January 1 – September 10, 2025 (47 murders, 17 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: January 28, 2025
    Victim Name: Clinton Bonnell, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shana Cloud, 50
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Clinton Bonnell was last seen January 27. Exact date of death is unknown at this time. His body was recovered in March 2025.
  6. Date: February 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Whitney Huston, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dustin Stephenson
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. Date: February 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Rebecca Rene Carter, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Travis Wynton Huff, 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
  10. Date: February 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Sandra Cobbler Preston, 77
    Alleged Perpetrator: Roger Preston, 81
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Clayton
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  11. Date: March 5, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Linda Christine Smith, 63
    Alleged Perpetrator: Randy Lee Smith, 64
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Moncure
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Firearm
  12. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim Name: Donald Damarri Long, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Raquel Monay Strudwick, 21
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  13. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim Name: Jaide Simmons, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sage Simmons, 25
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Jacksonville
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Vehicle
  14. Date: March 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Rondray Darnell Gooding, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antrell Lamond Carlton, 42
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Rondray Gooding was allegedly killed by Antrell Carlton during a domestic dispute with a woman who escaped without physical injuries. Mr. Carlton then took his own life.
  15. Date: March 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Teresa Adams-Pugh, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Pugh, 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Garner
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  16. Date: March 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Mianna Roach, 6
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Rufus Roach
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Polkton
    County: Anson
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Mianna is included in this list because she was allegedly kidnapped and later killed by her father Michael Roach after an altercation with Mianna’s mother. He later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  17. Date: March 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Shamaree Bell-Brown, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Maya Jones, 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife
  18. Date: March 27, 2025
    Victim Name: Alana Enoicy, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Keith Atkinson, 65
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  19. Date: March 30, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Thalia Marie Santiago, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ines Dokou, 26
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
  20. Date: April 7, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Aurora Rosendo Ortega, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Avelino Jaimes-Acuna
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Aurora’s 18-year-old son Santiago was also shot during this incident while trying to protect her; he survived his injuries.
  21. Date: April 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Unreleased
    Alleged Perpetrator: Unreleased
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  22. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Gregory Robinson, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sadie Covington, 25
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Vehicle
  23. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim Name: Miriam Renee Blue-Hopkins, 65
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Hopkins
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Concord
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  24. Date: April 20, 2025
    Victim Name: Ann Ayers Ritchie, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator: Todd Alan Walker, 45
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Miller’s Creek
    County: Wilkes
    Weapon: Unreleased
  25. Date: April 22, 2025
    Victim Name: Holly Petteys, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Lavelle, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Knife
  26. Date: April 26, 2025
    Victim Name: Sulyrica Marie Evans, 16
    Alleged Perpetrator: Desmond Hargrove, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Norlina
    County: Warren
    Weapon: Firearm
  27. Date: April 29, 2025
    Victim Name: Reina Magalybantes Castro, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Hector Aldana Moran
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Spring Hope
    County: Nash
    Weapon: Firearm
  28. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Latoya Marie Smith, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ross Jovian Smith, 35
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm
  29. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Calvin Carlyle Kennion, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ross Jovian Smith, 35
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Calvin Kennion is included in this list because he was allegedly killed by Ross Smith during the same incident in which Smith allegedly killed his estranged wife.
  30. Date: May 15, 2025
    Victim Name: Alaysha Odum, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Deshawn James Arfield, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
  31. Date: May 16, 2025
    Victim Name: Iona Collins
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Lee Collins, 70
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Harmony
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Firearm
  32. Date: May 29, 2025
    Victim Name: Debra Jane Ballance Jones, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Toler Jr., 48
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Bayboro
    County: Pamlico
    Weapon: Firearm
  33. Date: May 31, 2025
    Victim Name: Brian Hammonds, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tequilla Locklear, 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Vehicle
  34. Date: June 12, 2025
    Victim Name: Taysha Brannon, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shane Cohen, 38
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: St. Pauls
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
  35. Date: June 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Jet Collins, 13
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shannon Collins, 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because Shannon Collins killed his two sons and then himself while their mother was attempting to file a protective order the morning after a domestic violence incident at their home.
  36. Date: June 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: River Collins, 15
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shannon Collins, 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because Shannon Collins killed his two sons and then himself while their mother was attempting to file a protective order the morning after a domestic violence incident at their home.
  37. Date: July 8, 2025
    Victim Name: Aaron Daine Smith, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charlotte Brandy Smith, 45
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Elizabethtown
    County: Bladen
    Weapon: Firearm
  38. Date: July 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Gareshia Shanta Willis Joyner, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kendrick Joyner, 37
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm
  39. Date: July 24, 2025
    Victim Name: Lynda Neubeck, 68
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Snow, 61
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Blunt force trauma
  40. Date: August 2, 2025
    Victim Name: Jose Roberto Ferreira, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Johann Manuel Ibarra, 23
    Relationship: N/A
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Johann Ibarra allegedly killed Jose Ferreira after he attempted to intervene in a fight between Johann and his girlfriend.
  41. Date: August 4, 2025
    Victim Name: Jill Elizabeth Horn, 79
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Thomas Horn, 84
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Bolivia
    County: Brunswick
    Weapon: Knife
  42. Date: August 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Majda Massri, 55
    Alleged Perpetrator: Abderrahman “Abdul” Rajab, 60
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  43. Date: August 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: London Powers, 21
    Alleged Perpetrator: Damien Tinsley, 23
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
  44. Date: August 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Shannon Lee Bailey-Hill, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: Andre Landon Hill, 55
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pittsboro
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Unreleased
  45. Date: September 1, 2025
    Victim Name: LeTonya Gidney Bradshaw, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Keith Bradshaw, 36
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Shelby
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm
  46. Date: September 3, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Norma Merales Mendoza, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Hector Manuel Meraz-Cruz, 49
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Four Oaks
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  47. Date: September 10, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Auriel Lowe, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Brian Whitley, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Unreleased