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January 1 - December 31, 2021 (67 homicides)

      1. Date: January 14, 2021
        Victim Name: Joshua Brandon Pritchard, 37
        Alleged Perpetrator: Robin Daniels Eudy, 43
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Marion 
        County: McDowell
        Weapon: Firearm

      2. Date: January 17, 2021      Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Yvonne Elizabeth Christiansen, 54
        Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Eugene Jooker, 57
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Sanford
        County: Lee
        Weapon: Firearm

      3. Date: January 25, 2021      Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Louise Seslar, 74
        Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Seslar, 63
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Bostic
        County: Rutherford
        Weapon: Firearm

      4. Date: February 4, 2021
        Victim Name: Blanca E. Cadavid, 34
        Alleged Perpetrator: Josue Drumond-Cruz, 34
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: High Point
        County: Guilford
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Mr. Drumond-Cruz was killed in a stand-off with police hours after he allegedly killed Ms. Cadavid. Three officers were shot by Mr. Drumond-Cruz during the altercation.

      5. Date:  February 23, 2021     Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Larry Donnell Morrisey, 48
        Alleged Perpetrator: Beronica Brooks, 48
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Wendell
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Unknown

      6. Date:  February 23, 2021     Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Unreleased, 9
        Alleged Perpetrator: Beronica Brooks, 48
        Relationship: Unknown
        Town: Wendell
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Unknown
        Note: A 9-year-old girl was killed during a domestic violence murder-suicide. Although the details of her relationship to the adult victim and alleged perpetrator are currently unknown, she is included in this list because she was killed during an act of domestic violence.

      7. Date: February 25, 2021
        Victim Name: Enelrae Collier Rubenstahl, 59
        Alleged Perpetrator: Leo George Rubenstahl, 57
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Linden
        County: Cumberland
        Weapon: Firearm

      8. Date: February 28, 2021
        Victim Name: Monica Williams Rathburn, 35
        Alleged Perpetrator: Ricky Dale Murphy
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Burnsville
        County: Yancey
        Weapon: Unknown

      9. Date: March 4, 2021
        Victim Name: Judy Allred Helms, 72
        Alleged Perpetrator: Rickey Allen Holdsclaw, 72
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Gastonia
        County: Gaston
        Weapon: Firearm

      10. Date: March 17, 2021
        Victim Name: Paula “Marie” Booth, 38
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jason Marshall Duncan, 39
        Relationship: Undisclosed
        Town: Lewisville
        County: Forsyth
        Weapon: Firearm

      11. Date: April 2, 2021
        Victim Name: Mahogany Battle, 30
        Alleged Perpetrator: Marcus Bridgers, 33
        Relationship: Current or former partner
        Town: Tarboro
        County: Edgecombe
        Weapon: Firearm

      12. Date: April 2, 2021
        Victim Name: Evelyn House, 50
        Alleged Perpetrator: Ronnie Williams, 50
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Windsor
        County: Bertie
        Weapon: Unknown

      13. Date: April 4, 2021
        Victim Name: Christina Matos, 20
        Alleged Perpetrator: Eric Gael Hernandez-Mendez, 20
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Raleigh
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Unknown

      14. Date: April 10, 2021
        Victim Name: Shannelle Patterson, 31
        Alleged Perpetrator: Eric Daniel Lipford, 33
        Relationship: Current or former partner
        Town: Craven
        County: Forsyth
        Weapon: Firearm

      15. Date: April 12, 2021
        Victim Name: Cherie Shavon Ingram, 38
        Alleged Perpetrator: Keon Latroy Pernell, 40
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Gastonia
        County: Gaston
        Weapon: Unknown

      16. Date: April 21, 2021
        Victim Name: Abraham Briar Markham, 22
        Alleged Perpetrator: Morgan Gullie, 22
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Durham
        County: Durham
        Weapon: Knife

      17. Date: April 24, 2021
        Victim Name: Porsche Nicole Lloyd, 30
        Alleged Perpetrator: Terry Wayne Stephens, 44
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Charlotte
        County: Mecklenburg
        Weapon: Unknown

      18. Date: May 5, 2021
        Victim Name: Sean Michael Wishart, 45
        Alleged Perpetrator: Wendy Sue Wishart, 41
        Relationship: Ex-spouse
        Town: Raleigh
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Firearm

      19. Date: May 8, 2021
        Victim Name: Kristin Nicole Spear Mendez, 33
        Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Junior Snuggs, 43
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Winston-Salem
        County: Forsyth
        Weapon: Firearm

      20. Date: May 9, 2021     Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Christina Marie Hassell Bueno, 33
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jaime Fernando Bueno, 35
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Clayton
        County: Johnston
        Weapon: Firearm

      21. Date: May 18, 2021
        Victim Name: Sharen Karen McSwain White, 47
        Alleged Perpetrator: Santago Oslo White, 56
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Raleigh
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Firearm

      22. Date: May 27, 2021
        Victim Name: Debbie Owens, 40
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jimmy Dale Sheffield, 52
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Seagrove
        County: Moore
        Weapon: Unknown

      23. Date: May 29, 2021
        Victim Name: Ashley Maria Marquez, 29
        Alleged Perpetrator: June Kennard Brantley, 30
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Charlotte
        County: Mecklenburg
        Weapon: Unknown

      24. Date: June 5, 2021
        Victim Name: Iris Ranae Robinson, 51
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jessie Allen, 60
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Newton
        County: Catawba
        Weapon: Firearm

      25. Date: June 10, 2021
        Victim Name: Sirijan Dupree, 53
        Alleged Perpetrator: Zeno Dupree, 76
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Maury
        County: Greene
        Weapon: Firearm

      26. Date: June 10, 2021
        Victim Name: Kiara Wiggins, 39
        Alleged Perpetrator: Carl Earl Andre Wiggins, 49
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Clinton
        County: Sampson
        Weapon: Unknown

      27. Date: June 11, 2021
        Victim Name: Cynthia Marie Lowery, 35
        Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Ray Locklear, 37
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Pembroke
        County: Robeson
        Weapon: Firearm

      28. Date: June 19, 2021
        Victim Name: Brandy Lynn Price, 39
        Alleged Perpetrator: William Dean Hewett, 54
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Atkinson
        County: Pender
        Weapon: Unknown

      29. Date: June 21, 2021
        Victim Name: Gianna Rose Delgado, 19
        Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Louise Cadogan, 24
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: High Point
        County: Guilford
        Weapon: Strangulation

      30. Date: June 25, 2021    Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Kerra Shawniece Hauser, 22
        Alleged Perpetrator: Monti Trashawn Jarrett, 24
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: East Bend
        County: Yadkin
        Weapon: Firearm

      31. Date: July 20, 2021
        Victim Name: Margaret Parker, 65
        Alleged Perpetrator: Terry Parker, 61
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Pikeville
        County: Wayne
        Weapon: Firearm

      32. Date: July 23, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Rainey Sirianni, 23
        Alleged Perpetrator: Justin Sirianni, 22
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: High Point
        County: Guilford
        Weapon: Firearm

      33. Date: July 25, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Bonnie Schenck, 77
        Alleged Perpetrator: Mark Schenck, 80
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Wagram
        County: Scotland
        Weapon: Firearm

      34. Date: July 26, 2021
        Victim Name: Joshua Silvers, 27
        Alleged Perpetrator: Alexus Buckner, 18
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Candler
        County: Buncombe
        Weapon: Firearm

      35. Date: August 3, 2021
        Victim Name: Lynda Austin, 67
        Alleged Perpetrator: David Austin, 65
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Lumberton
        County: Robeson
        Weapon: Firearm

      36. Date: August 5, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Sandra Holder Reece, 61
        Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Dean Childers, 61
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Franklin
        County: Macon
        Weapon: Firearm

      37. Date: August 7, 2021
        Victim Name: Latoya Michelle Lawrence, 43
        Alleged Perpetrator: Antonio Clark, 37, and Akeshia Hudson Clark, 38
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Scotland Neck
        County: Halifax
        Weapon: Firearm

      38. Date: August 15, 2021
        Victim Name: Ariana Hagen, 24
        Alleged Perpetrator: Joshua Kreger, 25
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Greenville
        County: Pitt
        Weapon: Unknown

      39. Date: August 23, 2021
        Victim Name: Jamie Vee Franks, 43
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jody Hall, 51
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Salisbury
        County: Rowan
        Weapon: Firearm

      40. Date: August 24, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Tracy O'Carroll, 49
        Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy O'Carroll, 52
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Chocowinity
        County: Beaufort
        Weapon: Firearm

      41. Date: August 31, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Margaret Fogleman, 75
        Alleged Perpetrator: Alvis Fogleman, 68
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Newport
        County: Carteret
        Weapon: Firearm

      42. Date: August 31, 2021
        Victim Name: Latasha Tennill Tomlin, 44
        Alleged Perpetrator: Adrian Tynrell Horne, 43
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Elm City
        County: Wilson
        Weapon: Firearm

      43. Date: August 31, 2021
        Victim Name: Raekwon Tyleek Williams, 21
        Alleged Perpetrator: Adrian Tynrell Horne, 43
        Relationship: Boyfriend of victim's mother
        Town: Elm City
        County: Wilson
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Mr. Williams was allegedly killed by Mr. Horne while helping his mother move out of the home she shared with Mr. Horne. Mr. Williams and his mother, girlfriend, and sister were shot. Mr. Williams and his mother died of their injuries.

      44. Date: August 31, 2021
        Victim Name: Jennie Kay Deal, 36
        Alleged Perpetrator: Nicholas Eric Curtis, 21
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Shelby
        County: Cleveland
        Weapon: Firearm

      45. Date: September 6, 2021
        Victim Name: Danta Broome, 36
        Alleged Perpetrator: Brittney Lyfae McCleave, 31
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Conover
        County: Catawba
        Weapon: Firearm

      46. Date: September 19, 2021
        Victim Name: Nicoda Melvin, 21
        Alleged Perpetrator: Travis Edward Jefferson, 27
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Fayetteville
        County: Cumberland
        Weapon: Firearm

      47. Date: September 22, 2021
        Victim Name: Linda Jean Huntley, 26
        Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Anthony Dingle, 29
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: High Point
        County: Guilford
        Weapon: Firearm

      48. Date: October 1, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Cindy Hull, 55
        Alleged Perpetrator: Larry Brigham, 58
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Newton
        County: Catawba
        Weapon: Firearm

      49. Date: October 11, 2021 
        Victim Name: Tanajwa McMurray, 31
        Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Earl Moore, 27
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Fayetteville
        County: Cumberland
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Tanajwa McMurray was 5 months pregnant at the time of her murder.

      50. Date: October 14, 2021
        Victim Name: LaPorscha Baldwin, 30
        Alleged Perpetrator: Charles Williams Combs, 35
        Relationship: Ex-partner
        Town: Gastonia
        County: Gaston
        Weapon: Unknown

      51. Date: October 19, 2021
        Victim Name: Tiffany Dawn Robertson, 29
        Alleged Perpetrator: Jonathan Edward Myers, 30
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Mocksville
        County: Davie
        Weapon: Firearm

      52. Date: October 21, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Xamegga Whitfield, 25
        Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Cintel Culpepper, 20
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Fayetteville
        County: Cumberland
        Weapon: Firearm

      53. Date: October 25, 2021 
        Victim Name: Jessica Lawrence, 42
        Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Brayboy, 42
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Lumberton
        County: Robeson
        Weapon: Unknown
        Note: October 25 is the date Jessica Lawrence's body was found. The exact date of her death is unknown.

      54. Date: October 31, 2021 
        Victim Name: Maggie Lashauna Fulmore, 22
        Alleged Perpetrator: Dashawn Dominique McCullum, 22
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Fayetteville
        County: Cumberland
        Weapon: Firearm

      55. Date: October 31, 2021
        Victim Name: Douglas Delquan, 32
        Alleged Perpetrator: Peggy Sylvania Yarborough, 59
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Garner
        County: Wake
        Weapon: Firearm

      56. Date: November 1, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Shantel Leighann Harper, 21
        Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Maurice Stevenson, 24
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Lenoir
        County: Caldwell
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Shantel’s 6-month-old baby was also shot during this incident but survived his physical injuries.

      57. Date: November 2, 2021
        Victim Name: Brenda Wilson
        Alleged Perpetrator: James Best, 79
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Williamston
        County: Martin
        Weapon: Firearm

      58. Date: November 9, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: Shelby Hershberger, 19
        Alleged Perpetrator: Daniel Hernandez, 23
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Wilmington
        County: New Hanover
        Weapon: Firearm

      59. Date: November 29, 2021
        Victim Name: Denee Rawls, 21
        Alleged Perpetrator: Nicholas Davis, 21
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Charlotte
        County: Mecklenburg
        Weapon: Unknown

      60. Date: December 7, 2021 Murder-Suicide
        Victim Name: MaryAnn Dimitrov, 54
        Alleged Perpetrator: Dimitrie Dimitrov, 64
        Relationship: Estranged spouse
        Town: Wilmington
        County: New Hanover
        Weapon: Firearm

      61. Date: December 8, 2021 
        Victim Name: Jo-Ann Carroll McDonald, 58
        Alleged Perpetrator: Reginald McDonald, 65
        Relationship: Spouse
        Town: Concord
        County: Cabarrus
        Weapon: Firearm

      62. Date: December 8, 2021 
        Victim Name: Glen Leal Jr. 32
        Alleged Perpetrator: Summer Brooks McGuire, 30
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Mocksville
        County: Davie
        Weapon: Firearm

      63. Date: December 12, 2021 
        Victim Name: Delfonia Tanyette Wright, 48
        Alleged Perpetrator: Alfonza McDuffie, 45
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Burlington
        County: Alamance
        Weapon: Firearm

      64. Date: December 12, 2021 
        Victim Name: Tomeka Wright Spaulding, 48
        Alleged Perpetrator: Alfonza McDuffie, 45
        Relationship: N/A
        Town: Burlington
        County: Alamance
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Ms. Spaulding was allegedly killed by Mr. McDuffie during a domestic violence incident in which her cousin, Delfonia Wright, was also killed. 

      65. Date: December 21, 2021 
        Victim Name: Carlton Rainey, 55
        Alleged Perpetrator: Aaron Alexander, 34
        Relationship: N/A
        Town: Gastonia
        County: Gaston
        Weapon: Firearm
        Note: Mr. Rainey’s death is included because he was killed during a domestic violence incident in which his relative was allegedly shot by her ex-boyfriend Aaron Alexander. She survived her physical injuries. 

      66. Date: December 23, 2021 
        Victim Name: Hope Kennedy, 45
        Alleged Perpetrator: Thomas Gardner, 39
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Newton
        County: Catawba
        Weapon: Firearm

      67. Date: December 24, 2021 
        Victim Name: Darrin Sean Tinsley, 52
        Alleged Perpetrator: Joselynn Faye Mead, 30
        Relationship: Partner
        Town: Candler
        County: Buncombe
        Weapon: Firearm

 

January 1 - November 29, 2022 (47 homicides)

  1. Date: January 5, 2022
    Victim Name: Deanna Michelle Bockes,
    Alleged Perpetrator: Brent James Bockes, 50
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Sanford
    County: Lee
    Weapon: Unknown

  2. Date: January 8, 2022
    Victim Name: Amy Bland Roland, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: Demetrius Montra Cooper, 40
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greenville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm

  3. Date: January 8, 2022
    Victim Name: Jamaica Delona Allen, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Terrell Lewis Jackson, 22
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Broadway
    County: Lee
    Weapon: Firearm

  4. Date: January 10, 2022
    Victim Name: Mercedes Rosa Sterling 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Roland Wayne Smith, 49
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm

  5. Date: February 11, 2022
    Victim Name: Ashley Drinnon, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Drinnon, 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Indian Trail
    County: Union
    Weapon: Unknown

  6. Date: February 13, 2022
    Victim Name: Jaquisica Wilson, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Corey Patterson, 29
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm

  7. Date: February 19, 2022
    Victim Name: Lailani Nicole Givens, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Arthur Lee Givens V, 30
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Mooresville
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Firearm

  8. Date: February 21, 2022
    Victim Name: Hazel Leach, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lawrence Thomas, 69
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Whiteville
    County: Columbus
    Weapon: Firearm

  9. Date: March 6, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Erica Thomas, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joshua Laney, 41
    Relationship: Ex-spouse
    Town: Waxhaw
    County: Union
    Weapon: Firearm

  10. Date: March 7, 2022
    Victim Name: Heather White Boyce, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Melvin Boyce, 61
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Williamston
    County: Martin
    Weapon: Firearm

  11. Date: March 16, 2022
    Victim Name: Larry Benton
    Alleged Perpetrator: Wendy Benton, 61
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Laurel Hill
    County: Scotland
    Weapon: Firearm

  12. Date: March 28, 2022
    Victim Name: Charles Alexander Barber
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jessie Renae Owenby, 47
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Statesville
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Knife

  13. Date: April 18, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Ashton Brown, 26
    Alleged Perpetrator: Aschod Ewing-Meeks, 26
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Mocksville
    County: Davie
    Weapon: Firearm

  14. Date: April 18, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Bella Rose Ewing-Meeks, 4
    Alleged Perpetrator: Aschod Ewing-Meeks, 26
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Mocksville
    County: Davie
    Weapon: Firearm

  15. Date: April 18, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Brixx Ewing-Meeks, 8 months
    Alleged Perpetrator: Aschod Ewing-Meeks, 26
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: Mocksville
    County: Davie
    Weapon: Firearm

  16. Date: April 19, 2022
    Victim Name: Montasia Arrington, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jamazia Tillery, 23
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Littleton
    County: Halifax
    Weapon: Firearm

  17. Date: May 2, 2022
    Victim Name: Gloria Peacock, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mac Ricardo Lewis, 38
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Rocky Mount
    County: Edgecombe
    Weapon: Knife

  18. Date: May 3, 2022
    Victim Name: Shadae Nicole Roscoe, 26
    Alleged Perpetrator: Wilson Te’Quon Williams, 26
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Gatesville
    County: Gates
    Weapon: Firearm

  19. Date: May 5, 2022
    Victim Name: Tinikia Hodges, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator: Donald Ray Hodges, 48
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Conover
    County: Catawba
    Weapon: Firearm

  20. Date: May 5, 2022
    Victim Name: Robert Jenkins, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Emoni Alston, 22
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Roanoke Rapids
    County: Halifax
    Weapon: Firearm

  21. Date: May 9, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Gertie Frances Kendrick Duncan, 79
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerry Gwynn Duncan, 79
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Leasburg
    County: Person
    Weapon: Firearm

  22. Date: May 24, 2022
    Victim Name: Tavarra LaShun Means Gutierrez, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lawrence Guttierez, 51
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greeneville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Unknown

  23. Date: May 28, 2022
    Victim Name: Brandy Nicole Smitherman, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dennis William Stultz, 27
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Germanton
    County: Stokes
    Weapon: Unknown

  24. Date: June 2, 2022
    Victim Name: Shatina Watson, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Watson, 41
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Richlands
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm

  25. Date: June 2, 2022
    Victim Name: Aimee Wah, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antione Jermaine Mills, 36
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Spencer
    County: Rowan
    Weapon: Firearm

  26. Date: June 12, 2022  Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Melanie Shamel, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Shamel III, 47
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Lexington
    County: Davidson
    Weapon: Firearm

  27. Date: June 19, 2022
    Victim Name: Amy Raelynne Phillips, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shykwon Gibbs, 25
    Relationship: N/A
    Town: Conover
    County: Catawba
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Amy Phillips was allegedly killed by her daughter’s ex-partner Shykwon Gibbs in a domestic violence incident in which her daughter was also shot and sustained serious injuries.

  28. Date: June 25, 2022
    Victim Name: Mishael James “MJ” Auman, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Heather Hicks Auman, 37
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Seagrove
    County: Randolph
    Weapon: Firearm

  29. Date: July 5, 2022
    Victim Name: Jessica Locklear, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Cedric Locklear, 36
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Maxton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Unknown
    Note: July 5 is the date Jessica Locklear's body was found. The exact date of her death is unknown.

  30. Date: July 12, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Lisa Flynn, 71
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Flynn, 77
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Hillsborough
    County: Orange
    Weapon: Firearm

  31. Date: August 24, 2022
    Victim Name: Wendy Lynn Jones, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Glenn Locklear III, 24
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Maxton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Unknown
    Note: August 24 is the date Wendy Lynn Jones' body was found. The exact date of her death is unknown.

  32. Date: August 24, 2022
    Victim Name: Tanisha Donnette Raeford, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: John Lee Douglas, 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Knife

  33. Date: September 2, 2022
    Victim Name: Jamica Ann Hinton, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Antonia Tobias Greene, 34
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm

  34. Date: September 4, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Amber Jensen, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Jensen, 47
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Carthage
    County: Moore
    Weapon: Firearm

  35. Date: September 7, 2022
    Victim Name: Jacqueline Beckwith, 54
    Alleged Perpetrator: Terrance J'Von Hartsfield, 33
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Wake Forest
    County: Franklin
    Weapon: Firearm

  36. Date: October 1, 2022
    Victim Name: Tina Sedberry Carlton, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kevin Michael Allen Vaughan, 55
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Oak Island
    County: Brunswick
    Weapon: Knife

  37. Date: October 19, 2022
    Victim Name: Alia Matti Balola, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: A’Monte Zariq Jones, 20
    Relationship: Neighbor
    Town: Clemmons
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Ms. Balola was allegedly killed when Mr. Jones fired a gun through his ceiling during a domestic fight, hitting and killing Ms. Balola in the apartment upstairs. Her death is included because she lost her life due to domestic violence.

  38. Date: October 28, 2022
    Victim Name: Anita Hyatt, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: D’Metrius Hill, 31
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  39. Date: November 5, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Gail Lynne Plotner, 73
    Alleged Perpetrator: Undisclosed, 83
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Alarka
    County: Swain
    Weapon: Firearm

  40. Date: November 6, 2022
    Victim Name: Jamila Rogers, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Stanley Lemont Johnson, 44
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Raleigh
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm

  41. Date: November 9, 2022
    Victim Name: Robert Allen Williams, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jamie Strickland, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Erwin
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm

  42. Date: November 21, 2022
    Victim Name: Kayla Hammonds, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Desmond Lee Sampson, 37
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Knife

  43. Date: November 25, 2022
    Victim Name:  Travion Williams, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Latoria Anderson, 30
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greenville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm

  44. Date: November 30, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Heather Michelle Spear Grant, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ashford Jones
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm

  45. Date: December 12, 2022 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Maleny Perez-Alverez, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Matthew Scott Davis, 39
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilson
    County: Wilson
    Weapon: Firearm

  46. Date: December 13, 2022
    Victim Name: Derek Samuel Spell, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Amanda Deloris Kelly, 30
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm

  47. Date: December 31, 2022
    Victim Name: Wayne Stevenson Evans, 57
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rhonda Michelle Rankin-Evans, 47
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Maggie Valley
    County: Haywood
    Weapon: Unknown

January 1 - June 30, 2023 (40 homicides, 17 suicides)

  1. Date: January 1, 2023
    Victim Name: Dasia Jenis Gentry, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rick Monroe Jr., 25
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Firearm

  2. Date: January 1, 2023
    Victim Name: Natasha Yvette Walker, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Vashon Juan Sigler, 48
    Relationship: see note
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
    Note: Natasha Walker was allegedly killed by Vashon Sigler while trying to assist someone who was fleeing domestic violence perpetrated by Vashon Sigler. Natasha is included in this list because her death was the result of a domestic violence situation. 

  3. Date: January 7, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Athalia Crayton, 46 
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Crayton Jr., 45
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  4. Date: January 7, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Kasin Crayton, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Crayton Jr., 45
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  5. Date: January 7, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Nyla Crayton 
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Crayton Jr., 45
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  6. Date: January 7, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Nasir Crayton, 10
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Crayton Jr., 45
    Relationship: Parent
    Town: High Point
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  7. Date: January 9, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Debra Ana Jackson, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Anothony Herriott Jr., 30
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Denver
    County: Lincoln
    Weapon: Firearm

  8. Date: January 15, 2023
    Victim Name: Annalene Julia Trocke, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Derik Thomas Trocke, 39
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Mooresville
    County: Iredell
    Weapon: Firearm

  9. Date: January 15, 2023
    Victim Name: David Wayne Owens, 66
    Alleged Perpetrator: Clarice Elaine Owens, 64
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Casar
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm

  10. Date: January 17, 2023
    Victim Name: Ashley Erin Scoggins, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Prescott Parson, 36
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Kings Mountain
    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Knife

  11. Date: January 20, 2023
    Victim Name: Alvis Gentry, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Breonna Bridges, 26
    Relationship: Former partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm

  12. Date: February 4, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Heather Davenport Small, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Oscar Small, 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Greenville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm

  13. Date: February 6, 2023 
    Victim Name: Quantell Tehmel White, 21
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kaylee Gene Abagail Utt Turnipseed, 18
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  14. Date: February 11, 2023
    Victim Name: Amanda English, 56
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joel English, 62
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Winston-Salem
    County: Forsyth
    Weapon: Knife

  15. Date: February 12, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Lauren Michaela “Mikki” Payne, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ian Clement Niesel, 23
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Arden
    County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm

  16. Date: February 13, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Dionyah Truelove Thompson, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Elie Hugo Noel, 33
    Relationship: Ex-Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm

  17. Date: February 18, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Ravett Patrice Robinson, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tevin Kewann Jolly, 31
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greensboro
    County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm

  18. Date: February 24, 2023 
    Victim Name: Joanna Barrett, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Darren Curry, 42
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife

  19. Date: March 3, 2023 
    Victim Name: Audrey White, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Kornegay, 31
    Relationship: Fiance
    Town: Richlands
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm

  20. Date: March 3, 2023 
    Victim Name: Ardrie White, 14
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Kornegay, 31
    Relationship: Mother's Fiance
    Town: Richlands
    County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm

  21. Date: March 4, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Michelle Marcinkus Walter, 53
    Alleged Perpetrator: Johnnie Andrew Walter Jr
    Relationship: Estranged spouse
    Town: Bessemer City
    County: Gaston
    Weapon: Firearm

  22. Date: March 5, 2023 
    Victim Name: Nicole Bullock, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Rodney Crawford, 33
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Durham
    County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm

  23. Date: March 6, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Erica Thomas, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joshua D. Laney, 41
    Relationship: Ex-husband
    Town: Waxhaw
    County: Union
    Weapon: Firearm

  24. Date: March 21, 2023 
    Victim Name: Victoria Oxendine, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jackie Junior McNair, 48
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: St. Pauls
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm

  25. Date: March 26, 2023 
    Victim Name: Janna Lee Barnes, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Audie Lavonda Brack Belt Jr., 28
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Charlotte
    County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm

  26. Date: April 7, 2023 
    Victim Name: Zonna Chanae Locklear, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Richardo Clark, 34
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Lumberton
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Firearm

  27. Date: April 8, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Jaime Hicks Long, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Long, 39
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Morehead City
    County: Carteret
    Weapon: Firearm

  28. Date: April 14, 2023 
    Victim Name: Nabaruna Karamakar, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Aaron Matthews, 40
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Morrisville
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm

  29. Date: April 23, 2023
    Victim Name: Quinton Earl Dortch, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tammy Teresa Etheridge, 48
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Sharpsburg
    County: Wilson
    Weapon: Knife

  30. Date: April 28, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Yenitza Arroyo Torres, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: Domingo Tavarez-Rodriguez, 53
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm

  31. Date: April 30, 2023
    Victim Name: Blanca Lacortiglia, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeffrey Lacortiglia, 43
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Spring Lake
    County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm

  32. Date: April 30, 2023
    Victim Name: Rufus Singletary, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Annie Lou Bradford, 55
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Wilmington
    County: New Hanover
    Weapon: Firearm

  33. Date: May 3, 2023
    Victim Name: Ronnie Coke
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shaunell Miller, 44
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Hertford
    County: Perquimans
    Weapon: Knife

  34. Date: May 8, 2023
    Victim Name: Antwone Durell Chisholm, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Patee Lachelle Bell, 27
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Garner
    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm

  35. Date: May 24, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Tatiana Haywood, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator: Nasir Scott, 18
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm

  36. Date: May 25, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Rani Renee Barnes, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Anthony Wilkes Jr., 39
    Relationship: Partner
    Town: Greenville
    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm

  37. Date: May 31, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Bobbie Jean Woolard, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator: Don Woolard, 50
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Washington
    County: Beaufort
    Weapon: Firearm

  38. Date: June 7, 2023
    Victim Name: Rosa Outlaw
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jarvis Outlaw, 65
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Wilson
    County: Wilson
    Weapon: Firearm

  39. Date: June 10, 2023
    Victim Name: Eddie Jones, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Santana Hunt, 35
    Relationship: Ex-partner
    Town: Red Springs
    County: Robeson
    Weapon: Knife

  40. Date: June 18, 2023 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Sandra Robinson, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lewis Darail Robinson, 50
    Relationship: Spouse
    Town: Fayetteville
    County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm

January 1 - December 10, 2002 (79 Murders)

  1. Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
    Victim name: Charlene Beatrice Major, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Buncombe County
    Murder weapon: knife

  2. Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
    Victim name: Octavia Denise Major, 16
    Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
    Relationship: mother's boyfriend
    Town: Buncombe County
    Murder weapon: knife

  3. Date of Murder: January 6, 2002
    Victim name: Shanika Niyiel Major, 10
    Alleged perpetrator name: Demetrius Antonio Jones, 31
    Relationship: mother's boyfriend
    Town: Buncombe County
    Murder weapon: knife

  4. Date of Murder: January 13, 2002
    Victim name: Shalamar Franceschi, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Damian Colon Francheschi, 26
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: knife

  5. Date of Murder: "missing" January 16, 2002
    Victim name: Alice Blount Williams, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lee Williams, 39
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Pitt County
    Murder weapon: strangulation

  6. Date of Murder: January 16, 2002
    Victim name: Janice Pendergraft Holmes, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Earl Holmes, 39
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Four Oaks, Johnston County
    Murder weapon: gun

  7. Date of Murder: January 21, 2002
    Victim name: Leta Litman Blanton, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Dale Robert Blanton, 61, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: murder was in a SC motel, perp returned to Mooresboro & killed himself
    Murder weapon: gun

  8. Date of Murder: January 21, 2002
    Victim name: Fred Osteen, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Dale Robert Blanton, 61, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband of girlfriend
    Town: murder was in a SC motel, perp returned to Mooresboro & killed himself
    Murder weapon: gun

  9. Date of Murder: January 27, 2002
    Victim name: Sherry Briggs Moore, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Bryan Moore, 39,
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Earl, Cleveland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  10. Date of Murder: January 30, 2002
    Victim name: Angela Rose Thompson, 36
    Alleged perpetrator name: Dennis E. Thompson, 42, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Pink Hill, Lenoir County
    Murder weapon: gun

  11. Date of Murder: January 31, 2002
    Victim name: Antron Beborah Norman, 32
    Alleged perpetrator names: Julius Clark, 26, Karon Marquette Tucker, 25, Rodney Christopher Craig, 30
    Relationship: Craig was her boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: gun

  12. Date of Murder: February 3, 2002
    Victim name: Meg Parmaei, 51
    Alleged perpetrator name: Khosrow Parmei, 44
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Black Mountain, Buncombe County
    Murder weapon: hands-strangulation

  13. Date of Murder: February 13, 2002
    Victim name: Margie Soles Ward, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Curtis Ward, 53, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Hallsboro, Columbus County
    Murder weapon: gun

  14. Date of Murder: February 13, 2002
    Victim Name: Lorilee Duthler
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Duane Young
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Black Mountain
    Murder weapon: gun

  15. Date of Murder: February 27, 2002
    Victim name: Barbara Monique Ealey, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Johnny Franklin Ealey, 41
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: knife

  16. Date of Murder: March 2, 2002
    Victim name: Jessica Simms, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christian Simms, 24, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: gun

  17. Date of Murder: March 10, 2002
    Victim name: 2nd Lt. Annis (Nece) King-Hall, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Oliver Hall, 32
    Relationship: husband, separated
    Town: I-20 N of Florence, SC. She was picking up her baby from visitation with him.
    Murder weapon: knife

  18. Date of Murder: March 11, 2002
    Victim name: Bao Q. Niguyen
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thu Niguyet Nguyen, 35, committed suicide
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder weapon: gun

  19. Date of Murder: March 19, 2002
    Victim name: Tonia Lynn Sasser Pope, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Edward Sasser, 64
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Clinton, Sampson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  20. Date of Murder: March 22, 2002
    Victim name: Cindy Sharon Lemons, 20
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tarvaris Novack Mickens, 25
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Micro, Johnston County
    Murder weapon: gun

  21. Date of Murder: March 24, 2002
    Victim name: Kimberly Dial, 18
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Curtis McNeill, 32
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Fairmont, Robeson County
    Murder weapon: knife

  22. Date of Murder: March 25, 2002
    Victim name: Deborah Jane Chance, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Nathan Owen Chance, 50
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Hope Mills, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: fist, blunt blow to head

  23. Date of Murder: March 31, 2002, body found
    Victim name: Magena Rochelle Baldwin, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kerry Lee Ratliff, 42
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Troy, Montgomery County
    Murder weapon: strangled and beaten

  24. Date of Murder: March 31, 2002
    Victim name: Brenda Renee Lancaster, 27
    Alleged perpetrator names: Kenneth Earl Byrd, Jr., 30 and Roswitha Federlein Morrison, 55
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend and ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend
    Town: Dunn, Harnett County
    Murder weapon: gun-shot 8 times

  25. Date of Murder: April 19, 2002
    Victim name: Thelma Katrina Jackson, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: Richard James, 35
    Relationship: common-law husband
    Town: Whiteville, Columbus County
    Murder weapon: pushed her in front of vehicle

  26. Date of Murder: April 22, 2002
    Victim name: Camille "Millie" Blackwell, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Horne, 26
    Relationship: ex-husband
    Town: East Spencer, Rowan County
    Murder weapon: gun

  27. Date of Murder: assaulted May 4, 2002, died May 10, 2002
    Victim name: Brandy Renee Skaggs Martin, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: Geoffrey Allan Martin, 26
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: softball bat

  28. Date of Murder: May 4, 2002
    Victim name: Susan Elaine Rhew, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bryan Crisco, 30, committed suicide
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder weapon: gun

  29. Date of Murder: May 19, 2002
    Victim name: Latahnya Witherspoon, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Theodore Witherspoon
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
    Murder weapon: hands-strangulation

  30. Date of Murder: May 28, 2002
    Victim name: Deborah Lynn Scandinaro Hughes, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gerald Dewayne Floyd, 48, later
    committed suicide
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County
    Murder weapon: gun

  31. Date of Murder: May 28, 2002
    Victim name: Rueben Winston Hewett, 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gerald Dewayne Floyd, 48, later
    committed suicide
    Relationship: perp was ex-boyfriend of victim's girlfriend
    Town: Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County
    Murder weapon: gun

  32. Date of Murder: May 30, 2002
    Victim name: Donna J. Trent, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Scotty Lynn Trent, 39
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Eden, Rockingham County
    Murder weapon: gun

  33. Date of Murder: June 6, 2002
    Victim name: Elizabeth Unker Hilton, 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jack Lacy Hilton, 56, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Sandy Mush Area, Madison County
    Murder weapon: gun

  34. Date of Murder: June 9, 2002
    Victim name: Teresa Nieves, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt First Class Rigoberto Nieves, Jr., 32, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  35. Date of Murder: June 14, 2002
    Victim name: Kathy Greene, 37
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Greene, 34, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Polkville, Cleveland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  36. Date of Murder: June 17, 2002
    Victim name: Alverta Blankenship Dyer Hamby, 67
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ralph Ray Hamby, 48,
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Purlear, Wilkes County
    Murder weapon: gun

  37. Date of Murder: June 18, 2002
    Victim name: Lisa Carole Sumner, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kenneth K. Kleckley, 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Pink Hill, Lenoir County
    Murder weapon: gun

  38. Date of Murder: June 22, 2002
    Victim name: Tiffany Monique Mason, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jammie Eugene Parker, 27
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Kannapolis, Rowan County
    Murder weapon: gun

  39. Date of Murder: June 23, 2002
    Victim name: Lynn Albert Sykes, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Teddy Dean Acrey, 43
    Relationship: neighbor of Acrey’s former girlfriend
    Town: Hillsborough, Orange County
    Murder weapon: yard ornament

  40. Date of Murder: June 26, 2002
    Victim name: Marshall Ivosha Johnson, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Delvecchio Durran Boyd, 23, committed suicide
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: strangled and stabbed

  41. Date of Murder: June 29, 2002
    Victim name: Jennifer Gail Wright, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Master Sgt. William C. Wright, 36, later committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: hands-strangulation

  42. Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
    Victim name: Valerie Michelle Gates, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
    Relationship: father
    Town: White Cross, Orange County
    Murder weapon: gun

  43. Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
    Victim name: Corda'e Shimira Lee, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
    Relationship: friend's father
    Town: White Cross, Orange County
    Murder weapon: gun

  44. Date of Murder: July 1, 2002
    Victim name: Kendall Alexander Dianis, 2
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Douglas Gates, 50
    Relationship: mother's friend's father
    Town: White Cross, Orange County
    Murder weapon: gun

  45. Date of Murder: July 7, 2002
    Victim name: Tiana Nicole Williams, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ronald Valentine Hendrickson, 39
    Relationship: fiance
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder weapon: beaten with chair

  46. Date of Murder: July 8, 2002
    Victim name: Aleta Vernon
    Alleged perpetrator name: Danny Lee Vernon
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Stoneville, Rockingham County
    Murder weapon: rubber mallet, then staged a cover-up car accident

  47. Date of Murder: July 9, 2002
    Victim name: Marilyn Rene Styles-Griffin, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt. Cedric Ramon Griffin, 28
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: knife, then burned down house

  48. Date of Murder: July 12, 2002
    Victim name: Lisa Hill
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ralph Hill, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: La Grange, Lenoir County
    Murder weapon: knife

  49. Date of Murder: July 19, 2002
    Victim name: Andrea Floyd, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sgt. First Class Brandon S. Floyd, 30, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  50. Date of Murder: July 25, 2002
    Victim name: Heather Anne Domenie, 33
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ian Aulden Campbell, 29
    Relationship: fiancé
    Town: Cary, Wake County
    Murder weapon: hands, strangled her

  51. Date of Murder: July 29, 2002
    Victim name: Diane Nelson, 64
    Alleged perpetrator name: Aubrey Labron Nelson, Jr., 71
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
    Murder weapon: strangled with belt

  52. Date of Murder: August 5, 2002
    Victim name: Charlene Howard, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Antonio Undre Byrd, 24
    Relationship: boyfriend of victim's daughter's friend
    Town: Burlington, Alamance County
    Murder weapon: gun

  53. Date of Murder: August 6, 2002
    Victim name: Margaret Rogers
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jesse Jay Rogers
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lenoir County
    Murder weapon: gun

  54. Date of Murder: August 11, 2002
    Victim name: Terry Dannelley, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Eugene Pinell, 41
    Relationship: ex-husband of victim's wife
    Town: Jacksonville, Onslow County
    Murder weapon: gun

  55. Date of Murder: August 13, 2002
    Victim name: Kathy Jean Brown Hunter, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Claudia Franklin Hunter, 50,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Magnolia, Duplin County
    Murder weapon: gun

  56. Date of Murder: August 16, 2002
    Victim name: Janice Marie Goldston, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Ray Raines, 44
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Sanford, Lee County
    Murder weapon: gun

  57. Date of Murder: August 24, 2002
    Victim name: Kebba Janneh, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bernard Rogers, 19
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim's friend
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder weapon: gun

  58. Date of Murder: August 31, 2002 found dead in apartment
    Victim name: Dawn Marie Ureche, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Michael Fontaine, 38
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: strangled and beaten

  59. Date of Murder: September 4, 2002
    Victim name: Glady Swepson Bryant, 53
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Eugene Bryant, 55
    Relationship: ex-husband
    Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
    Murder weapon: gun

  60. Date of Murder: September 7, 2002
    Victim name: Donna Wheeler Bass, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Saladin Bass, 36
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
    Murder weapon: blow to head

  61. Date of Murder: September 10, 2002
    Victim name: Bobbie Ann Myers, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Earl Watkins, 44
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  62. Date of Murder: September 10, 2002
    Victim name: George Bradley Autry, 37
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Earl Watkins, 44
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim's friend
    Town: Fayetteville, Cumberland County
    Murder weapon: gun

  63. Date of Murder: September 16, 2002
    Victim name: Sherri Lynn Beitzel Howell, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jimmy Dale Sheffield, 33
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Moore County
    Murder weapon: baseball bat

  64. Date of Murder: September 23, 2002
    Victim name: Lourdes Almendares Guzman, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Roberto A. Campos, 25, committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged boyfriend; father of 2 of her kids
    Town: Kidnapped her & kids in Raleigh, let kids go, drove to VA & killed her when police blocked the road.
    Murder weapon: gun

  65. Date of Murder: September 23, 2002
    Victim name: Nicole Leah Peake, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Anthony Sean Trull, 27
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Gastonia, Gaston County
    Murder weapon: cocaine overdose, suspicious circumstances

  66. Date of Murder: September 26, 2002
    Victim name: Louisa Williams, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Marcus Williams, 33
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder weapon: hands, beaten and strangled

  67. Date of Murder: October 6, 2002
    Victim name: Shelby Billings Miller, 55
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kenneth Miller, 56
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Ferguson, Wilkes County
    Murder weapon: gun

  68. Date of Murder: October 11, 2002
    Victim name: Charmaine Mason, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: George Bernard Speight, 29
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Jacksonville, Onslow County
    Murder weapon: steak knife

  69. Date of Murder: November 1, 2002
    Victim name: Gael Morrison, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Patrick Morrison, 39,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Lincolnton, Lincoln County
    Murder weapon: gun

  70. Date of Murder: November 1, 2002
    Victim name: Amanda Barnhardt, 14
    Alleged perpetrator name: Kevin Patrick Morrison, 39,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: stepfather
    Town: Lincolnton, Lincoln County
    Murder weapon: gun

  71. Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
    Victim name: Elizabeth Maria Tetter, 42
    Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Lexington, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: strangled

  72. Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
    Victim name: Kristin Nicole Tetter, 8
    Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Lexington, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  73. Date of Murder: November 3, 2002
    Victim name: Manual "Alex" Alejandro Ojeda Gonzalez, 12
    Alleged perpetrator name: Donald Mark Tetter, 40, committed suicide
    Relationship: stepfather
    Town: Lexington, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: strangled

  74. Date of Murder: November 10, 2002
    Victim name: Lisa Lynn Ebert, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Mark Allen Ebert, 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Bessemer City, Gaston County
    Murder weapon: 12 gauge shot gun

  75. Date of Murder: November 19, 2002
    Victim name: Candice Cockerham, 17
    Alleged perpetrator name: Richard Ellerbee, 46, later
    committed suicide
    Relationship: stepfather
    Town: Elkin, Yadkin County
    Murder weapon: knife/glass

  76. Date of Murder: November 25, 2002
    Victim name: Miriam Alfaro, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Cesar Estrada, 30
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder weapon: knife

  77. Date of Murder: December 2, 2002
    Victim name: Barbara Jean Burkett, 63
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Calvin Burkett, Sr., 66,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Dallas, Gaston County
    Murder weapon: gun

  78. Date of Murder: December 8, 2002
    Victim Name: Corey David Hawkins, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rayford Clyde Hendrix, 26
    relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Farmington, Davie County
    Weapon: gun

  79. Date of Murder: December 10, 2002
    Victim name: Sarah Marshall Kreamer, 27
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Christopher Ireland, 41, committed suicide
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Greenville, Pitt County
    Murder weapon: 20 gauge shotgun

January 1 - December 26, 2003 (68 Murders)

  1. Date of Murder: January 1, 2003
    Victim name: Robin Reel, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bobby Reel, 42, confessed, arrested
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte, body found in home
    Murder weapon: knife

  2. Date of Murder: January 9, 2003
    Victim name: Reba Chaney
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Chaney, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lenoir
    Murder weapon: Gun

  3. Date of Murder: January 19, 2003
    Victim Name: Kathleen Seyford, 41
    Perpetrator: David Seyford, 43 (committed suicide)
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: killed Wilmington
    Murder weapon: gun

  4. Date of Murder: January 21, 2003
    Victim Name: Ricky C. Sanders, Jr., age 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tony Ray Holder, age 19
    Relationship: Sanders, brother of Holder's girlfriend
    Killed: Selma
    Murder Weapon: gun

  5. Date of Murder: Reported Missing January 22, 2003
    Victim Name: Janine Sutphen, age 57
    Alleged perpetrator name: Robert James Petrick, age 49
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder Weapon: drowning

  6. Date of Murder: January 23, 2003
    Victim name: Precious Watson, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Anthony Gilliam, 45, also shot, considered self defense and he has been released
    Relationship: Live-in partners, 2 children together
    Town: Wilson, in the home, children present
    Murder weapon: Handgun, shot in back

  7. Date of Murder: January 27, 2003
    reported missing by husband
    Victim name: Naomi Estes, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Aaron Estes, Children’s Minister, 43, confessed, arrested
    Relationship: husband
    County: Cabarrus County, body found in car on farm 1 mile from home
    Murder weapon: Strangulation, blunt trauma to head

  8. Date of Murder: January 28, 2003
    Victim name: Nicole Renee Miller, 19
    Alleged perpetrator name: Marquis Julius Jenkins, 18 (arrested in VA trying to flee to NY on bus)
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, body found in apartment
    Murder weapon: Hands (as far as we know – beaten beyond recognition)

  9. Date of Murder: January 29, 2003
    Victim Name: Shirley Lang, age 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Lang, age 51
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  10. Date of Murder: January 31, 2003
    Victim name: Brenda Kay Shepherd, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ravon Garland, 42 (later arrested)
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Taylorsville, body found in basement of home
    Murder weapon: 12-guage shotgun

  11. Date of Murder: February 2, 2003
    Victim name: Deadra Evette McAllister, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Robin Lee Morris, 28, arrested, no bond, has prior convictions for violence, DWI
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Bunnlevel, Harnett County
    Murder weapon: 38 caliber handgun

  12. Date of Murder: February 14, 2003
    Victim Name: April Renee Greer, age 20
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lynn Stuart, age 27
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Mebane
    Murder Weapon: knife

  13. Date of Murder: February 26, 2003
    Victim Name: Barbara Collins Ruff, age 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rillman Ruff, age 45
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Gastonia, Gaston County
    Murder Weapon: .38 handgun

  14. Date of Murder: March 2, 2003
    Victim name: Dennis Lee Haith
    Alleged perpetrator name: Shyrelle Denise Walker
    Relationship: Ex-girlfriend
    Town: Mebane, in home
    Murder weapon: gun

  15. Date of Murder: March 3, 2003
    Victim name: Delores Evans, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Craig Fields, 28, confessed
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Granville County, in car in front yard of perpetrator
    Murder weapon: knife

  16. Date of Murder: March 8, 2003
    Victim name: Joyce Miller Gaddy, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Angela Renee Thompson, 32,
    arrested and charged
    Relationship: Partners
    Town: Charlotte, Body found on front lawn
    Murder weapon: gun

  17. Date of Murder: March 15, 2003
    Victim name: Deidra Isenhour, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bernard Lineberger, 31, firefighter, committed suicide
    Relationship: Fiancé, 2 year old son nearby
    Town: Hickory, Catawba
    Murder weapon: 32 caliber handgun

  18. Date of Murder: March 21, 2003
    Victim name: Nancy Lynn Burchette Medley, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Edward Lee Medley, 38
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wilkes County
    Murder weapon: gun

  19. Date of Murder: March 22, 2003
    Victim name: Patricia Whittington, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sammy Lee Whittington, 29,
    admitted killing her
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Harnett county
    Murder weapon: Pipe

  20. Date of Murder: March 23, 2003
    Victim name: Dabreau Little, 29 & Terrelle “Tara” Little, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Corey Robinson, 27, surrendered to police after 2 hour standoff
    Relationship: Boyfriend of 8 years of Terrelle Little
    Town: Rockingham, Richmond County
    Murder weapon: 45 caliber pistol

  21. Date of Murder: March 26, 2003
    Victim name: Sherry Denise Evans, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Suspect: Antonio Ryals, 23
    County: Durham
    Murder weapon: gun

  22. Date of Murder: March 30, 2003
    Victim name: Dena Louise Bailey
    Alleged perpetrator name: Suspect: Ricky Bailey
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: Nash County, found dead in her car on a farm
    Murder weapon: Gun, shot in head and chest

