January 1 – February 28, 2025 (9 murders, 4 suicides)

  1. Date: January 13, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Chartara Laverta Courtney, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Wimbley, 47
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Harrisburg
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  2. Date: January 18, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Cathleen Lesniak, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: George Lesniak, 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fuquay-Varina
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  3. Date: January 21, 2024
    Victim Name: John Rowe, 73
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antonio Rodrigues, 70
    Relationship: See note
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: John Rowe was the partner of Antonio Rodrigues’ ex-wife Jill Rohner. Rodrigues allegedly killed Rowe in an altercation involving Rohner.
  4. Date: January 22, 2025
    Victim Name: Unreleased
    Alleged Perpetrator: Clarence Dobbs Pinckney, 68
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pumpkin Center
    County: Lincoln
    Weapon: Fatal assault
  5. Date: February 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Whitney Huston, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dustin Stephenson
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  6. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Maria Julian-Pichardo, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rafael Lopez, 51
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  7. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Yamilaine Sosa-Julian, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rafael Lopez, 51
    Relationship: Step-parent
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Yamilaine was allegedly killed by Rafael Lopez in an incident in which he also killed her mother/his wife Maria Julian-Pichardo.
  8. Date: February 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Rebecca Rene Carter, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Travis Wynton Huff, 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
  9. Date: February 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Sandra Cobbler Preston, 77
    Alleged Perpetrator: Roger Preston, 81
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Clayton
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm