseo, 27
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon:
     
43. Date of Murder: July 7, 2005
    Victim Name: Rhonda Shanita Roane-Smith, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Neville Smith, 39
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: High Point
    Murder Weapon:
     
44. Date of Murder: July 30, 2005
    Victim Name: Betty Lambert Hunt, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Carvie Lyn Hunt, 50
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lumberton
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
45. Date of Murder: July 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Belinda Davis, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Anthony Wright, 42
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Rocky Mount
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
46. Date of Murder: August 8, 2005
    Victim: Tammie White Savage, 36
    Perpetrator: Terrence Savage, 32
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Benson
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
47. Date of Murder: August 19, 2005 (body found)
    Victim: Brenda Lee Owens, 48
    Perpetrator: Robert Owens, 53
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Goldsboro
    Murder Weapon: found in Neuse River
     
48. Date of Murder: September 1, 2005
    Victim: Freda M. Medlin, 45
    Perpetrator: James Wesley Stallings, 43
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Nash County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
49. Date Of Murder: September 13, 2005
    Victim Name: Quinn Witherspoon, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Misty Witherspoon, 32
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Mooresville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
50. Date Of Murder: September 13, 2005
    Victim: Yoland Cotton, 22
    Perpetrator: Fernandez Ceja,
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
51. Date of Murder: September 18, 2005
    Victim: Jerry Michael McQueen, 42
    Perpetrator: Tonya Ayers Johnson, 37
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Seagrove
    Murder Weapon: handgun
     
52. Date Of Murder: September 19, 2005
    Victim: Teri Marie Sokoloff, 31
    Perpetrator: William James Schreiber, 33
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: not stated
     
53. Date Of Murder: September 19, 2005
    Victim: Skye, 8 months
    Perpetrator: William James Schreiber, 33
    Relationship: mother’s ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon:
     
54. Date Of Murder: September 20, 2005
    Victim: Lori Lail, 43
    Perpetrator: Ronald Wayne Lail, 43
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Burke County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
55. Date of Murder: September 21, 2005
    Victim Name: Amy Padgett Condry, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Timothy Wayne Condry, 27
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Caroleen
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
56. Date of Murder: September 24, 2005
    Victim Name: baby of Maria Reyes
    Alleged perpetrator name: Hector Donovan Salcedo, 33
    Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: shot mother while pregnant
     
57. Date of Murder: September 28, 2005
    Victim Name: Jeri Couch Langley, 45
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ronald Keith Barbour, 46
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Smithfield
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
58. Date of Murder: September 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Jerry Lewis Culbreth
    Alleged perpetrator name: LaTaurus Denise Exum, 32
    Relationship: live-in girlfriend
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
59. Date of Murder: October 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Iva Nicholson, 84
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Harvey Nicholson, 80
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Sanford
    Murder weapon: not stated
     
60. Date of Murder: October 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Tina Nicholson
    Perpetrator: Thomas Harvey Nicholson, 80
    Relationship: father
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: not stated
     
61. Date of Murder: October 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Tammy Greene Austin, 36
    Perpetrator Name: Michael Allen Austin, 36
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Caldwell County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
62. Date of Murder: October 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Johnny Tyrod Davis, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lerandall Simmons, 31
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s current girlfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
63. Date of Murder: October 27, 2005
    Victim Name: Especiales Taliaferro, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Montreal Lee Truesdale, 30
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
64. Date of Murder: November 9, 2005
    Victim Name: Jaysiei Dantory
    Alleged perpetrator name: Pablo Silverio
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Smithfield
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
65. Date of Murder: December 4, 2005
    Victim Name: Joyce Hoskins, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gardie Rhodes, 54
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wilmington
    Weapon: gun
     
66. Date of Murder: December 4, 2005
    Victim Name: Arlene S. Mabe, 53
    Alleged perpetrator name: Paul F. Kendrick, 60
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Danbury
    Weapon: 9mm Semiautomatic handgun
     
67. Date of Murder: December 18, 2005
    Victim Name: Paul Berkley, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Monique Berkley, 26
    Relationships: wife
    Town: Raleigh
    Weapon: gun
     
68. Date of Murder: December 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Vicky Meeks Fernandez
    Alleged perpetrator name: Herbert Dalma Hines
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Pitt County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
69. Date Missing: December 29, 2005, body found January 7, 2006
    Victim Name: Emily Anderson, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerry Anderson
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lenoir
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
70. Date of Murder: December 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Lenka Vaculikova Grosholz, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory Scott Grosholz, 59
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Leland
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
71. Date of Murder: December 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Tammy Gail Brantley, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Edward Brantley, 40
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Bessemer City