January 1 – December 31, 2019 (57 Homicides) 

  1. Date: January 11, 2019
    Victim Name: Zhytila Wilkins, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ramir Reams, 22
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Durham    
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
  2. Date: January 11, 2019
    Victim Name: Ruia Reams, 10 months
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ramir Reams, 22
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Durham   
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
  3. Date: January 11, 2019
    Victim Name: Jocelyn Perkins, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kareem Taylor, 24
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Sanford
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: unknown
  4. Date: January 11, 2019
    Victim Name: Jasmine Perkins, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kareem Taylor, 24
    Relationship: Sister’s boyfriend
    Town: Sanford
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: unknown
  5. Date: January 11, 2019
    Victim Name: Kiareena Perkins, 6 months
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kareem Taylor, 24
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Sanford
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: unknown
  6. Date: January 21, 2019
    Victim Name: Tulvel Denise McDougald, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Unknown
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The perpetrator’s name has not been released. Police were responding to a domestic violence 911 call and found the victim dead.
  7. Date: January 22, 2019      Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Pamela Denise Eatmon, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Lee Eatmon, 48
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Wilson  
    County: Wilson
    Weapon: Firearm
  8. Date: February 4, 2019
    Victim Name: Sequanna Monroe, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Scott Antonio Spencer, 36
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lillington
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: “Injuries consistent with a physical alteraction” according to investigators
  9. Date: February 7, 2019
    Victim Name: Tontoria York, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Hayes III, 20
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Tontoria York was nine months pregnant at the time of her death.
  10. Date: February 9, 2019
    Victim Name: Ilana Jones, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Javius Dante Perry, 23
    Relationship: Ex-Boyfriend
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Two of Ilana Jones’ family members were injured in this incident.
  11. Date: February 18, 2019   Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Wanda Oden, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Oden, 51
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Selma
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  12. Date: March 9, 2019
    Victim Name: Diana Alejandra Keel, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lynn Keel, 57
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Nashville
    County: Nash
    Weapon: Knife
  13. Date: March 10, 2019
    Victim Name: Luis Felipe Ramirez-Flores, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Heather Nicole Ricci, 29
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  14. Date: March 15, 2019
    Victim Name: Judy Brown Brock, 71
    Alleged Perpetrator: Phillip Harry Brock, 71
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Holden Beach
    County: Brunswick
    Weapon: Unknown
  15. Date: March 27, 2019
    Victim Name: Terrell Boyette, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Marcus Ni-Keith Jerkins, 24
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Knife
  16. Date: April 20, 2019   Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Rebecca Purry, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Marco Vaught, 36
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Tabor City
    County: Columbus
    Weapon: Firearm
  17. Date: April 23, 2019
    Victim Name: Crystal Barker, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joseph Barker, 47
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Vale
    County: Catawba
    Weapon: Firearm
  18. Date: April 23, 2019   Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Mary Susan “Susie” Pryor Montag, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charles Henry Harper Jr., 58
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Jacksonville
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Montag died in April 2019 of injuries sustained in October 2018 when her ex-boyfriend allegedly shot her and later that day shot himself.
  19. Date: May 2, 2019
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Pinkston, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Brisson, 19
    Relationship: Ex-Boyfriend
    Town: Laurel Hill
    County: Scotland County
    Weapon: Firearm
  20. Date: May 13, 2019 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Laura Caitlyn Whitehurst, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Levon Garris, 26
    Relationship: Ex-Boyfriend
    Town: Greenville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm
  21. Date: May 18, 2019
    Victim Name: Quinchelle Carr, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jermaine Pompey, 33
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Unknown
  22. Date: June 2, 2019
    Victim Name: Shaquille Antionette Madison, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: J’mes Eric Troxler, 23
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Eden
    County: Rockingham
    Weapon: Firearm
  23. Date: June 3, 2019
    Victim Name: Caitlyn Alexis Truax, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeremy Shayne Baldridge, 22
    Relationship: Ex-Boyfriend
    Town: Connelly Springs
    County: Burke
    Weapon: Firearm
  24. Date: June 9, 2019
    Victim Name: Taylor Sahara Liles, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lequinton Orlando Melton, 26
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Albemarle
    County: Stanly
    Weapon: Physical assault
  25. Date: June 15, 2019
    Victim Name: Maria Calderon Martinez, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Areli Aguirre-Avilez, 30 and Heidi Darlene Wolfe, 16
    Relationship: Ex-husband; current girlfriend of ex-husband
    Town: Taylorsville
    County: Alexander
    Weapon: Firearm, motor vehicle
  26. Date: June 15, 2019
    Victim Name: Angel Pachecho, 11
    Alleged Perpetrator: Areli Aguirre-Avilez, 30 and Heidi Darlene Wolfe, 16
    Relationship: Child of mother Maria Calderon Martinez
    Town: Taylorsville
    County: Alexander
    Weapon: Firearm
  27. Date: June 15, 2019
    Victim Name: America Pacheco, 12
    Alleged Perpetrator: Areli Aguirre-Avilez, 30 and Heidi Darlene Wolfe, 16
    Relationship: Child of mother Maria Calderon Martinez
    Town: Taylorsville
    County: Alexander
    Weapon: Firearm
  28. Date: July 2, 2019
    Victim Name: Alanda Mae Abarca, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Enrique Lopez, 26
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Smithfield
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Knife
    Note: Mr. Lopez was subsequently killed in a deadly police chase and crash shortly before Ms. Abarca’s body was found.
  29. Date: July 2, 2019
    Victim Name: Aliyah Sakinah Terry, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Isaih Andrew Henderson III, 31
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife
  30. Date: July 16, 2019 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Cynthia Dannar, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kevin Dannar, 51
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Pinehurst
    County: Moore
    Weapon: Firearm
  31. Date: July 20, 2019
    Victim Name: Jeffrey D. Odum, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jada Hayes, 26
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Fairmont
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Odum was allegedly killed in an incident in which Ms. Hayes shot him and her boyfriend at the time, Christopher Singletary, who survived his injuries.
  32. Date: July 25, 2019 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Elaine Burleson Furr, 76
    Alleged Perpetrator: Donnie Dewey Furr, 74
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Albemarle
    County: Stanly
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Furr’s grandson, Cameron Cagle, 24, was also shot during this incident but survived his injuries. 
  33. Date:July 25, 2019 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Paula Jo Furr, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: Donnie Dewey Furr, 74
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Albemarle
    County: Stanly
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Furr’s grandson, Cameron Cagle, 24, was also shot during this incident but survived his injuries.  
  34. Date: July, 2019 (exact date unknown)
    Victim Name: Monica Moynan, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Brian Sluss, 44
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Holly Springs
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
    Note: Monica Moynan was reportedly pregnant at the time of her death.
  35. Date: August 9, 2019 
    Victim Name: Rocio Gonzalez, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jose Ramon Pedraza, 56
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  36. Date: August 12, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Jessica Rose Fowler, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Christopher Covington, 37
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: Hickory
    County: Catawba
    Weapon: Firearm
  37. Date: August 12, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Roxanne Auton Mitchum, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Christopher Covington, 37
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Hickory
    County: Catawba
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Mitchum was allegedly killed during the same incident in which Mr. Covington shot and killed his estranged wife, Jessica Rose Fowler. Another adult, Dorrian Doral Pearson, was shot during this incident but survived his injuries.
  38. Date: August 12, 2019  
    Victim Name: Aiesha Shantel Summers, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Edward Silk Garner Sr., 35
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Summers was 24 weeks pregnant at the time of her murder.
  39. Date: August 24, 2019  
    Victim Name: Marlene Yamileth Portillio-Posada, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bryan Jose Guzman, 18
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Strangulation
  40. Date: September 4, 2019  
    Victim Name: Arianna Edmonds, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Asyini Miller, 20
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  41. Date: September 6, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Shamona Mosley, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: Eric Mosley, 31
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  42. Date: September 6, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Katherine Harrison Grogan, 64
    Alleged Perpetrator: Donald Everette Grogan, 63
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: King
    County: Stokes
    Weapon: Firearm

  43. Date: September 8, 2019 
    Victim Name: Anne Kirkpatrick, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Wade Parnell, 58
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Hurdle Mills
    County: Orange
    Weapon: Firearm and knife

  44. Date: September 15, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Maxie Farmer Webb, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Lee Webb, 54
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Lenoir
    County: Caldwell
    Weapon: Firearm

  45. Date: September 15, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Dana Underwood, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tyson Bennett, 43
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm

  46. Date: September 15, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Anthony Fitcher, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tyson Bennett, 43
    Relationship: Friend
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Fitcher is included in this list because he was killed during the same incident in which Mr. Bennett also allegedly killed his former girlfriend Dana Underwood before killing himself.

  47. Date: September 19, 2019
    Victim Name: Patsy Wood Sauls, 57
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Curtis Sauls, 59
    Relationship: Ex-Husband
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm

  48. Date: September 25, 2019
    Victim Name: John Paul Robinson, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tabatha Renee Triplett, 39
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Morganton
    County: Wilkes
    Weapon: Blunt object

  49. Date: September 26, 2019  
    Victim Name: Mary Walters Cook, 56
    Alleged Perpetrator: Steve Allen Avery, 60
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lincolnton
    County: Lincoln
    Weapon: Firearm

  50. Date: October 9, 2019  
    Victim Name: Steven Darrell Landreth, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Evelyn Ann Floyd, 52
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Kernersville
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm

  51. Date: November 5, 2019  
    Victim Name: Tammy Callahan
    Alleged Perpetrator: Darrell Callahan, 55
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Elk Park
    County: Avery
    Weapon: Knife

  52. Date: November 6, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Michael Ogle, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: Emma Ogle, 63
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Huntersville
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm

  53. Date: November 23, 2019
    Victim Name: Kent Stewart Sessoms, 65
    Alleged Perpetrator: Reginald Dwight James, 72
    Relationship: Ex-brother-in-law
    Town: Ahoskie
    County: Hertford
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mr. Sessoms was shot and killed in a domestic violence incident in which Mr. James allegedly also shot his ex-wife Beryl Sessoms James. She survived her injuries.

  54. Date: November 25, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Victoria Amanda St. Hillaire, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lequintin Ford, 33
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm

  55. Date: December 8, 2019
    Victim Name: Samuel Kalain Frazier, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Natalie Louise Miller, 27
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Henderson
    County: Henderson
    Weapon: Firearm

  56. Date: December 22, 2019
    Victim Name: LyAysa McKinnon, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Casey Dewayne Williams, 23
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Williamson
    County: Scotland
    Weapon: Firearm

  57. Date: December 29, 2019  Murder-Suicide 
    Victim Name: Sandra Kay McNeill, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator: Glenn McNeill, 66
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm