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March 14, 2007
NORTH CAROLINA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE REPORT 2006
DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence released the 2006 domestic violence homicide report today. Domestic violence homicides increased by 6 percent from 2005.
The report accounts for 79 domestic violence homicide victims in North Carolina in 2006. “It is discouraging to see these numbers grow,” said Marie Brodie, training and media relations coordinator at the Coalition. “This is why it’s so important that we create a community that holds abusers accountable and one that provides a safety net for victims of abuse.”
A small victory has been the decline in domestic violence in certain counties. Mecklenburg County, for instance, went from nine reported homicides in 2005, to six. Other counties that decreased their total number of reported homicides include Alamance, Lee and Randolph.
“While these are small victories, they are still important,” Brodie said. “Hopefully more steps will be taken in 2007. If we keep making incremental progress, in the long run a large change will take place and more lives will be saved.”
The North Carolina legislature is currently taking important steps to address domestic violence in North Carolina. Senate Bill 27/House Bill 44 introduced by Senator Julia Boseman and Representative Marian McLawhorn, co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence will strengthen the enforcement of protective orders by reducing the number of prior convictions needed to charge an offender with a felony for violation of an order. “Violation of a protective order is a red flag to the court system that the offender may commit a homicide,” said Brodie.
Domestic violence programs are an integral part of North Carolina’s safety net for victims. They require funding to provide life-saving services. The Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence has recommended a $2 million increase in funding for local programs and $1 million in funding to support local prevention initiatives. At least 35 children witnessed a domestic violence homicide last year. “We must break the cycle of violence from one generation to the next,” said Brodie. With this funding, local programs can provide education and outreach services in our communities with the goal of stopping the violence before it starts.
Each year in North Carolina, thousands of victims reach out for help from the courts, law enforcement, crisis centers, families, and even their next door neighbor. “Each citizen can make a difference,” said Brodie. “By supporting your local domestic violence crisis center and letting abusers know that North Carolina will hold them accountable, we hope to see a reduction in the homicide rate next year.”
About the Coalition
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (www.nccadv.org) is a non-profit membership organization that provides support services to local domestic violence service providers and allied professionals who assist victims of domestic violence and their children. Founded in 1981, NCCADV currently supports 92 domestic violence service providers across the state. Coalition services include training, providing technical assistance, increasing public awareness, and promoting public policy initiatives.
January 1 – December 25, 2006 (83 Murders)
- Date of Murder: January 1, 2006
Victim: Karen H. Crawford, 48
Perpetrator: Peter Matson, 48
Weapon: Strangulation
County: Chatham
- Date of Murder: January 1, 2006
Victim Name: Deana Prince, 36
Alleged Perpetrator: Thurman Burns, 40
Relationships: victim’s children’s father
Town: Cumberland
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: January 2, 2006
Victim Name: Malachai Loftin, 52
Alleged perpetrator name: Lakane Murphy, 34
Relationship: ex-boyfriend of murder victim’s friend
Town: Pender
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: January 8, 2006
Victim Name: Dwayne Jenkins
Alleged perpetrator name: Tamika McMillian
Relationship: live-in girlfriend
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: January 17, 2006
Victim Name: Rosenda Albino Prudente-Rodriguez, 25
Alleged perpetrator name: Jose Valverde-Liborio, 28
Relationship: husband
Town: Winston-Salem
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: January 28, 2006
Victim Name: Colonel Roberts
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Ernestine Williams
Relationship: live-in girlfriend
Town: Granville
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: January 30, 2006
Victim Name: Christina Palmer, 29
Alleged perpetrator name: Stevie Ray Palmer, 32
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Forest City
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: February 1, 2006
Victim Name: James Aaron Tant, 30
Alleged perpetrator name: Jacqueline Rudder Tant, 42
Relationship: estranged wife
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: February 3, 2006
Victim Name: Myra Wilkes, 42
Alleged perpetrator name: Brad Wilkes, 36, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Thomasville
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: February 6, 2006
Victim Name: Maria Edmunds, 64
Alleged perpetrator name: Joseph B. Edmunds, 65
Relationship: Husband
Town: Kings Mountain
Murder Weapon: drowning
- Date of Murder: February 15, 2006
Victim Name: Hugh Edward Walters, 57
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Louis Joseph “Joey” Scates, 39
Relationship: Father in law
Town: Lincoln County
Murder Weapon: 22-caliber rifle
- Date of Murder: March 3, 2006
Victim Name: Misarachi (Sara) Miranda, 8
Alleged Perpetrator: Gilberto Miranda Cuellar, 36
Relationship: father
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: March 3, 2006
Victim Name: John Charles Miranda, 5
Alleged Perpetrator: Gilberto Miranda Cuellar, 36
Relationship: father
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Attempted Homicide: March 22, 2006
Victim: Survivor of attempted homicide
Perpetrator: (suicide) Joel Anderson, 53, committed suicide
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Scotland Neck
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: March 17, 2006
Victim Name: Christopher Tony Dial
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Patricia A Hunt
Relationship: live in girlfriend
Town: Robeson County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: March 24, 2006
Victim Name: Earl Thierry Brown, 42
Alleged Perpetrator: Camellia Boyd Norton Brown, 47
Relationship: ex-wife
Town: Raleigh
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: March 25, 2006
Victim Name: Torie Carpenter, 22
Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Leon Wilkerson, 23
Relationship: ex-husband
Town: Selma
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: March 26, 2006
Victim Name: Terry Donnell Waddell
Alleged Perpetrator: Gary Lee Parrish, Jr.
Relationship: Victim was in a relationship with perpetrator’s female friend
Town: Brunswick County
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: Unknown, Perpetrator reported boyfriend dead in February
Victim: Tony Thomas
Alleged Perpetrator: Michelle Cabbagestalk
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Edgecombe County
Murder Weapon: strangulation
- Date of Murder: March 29, 2006
Victim Name: Betty Skipper Godfrey, 41
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Harold Lloyd Phillips,
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Gaston
Murder Weapon: arson
- Date of Murder: March 30, 2006
Victim Name: Connie Lynn Newton, 37
Alleged perpetrator name: Douglas Daryl Newton, 38
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Anson County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: April 2, 2006
Victim Name: Sara McCormick, 32
Alleged perpetrator name: Tyrone Lancaster, 34
Relationship: husband
Town: Lumberton
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: April 6, 2006
Victim Name: Rebecca Grogan Hicks, 24
Perpetrator Name: Jerald Chapman, 36, committed suicide
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Taylorsville
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: April 6, 2006
Victim Name: Keara Lynn Hart, 30
Alleged perpetrator name: Deamego Demon Lee, 32
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Chapel Hill
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: April 9, 2006
Victim Name: Delores Anderson, 49
Alleged perpetrator name: Hubert Lee Anderson, 56,
committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Oxford
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: April 18, 2006
Victim Name: Rhonda Barnes, 38
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Dennis Wayne Shaw, 37
Relationship: ex-boyfriend of murder victim
Town: Clayton
Murder Weapon: blunt force trauma
- Date of Murder: May 7, 2006
Victim Name: Nakia Antione Harper, 31
Alleged Perpetrator Name: name not released
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Durham
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: May 27, 2006
Victim Name: Shaundra Dayle, 37
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Timothy Dayle, 41
Relationship: husband
Town: Franklin County
Murder Weapon: strangulation
- Date of Murder: May 27, 2006
Victim Name: Velman Busch, 62
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Donald J. Young, 36
Relationship: daughter’s ex-boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: May 28, 2006
Victim Name: Shirley Arrowood
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Phil Arrowood, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: McDowell County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: June 6, 2006
Victim Name: Ashley Garner, 19
Alleged Perpetrator: Jeff Neal Garner, 27
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Winston-Salem
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: June 10, 2006
Victim Name: Andrea Scott, 17
Alleged Perpetrator: Michael McDonald, 18
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: unknown
- Date of Murder: June 10, 2006
Victim Name: Monica Gacutan, 38
Alleged Perpetrator: Michael McDonald, 18
Relationship: ex-boyfriend of daughter
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: unknown
- Date of Murder: June 11, 2006
Victim Name: Hopeton Cardannius Davis, 19
Alleged Perpetrator: Justafaa Jihad Dublin, 19
Relationship: deceased sister’s boyfriend
Town: Selma
Murder Weapon: pocket knife
- Date of Murder: June 11, 2006
Victim Name: Andy Lawson
Alleged Perpetrator: Tracy Braxton Lawson
Relationship: wife
Town: Snow Camp
Murder Weapon: fence post driver
- Date of Murder: June 14, 2006
Victim Name: Ryan Minor, 10
Perpetrator: Mark Minor, 44, committed suicide
Relationship: father
Town: Union County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: June 17, 2006
Victim Name: Tammy Diane Wilson, 39
Alleged Perpetrator: Gerald Todd Spease, 36
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Winston-Salem
Murder Weapon: fire
- Date of Murder: June 23, 2006
Victim Name: Joey Antonio Nesmith, 26
Alleged Perpetrator: Talathia Brown, 18
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Mecklenburg
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: June 23, 2006
Victim Name: Annjannette Lloyd, 31
Alleged Perpetrator: Darin Jackson, 40
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Guilford County
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: June 28, 2006
Victim Name: Carolyn Perkins Jordan, 72
Perpetrator: Algie Long, 74, committed suicide
Relationship: ex-husband
Town: Burlington
Weapon: hand gun
- Date of Murder: July 15, 2006
Victim Name: Amy Devonne Reese, 19
Alleged Perpetrator: Enrique Hernandez
Relationship: live in boyfriend
Town: Sparta
Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: July 15, 2006
Victim Name: Survivor of attempted homicide
Perpetrator Name: Larry Luther Driggers
Relationship: ex-wife
Town: Oak Island
Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: July 16, 2006
Victim Name: Emmali McCrae
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Carlos Keels
Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
Town: Robeson County
Weapon: beaten to death
- Date of Murder: July 17, 2006
Victim Name: Shannon Ellis Tessnear, 34
Alleged Perpetrator: Alan Tessnear, 36, committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Ellenboro
Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: July 18, 2006
Victim Name: Donald West, 39
Alleged Perpetrator: Tiffany Ann Bassett, 26
Relationship: live-in girlfriend
Town: Johnston
Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: July 26, 2006
Victim Name: Marcus Cureton
Alleged Perpetrator: Tamika Clark, 27
Relationship:
Town: Union County
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: July 26, 2006
Victim Name: Audrey Chavis, 33
Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Lynn Chavis, 44
Relatioship: husband
Town: Aberdeen
Weapon: beaten to death with baseball bat
- Date of Murder: July 27, 2006
Victim Name: Neal Cochran, 30
Alleged Perpetrator: Amy Cochran shot her husband in self-defense
Relationship: wife
Town: Morganton
Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: July 30, 2006
Victim Name: Kenneth Ray Martin, 55
Alleged Perpetrator: Patricia Anne Dewispelaere, 41
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Rockingham
Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: July 31, 2006
Victim Name: Patrice Eller Ikard, 36
Perpetrator Name: Theodorus Roosevelt Ikard, 40,
committed suicide
Relationship: husband
Town: Catawba County
Murder Weapon: knife, gun
- Date of Murder: July 31, 2006
Victim Name: Harry Ponds
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Steven Woods
Relationship: victim was new boyfriend of alleged perpetrator’s estranged wife
Town: Shalotte, Brunswick County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: August 26, 2006
Victim Name: Joy Mills Morgan, 48
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Kurt Lawrence Davis, 38
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Raleigh
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: August 26, 2006
Victim Name: Ceritha Williams, 34
Alleged Perpetrator: Cleveland Troy Hendricks, 18
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: August 27, 2006
Victim Name: Cassandra Martin
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Christopher Lee Martin, Sr.
