January 1 – December 24, 2025 (66 murders, 19 suicides)

  1. Date: January 13, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: CLC, aged 43
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 47
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Harrisburg
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  2. Date: January 18, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: CL, aged 59
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fuquay-Varina
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  3. Date: January 21, 2024
    Victim: JR, aged 73
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 70
    Relationship: See note
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim was the partner of the alleged perpetrator’s ex-wife. The perpetrator allegedly killed the victim in an altercation involving his ex-wife.
  4. Date: January 22, 2025
    Victim: Unreleased
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 68
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pumpkin Center
    County: Lincoln
    Weapon: Fatal assault
  5. Date: January 28, 2025
    Victim: CB, aged 50
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 50
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim was last seen January 27. Exact date of death is unknown at this time. The body was recovered in March 2025.
  6. Date: February 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: WH, aged 28
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  7. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: M J-P, aged 45
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 51
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  8. Date: February 19, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: Y S-J, aged 19
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 51
    Relationship: Step-parent
    Town: Kannapolis
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim was allegedly killed by the perpetrator in an incident in which he also killed her mother/his wife.
  9. Date: February 19, 2025
    Victim: RRC, aged 41
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
  10. Date: February 24, 2025
    Victim: SCB, aged 77
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 81
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Clayton
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  11. Date: March 5, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: LCS, aged 63
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 64
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Moncure
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Firearm
  12. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim: DDL, aged 23
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 21
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Burlington
    County: Alamance
    Weapon: Firearm
  13. Date: March 6, 2025
    Victim: JS, aged 23
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 25
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Jacksonville
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Vehicle
  14. Date: March 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: RDG, aged 45
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 42
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim was allegedly killed by the perpetrator during a domestic dispute with a woman who escaped without physical injuries. The alleged perpetrator then took his own life.
  15. Date: March 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: T A-P, aged 54
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Garner
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  16. Date: March 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: MR, aged 6
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: MRR
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Polkton
    County: Anson
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim is included in this list because she was allegedly kidnapped and later killed by her father after an altercation with her mother. Her father, the alleged perpetrator, later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  17. Date: March 24, 2025
    Victim: S B-B, aged 20
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife
  18. Date: March 27, 2025
    Victim: AE, aged 38
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 65
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  19. Date: March 30, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: TMS, aged 27
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 26
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
  20. Date: April 7, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: ARO, aged 35
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim’s 18-year-old son was also shot during this incident while trying to protect her; he survived his injuries.
  21. Date: April 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: TG, aged 27
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unreleased
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  22. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim: GR, aged, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 25
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Vehicle
  23. Date: April 19, 2025
    Victim: MR B-H, aged 65
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Concord
    County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
  24. Date: April 20, 2025
    Victim: AAR, aged 62
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 45
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Miller’s Creek
    County: Wilkes
    Weapon: Unreleased
  25. Date: April 22, 2025
    Victim: HP, aged 31
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Knife
  26. Date: April 26, 2025
    Victim: SME, aged, 16
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: DH, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Norlina
    County: Warren
    Weapon: Firearm
  27. Date: April 29, 2025
    Victim: RMC, aged 47
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Spring Hope
    County: Nash
    Weapon: Firearm
  28. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim: LMS, aged 33
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 35
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm
  29. Date: May 2, 2025
    Victim: CCK, aged 24
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 35
    Relationship: Unknown
    Town: Moss Hill
    County: Lenoir
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The victim is included in this list because he was allegedly killed by the perpetrator during the same incident in which the perpetrator allegedly killed his estranged wife.
  30. Date: May 15, 2025
    Victim: AO, aged 20
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
  31. Date: May 16, 2025
    Victim: IC
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 70
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Harmony
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Firearm
  32. Date: May 29, 2025
    Victim: DJBC, aged 62
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 48
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Bayboro
    County: Pamlico
    Weapon: Firearm
  33. Date: May 31, 2025
    Victim Name: BH, aged 23
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 20
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Vehicle
  34. Date: June 12, 2025
    Victim: TB, aged 33
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 38
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: St. Pauls
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm
  35. Date: June 24, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: JC, aged 13
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because the perpetrator 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: RC, aged 15
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 49
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: This parent-child homicide is included in this list because the perpetrator 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: ADS, aged 42
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 45
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Elizabethtown
    County: Bladen
    Weapon: Firearm
  38. Date: July 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: GSWJ, aged 36
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 37
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Goldsboro
    County: Wayne
    Weapon: Firearm
  39. Date: July 24, 2025
    Victim: LN, aged 68
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 61
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Castle Hayne
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Blunt force trauma
  40. Date: August 2, 2025
    Victim: JRF, aged 37
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 23
    Relationship: N/A
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: The perpetrator allegedly killed the victim after he attempted to intervene in a fight between the perpetrator and his girlfriend.
  41. Date: August 4, 2025
    Victim: JEH, aged 79
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 84
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Bolivia
    County: Brunswick
    Weapon: Knife
  42. Date: August 8, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: MM, aged 55
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 60
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Cary
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  43. Date: August 11, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: LP, aged 21
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 23
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
  44. Date: August 22, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: SL B-H, aged 52
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 55
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Pittsboro
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Unreleased
  45. Date: August 30, 2025
    Victim: TJ, aged 40
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Gastonia
    County: Gaston
    Weapon: Firearm
  46. Date: September 1, 2025
    Victim: LGB, aged 49
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 36
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Shelby
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm
  47. Date: September 3, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: NMM, aged 47
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 49
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Four Oaks
    County: Johnston
    Weapon: Firearm
  48. Date: September 9, 2025
    Victim: AS, aged 36
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 40
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Unreleased
  49. Date: September 10, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: AL, aged 34
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Unreleased
  50. Date: September 12, 2025
    Victim: MM, aged 21
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 21
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Elizabethtown
    County: Bladen
    Weapon: Knife
  51. Date: September 14, 2025
    Victim: RLO, aged 51
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 55
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Fatal assault
  52. Date: September 26, 2025
    Victim: SR, aged 38
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 32
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Roxboro
    County: Person
    Weapon: Unreleased
  53. Date: September 30, 2025
    Victim: JT, aged 40
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 44
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wake Forest
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
  54. Date: October 7, 2025
    Victim: JSM, aged 54
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 32
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Taylorsville
    County: Alexander
    Weapon: Unreleased
  55. Date: October 9, 2025
    Victim: DL, aged 26
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 26
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Knife
  56. Date: October 17, 2025
    Victim: JH, aged 76
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 78
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Davidson
    Weapon: Unreleased
  57. Date: October 17, 2025
    Victim: SEH, aged 45
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 78
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Davidson
    Weapon: Unreleased
    Note: The victim was allegedly killed by his father during an incident in which he also killed his spouse.
  58. Date: October 18, 2025
    Victim: RJC, aged 44
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 42
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
  59. Date: October 23, 2025
    Victim: EVM, aged 42
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 42
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Lillington
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm
  60. Date: November 2, 2025
    Victim: EGD, aged 39
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: Unknown
    Relationship: Ex-spouse
    Town: Burnsville
    County: Yancey
    Weapon: Unreleased
  61. Date: November 6, 2025
    Victim: CDG, aged 40
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 37
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Shelby
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm
  62. Date: November 6, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: JS, aged, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 54
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Bear Greek
    County: Chatham
    Weapon: Firearm
  63. Date: November 21, 2025 Murder-Suicide
    Victim: AAM, aged 38
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
  64. Date: December 4, 2025
    Victim: FMB, aged 31
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 37
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
  65. Date: December 12, 2025
    Victim: EB, aged, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 58
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm
  66. Date: December 24, 2025
    Victim: TL, aged 36
    Alleged Perpetrator Age: 52
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Henderson
    County: Vance
    Weapon: Firearm