January 1 – December 31, 2018 (53 Homicides) 

  1. Date: January 4, 2018
    Victim Name: Rebakah Madelynn Hart-O’Sullivan, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Patrick William O’Sullivan, 53
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Concord    
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  2. Date: January 11, 2018
    Victim Name: Brittany White, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jonathan Bennett, 23
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte   
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: After allegedly killing Ms. White, Mr. Bennett went to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
    and opened fire on officers. One officer was wounded but survived. Mr. Bennett was killed by return fire.
  3. Date: January 20, 2018
    Victim Name: Amanda Lindsay, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Darnell Martin, 40
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm
  4. Date: January 24, 2018      Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Nancy Clark, 72
    Alleged Perpetrator: Johnny Clark, 72
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Granite Falls  
    County: Caldwell
    Weapon: Firearm
  5. Date: January 28, 2018      Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Donna Katrice Richardson, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Freddie Richardson, 57
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Rocky Mount
    County: Halifax
    Weapon: Firearm
  6. Date: February 6, 2018      Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Sybil Hardee, 78
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lloyd Hardee, 82
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Greenville 
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm
  7. Date: February 23, 2018
    Victim Name: Edna Strother, 76
    Alleged Perpetrator: James William Strother, 76
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
  8. Date: March 1, 2018     
    Victim Name: James McNair, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tiara Danielle Drake, 29
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Battleboro
    County: Nash
    Weapon: Set house on fire
  9. Date: March 7, 2018     
    Victim Name: Raymond Griffin, 74
    Alleged Perpetrator: Linda Griffin, 69
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Grantsboro
    County: Pamlico
    Weapon: Firearm
  10. Date: March 24, 2018     
    Victim Name: Tina Marie Knighten, 61
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alvin William Wilson, 54
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Asheville
    County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm
  11. Date: April 1, 2018 
    Victim Name: Katonya Charles, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Davis, 44
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Blunt force
  12. Date: April 2, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Dana Annette Foster, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dustin Ricky Wilkie, 28
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Level Cross
    County: Randolph
    Weapon: Firearm
  13. Date: April 5, 2018 
    Victim Name: Paige Rickard, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Clarence Ray Gidderon, 56
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Knife
  14. Date: April 8, 2018
    Victim Name: Aiyonna Clarice Barrett, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator: Brian Lovon Little, 18
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Southern Pines
    County: Moore
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Barrett was pregnant and full-term at the time of her murder. 
  15. Date: April 11, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Kacey Case Haney, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeffrey Dale Haney, 48
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: Marion
    County: McDowell
    Weapon: Firearm
  16. Date: April 11, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Christopher Scott Childres, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeffrey Dale Haney, 48
    Relationship: None
    Town: Marion
    County: McDowell
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Haney allegedly killed Mr. Childres at the same time that he allegedly killed
    Mrs. Haney, his ex-wife, before killing himself.
  17. Date: April 11, 2018
    Victim Name: Kelly James Taylor, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jackie Marie Jacobs, 50
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  18. Date: April 11, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Bennett Pladl, 7 months old
    Alleged Perpetrator: Steven Pladl, 42
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Knightdale
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
    Note: Bennett Pladl was allegedly killed by his father, Steven, at Steven’s home in Knightdale, NC, before Mr. Pladl drove to New York to kill Katie Pladl, 20, his daughter and Bennett’s mother, with whom he was in an incestuous father-daughter relationship. Mr. Pladl allegedly also killed Katie’s adoptive father, 56-year-old Anthony Fusco, in New York before killing himself.
  19. Date: April 14, 2018 
    Victim Name: Adedayo Oke Odifa, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Khadija Renee Johnson, 23
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Knife
  20. Date: April 18, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Erica Nichelle Smith, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Maurice Laron Garner, 35
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Asheville
    County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Garner allegedly shot Ms. Smith and her five children, age 15, 13, 12, 10, and 8, before killing himself. Two of the children died as a result of their injuries.
  21. Date: April 18, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Harmony Smith, 13
    Alleged Perpetrator: Maurice Laron Garner, 35
    Relationship: Mother’s boyfriend
    Town: Asheville
    County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Garner allegedly shot Ms. Smith and her five children, age 15, 13, 12, 10, and 8, before killing himself. Two of the children died as a result of their injuries.
  22. Date: April 18, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Keithan Whitmire, 15
    Alleged Perpetrator: Maurice Laron Garner, 35
    Relationship: Mother’s boyfriend
    Town: Asheville
    County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Garner allegedly shot Ms. Smith and her five children, age 15, 13, 12, 10, and 8, before killing himself. Two of the children died as a result of their injuries.
  23. Date: April 22, 2018 
    Victim Name: Ruth Antionette Mallette, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Talley, 47
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Firearm
  24. Date: April 25, 2018 
    Victim Name: James Mosser, 68
    Alleged Perpetrator: Teresa Mosser, 59
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Cedar Grove
    County: Orange
    Weapon: Firearm
  25. Date: May 7, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Melitha Metaits Lee, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Edwin Colon Jr., 30
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm
  26. Date: May 7, 2018
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Lauren Smith, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alvin Nathanael Smith, 30
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
  27. Date: May 9, 2018 
    Victim Name: Wayne Curry, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: John Price Jr., 62
    Relationship: None
    Town: Sneads Ferry
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Price allegedly shot Mr. Curry during an argument regarding Mr. Price’s estranged wife, who was living with Mr. Curry.
  28. Date: May 10, 2018 
    Victim Name: Whitney Jo King, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Brown, 30
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  29. Date: May 12, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Lashayna Petrice Hunt, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rafael Elmont Harper
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Wilkesboro
    County: Wilkes
    Weapon: Firearm
  30. Date: May 21, 2018
    Victim Name: Shalamar Venable, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Santario Miller, 22
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  31. Date: May 29, 2018 
    Victim Name: Jennifer Cantu, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Plemon Jared Aker, 29
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Cameron
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm
  32. Date: June 3, 2018
    Victim Name: Jameriane Ardrey, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Mangus Brewer, 41
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Beaten to death
  33. Date: June 7, 2018
    Victim Name: Teresa Ann Praytor Stallings, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Harrison Moore, 31
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Hendersonville
    County: Henderson
    Weapon: Gasoline/fire
    Note: Ms. Stallings was allegedly set on fire by Mr. Moore in December 2017. She died as a result of her injuries in June 2018.
  34. Date: June 28, 2018
    Victim Name: Jimmy Williams, 66
    Alleged Perpetrator: Beverly Williams, 54
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Orrum
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
  35. Date: July 4, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Ashley Talarico, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: Nicholas Talarico, 34
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  36. Date: July 24, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: April Anglin, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Raymond Anglin, 43
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Salisbury
    County: Rowan
    Weapon: Firearm
  37. Date: July 29, 2018
    Victim Name: Roger D. Jones, 57
    Alleged Perpetrator: Taloria McDonald, 43
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
  38. Date: August 3, 2018
    Victim Name: Daren White, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sofornia Faulkner, 47
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Vehicle
  39. Date: August 16, 2018
    Victim Name: Kristen Ashley Bennett, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lewis Victor Branche III, 26
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Newport
    County: Carteret
    Weapon: Unknown
  40. Date: August 21, 2018
    Victim Name: Sasha Lee Naylor, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joseph Lee Rhodes, 30
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Albemarle
    County: Stanly
    Weapon: Unknown
    Note: Ms. Naylor was last seen August 21, 2018 and was pregnant at the time of her disappearance. She was officially reported missing in January 2019 by out-of-state family members who were concerned that they had not heard from her. While her remains have not been found, her boyfriend was charged in February 2019 with first degree murder and murder of an unborn child.
  41. Date: August 22, 2018
    Victim Name: Marcquius Timmons-Moore, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Moore Sr., 44
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Asphyxiation by plastic bag
  42. Date: September 5, 2018
    Victim Name: Shikeither Dinetta Smith, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Thomas Henry McCray, 34
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  43. Date: September 14, 2018
    Victim Name: Jamys Leak, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Pickenpack, 44
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Knife
  44. Date: September 14, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Alicia Lewis, 61
    Alleged Perpetrator: Pauly Lewis
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Otway
    County: Carteret
    Weapon: Firearm
  45. Date: September 23, 2018
    Victim Name: Stacy Hunsucker, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joshua Hunsucker, 35
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Mount Holly
    County: Gaston
    Weapon: Poison
  46. Date: September 30, 2018
    Victim Name: Mark Dexter Norfleet, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ashley Williams, 28
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm
  47. Date: October 14, 2018  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: William Preston Deane, 70
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gina Jenette Cross, 53
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Elizabeth City
    County: Pasquotank
    Weapon: Firearm
  48. Date: November 5, 2018
    Victim Name: Stephanie Potts, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Deshawn Lamont Clipper, 31
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Unknown
  49. Date: November 7, 2018
    Victim Name: Madge Sizemore, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tommy James Stout, 43
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Reidsville
    County: Rockingham
    Weapon: Hammer and hatchet
  50. Date: November 7, 2018
    Victim Name: David Sizemore, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tommy James Stout, 43
    Relationship: Boyfriend of victim’s sister
    Town: Reidsville
    County: Rockingham
    Weapon: Hammer and hatchet
  51. Date: November 8, 2018
    Victim Name: Dena Luedka, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gregory Cole, 30
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lillington
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm
  52. Date: November 17, 2018
    Victim Name: Pamela Roberts, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Ledwell, 47
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Knife
  53. Date: December 15, 2018
    Victim Name: Judy Sizemore, 73
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tommy James Stout, 43
    Relationship: Boyfriend of victim’s daughter
    Town: Reidsville
    County: Rockingham
    Weapon: Hammer and hatchet
    Note: Ms. Sizemore sustained life-threatening injuries in a November 7 attack in which her daughter’s boyfriend allegedly killed her daughter and son. Ms. Sizemore died as a result of her injuries in December 2018.