Relationship: husband
Town: Graham
Murder weapon: Gun
- Date of Murder: September 5, 2006
Victim Name: Angela Carmon, 39
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rudy Carmon
Relationship: husband
Town: Greenville
Murder Weapon: arson
- Date of Murder: September 13, 2006
Victim Name: Vanessa Martinez Lopez, 22
Alleged Perpetrator: Limberg Leon Jimenez, 22
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Pitt
Murder weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: September 15, 2006
Victim Name: Antoine Marquis Clanton, 24
Alleged Perpetrator: Markee Laswann McFadden, 18
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: September 16, 2006
Victim Name: Latrina Daniels, 34
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Frederick Antonie Givens, 28
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: September 18, 2006
Victim Name: Bonnie Woodring,
Perpetrator Name: John Woodring, 35, committed suicide
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Sylva
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: September 21, 2006
Victim Name: Sophia McRae, 25
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Dexter Tremaine McRae, 30
Relationship: estranged husband
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon:
- Date of Murder: September 24, 2006
Victim Name: Gloria Silos Zelaya
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Joel Zelaya Rivera, 25
Relationship: husband
Town: Hendersonville, Henderson County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: September 28, 2006
Victim Name: Cecil Poythress, 31
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Stephanie Poythress, 32
Relationship: wife
Town: Lillington
Murder Weapon: knife - Date of Murder: October 9, 2006
Victim Name: Larry Dierickx, 63
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Penny Dierickx, 54
Relationship: wife
Town: Clayton
Murder Weapon: not yet known
- Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
Victim Name: Latashia Toomer, 18
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Nathanial Williams, 22
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Wilmington
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
Victim Name: Priscilla Huffman, 29
Perpetrator: Phillip Huffman, 30
Relationship: husband
Town: Rowan County
Murder Weapon: butcher knife
- Date of Murder: November3, 2006
Victim: Michelle Young, 29
Perpetrator: Jason Young, 32
Town: Raleigh County: Wake
Weapon: Blunt force trauma
- Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
Victim Name: Wendy Sellers, 31
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
Relationship: husband
Town: Robbinsville
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
Victim Name: Nancy Williams Orr, 53
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
Relationship: son in law
Town Robbinsville
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
Victim Name: John Drew Anderson, 28
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
Relationship: brother in law
Town: Robbinsville
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
Victim Name: Liza Ann Pierce, 35
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Charles Eric Calloway, 43
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Wilkes County
Murder Weapon: high powered rifle
- Date of Murder: November 27, 2006
Victim Name: Gloria Cobos, 22
Alleged Perpetrator: Jonathan Salas Ramirez, 30
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Charlotte
Murder Weapon: beaten to death with hands
- Date of Murder: November 30, 2006
Victim Name: Carolyn Jean King Gray
Alleged Perpetrator: Dominique King
Relationship: husband
Town: Pitt County Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: December 4, 2006
Victim Name: Sherri Deniese Jackson, 27
Alleged Perpetrator: Decarlo Rayshaun Bennet, 28
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: unknown
- Date of Murder: December 8, 2006
Victim Name: Julie Rowland Bowling, 45
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Mark Anthony Bowling, 35
Rose Deloris Vincent, 27
Relationship: husband and mistress
Town: Nash County
Murder Weapon: gun - Date of Murder: December 9, 2006
Victim Name: Travis Mabine, 24
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Curtis Lee Thomas, 36
Relationship: boyfriend of perpetrator’s ex-girlfriend
Town: Ahoskie
Murder weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: Body Found on November 2, 2006
Victim Name: Narskelsky Pastuer, 52
Alleged Perpetrator: Robert L. Pastuer, 47
Relationship: husband
Town: Franklin
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: December 11, 2006
Victim Name: Phaedra Renee Mcrimmon, 34
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Herbert Reece McNeil Jr.
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Lee County
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: December 16, 2006
Victim Name: Charles Larry Hauser, 52
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Ozell Joan Dow, 50
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Thomasville
Murder Weapon: knife
- Date of Murder: December 17, 2006
Victim Name: Nicole Marie Moore, 24
Alleged Perpetrator: Gilbert Charles Whitmire, 51
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Henderson
Murder Weapon:
- Date of Murder: December 17, 2006
Victim Name: Rebecca Ann Wilson, 24
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Daleray Wilson, 28
Relationship: husband
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: December 19, 2006
Victim Name: Jorie N. Washington, 43
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Samuel Junior Jackson, 55
Relationship: live-in boyfriend
Town: Elizabeth City
Murder Weapon : gun
- Date of Murder: December 19, 2006
Victim Name: Xavier Z. Washington, 18
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Samuel Junior Jackson, 55
Relationship: mother’s live-in boyfriend
Town: Elizabeth City
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: December 25, 2006
Victim Name: April Dawn Caldwell, 17
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Juan Carlos Ramirez, 26
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: knife