  23. Date of Murder: April 4, 2003
    Victim Name: Ross Campbell, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Angela Reynolds, 39
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon: knife

  24. Date of Murder: April 13, 2003
    Victim Name: Thu Nguyet-Thi Doan, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Long Thn Nguyen, 35
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: knife

  25. Date of Murder: April 23, 2003
    Victim name: Teresa Smith Williams
    Alleged perpetrator name: Lorenzo Duarte, 43
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Hendersonville
    Murder weapon: stabbed in chest

  26. Date of Murder: April 24, 2003
    Victim name: Antoinette Rascoe, 29, wife Gerald Knight, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: Fames Edward Rascoe, 27
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Williamston
    Murder weapon: Gun, at Rascoe residence, 2 year old son present

  27. Date of Murder: April 27, 2003
    Victim name: Deputy Toney Clayton Summey, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alexander Charles Polke, 36
    Relationship: Perpetrator being served a warrant by deputy
    Town: Franklinville, Randolph County
    Murder weapon: 45 mm Glock, occurred on front porch of perpetrator’s house

  28. Date of Murder: April 27, 2003
    Victim name: Monica Sue Martin, 27
    Alleged perpetrator name: Mike Chirstopher Elmore, 25,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: Boyfriend, used to live together
    Town: Crumpler, Ashe County
    Murder weapon: Gun, in bedroom, 2 children present, 6 and 3

  29. Date: April 30, 2003 reported missing, body found April 5, 2003
    Victim: Lisa Strong
    Perpetrator: Clay Curtis
    Relationship: live in boyfriend
    Town: Rutherford County
    Murder weapon: unknown

  30. Date of Murder: May 10, 2003
    Victim Name: LaToya Knox Cleveland
    Alleged perpetrator name: Billy Joe Cleveland, age 32
    Relationship: husband
    Rowan County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  31. Date of Murder: May 2, 2003
    Victim Name: Tasha Nichols Mack, 27
    Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Darrell Mack, 24
    Relationship: Estranged Husband
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: Knife

  32. Date of Murder: May 19, 2003
    Victim Name: Erin Elizabeth Farb, age 43; Ashley Thomas, age 9; male, name David Edward Cooley, age 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Roderick Morris Farb, age 56
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Orange County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  33. Date of Murder: June 6, 2003
    Victim Name: Kathy Bowen, age 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Billy Ray Bowen, age 59, committed suicide
    Relationship: boyfriend and ex-brother-in-law
    Town: Shelby, Cleveland County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  34. Date of Murder: June 15, 2003
    Victim Name: Linda Faye Smith Patterson, age 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Marion Preston Gillespie, age 50
    Relationship: live in boyfriend
    Cleveland County
    Murder Weapon: butcher knife

  35. Date of Murder: June 17, 2003
    Victim Name: Ronnie Ray Hornbuckle, Jr.
    Alleged perpetrator name: Stephanie Lynn Hornbuckle
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Sylva
    Murder Weapon: gun

  36. Date of Murder: June 18, 2003
    Victim Name: Latisha Williamson, age 20
    Alleged perpetrator name: Elisha Williamson, age 27
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder Weapon: Strangulation

  37. Date of Murder: June 17, 2002
    Victim name: Alverta Blankenship Dyer Hamby, 67
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ralph Ray Hamby, 48,
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Purlear, Wilkes County
    Murder weapon: gun

  38. Date of Murder: July 3, 2003
    Victim Name: Shellica Mendez, age 18
    Alleged perpetrator name: Moises Mendez, age 21, committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Mebane, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  39. Date of Murder: July 8, 2003
    Victim Name: Mary Gladys McMickle, age 80
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Anderson McMickle, 75
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Dobson
    Murder Weapon: gun

  40. Date of Murder: July 8, 2003
    Victim Name: Hilma Gaye Acord, 60
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Anderson McMickle, 75
    Relationship: Stepfather
    Town: Dobson
    Murder Weapon: gun

  41. Date of Murder: July 10, 2003
    Victim Name: Terry Alisa Strickland, age 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Dennis Carroll Gwaltney, age 55
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Newton
    Murder Weapon: gun

  42. Date of Murder: July 26, 2003
    Victim name: Sidra Johnson, 27
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jacob Comeron, 35
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
    Murder weapon: strangulation

  43. Date of Murder: August 23, 2003
    Victim Name: Nancy Melton Britt, age 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Myron Keith Britt, age 49
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lumberton, Robeson County\
    Murder Weapon: handgun

  44. Date of Murder: August 27, 2003
    Victim Name: Betty Williams, age 56
    Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Williams, age 61, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wake County
    Murder Weapon: handgun

  45. Date of Murder: September 11, 2003
    Victim Name: Christina Michelle Lee, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Elwood Collins, 25
    Relationship: Live-in boyfriend
    Town: New Bern, Craven Co.
    Murder Weapon: Slashed Throat

  46. Date of Murder: September 20, 2003
    Victim name: Jacqueline Gray, 42
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Gray, 42
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Rural Hall, Forsyth County
    Murder weapon: gun

  47. Date of Murder: Date: September 24, 2003
    Victim: Mercedes Jimenez, 33
    Perpetrator: Manuel Matta
    Relationship: believed to be married
    Town: Rutherford County, 3 children present during homicide
    Murder weapon: gun and knife, shot twice in head, stabbed in back and in one eye

  48. Date of Murder: September 26, 2003
    Victim Name: Guillermina Rosas Maldonado, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Arturo Hernandez, III
    Relationship: Live in boyfriend
    Town: Haywood County
    Murder weapon: unknown

  49. Date of Murder: October 2, 2003
    Victim Name: Bridgette King Jones
    Alleged perpetrator name: Grady Joseph Wyatt, 39
    Relationship: Live in boyfriend
    Guilford County
    Murder weapon: blow to the head

  50. Date of Murder: October 12, 2003
    Victim: Courtney Elizabeth Cleveland
    Perpetrator: Ashala Perez Nishioka, 24, committed suicide
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Mecklenburg County, 3 children present during shooting
    Murder weapon: gun

  51. Date of Murder: Abducted on October 13, 2003;
    body found on October 18, 2003
    Victim Name: Latoria "Latoya" Renee Foreman, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Donarico Maurice Caudle, 28
    Relationship: Foreman was a friend of Caudle's girlfriend
    Town: Abducted in Wilson Co., body discovered in Nash Co.
    Murder weapon: unknown

  52. Date of Murder: October 18, 2003
    Victim Name: Tracy Helms, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: Michael William Blount, 27
    Relationship: Friend's husband. Tracy was killed trying to protect her friend.
    Town: Monroe, Union County
    Murder weapon: shovel

  53. Date of Murder: November 6, 2003
    Victim Name: Loukisha Spears, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Maurice Stroud, 26
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  54. Date of Murder: November 9, 2003
    Victim Name: Nakevia Harper, age 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rodney Warren, age 26, committed suicide
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greenville, Pitt County
    Murder weapon: gun

  55. Date of Murder: November 12, 2003
    Victim Name: Anna Margaret Johnson Knight, age 52
    Alleged perpetrator name: Roy Carliss Knight, age 46
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder weapon: acid

  56. Date of Murder: November 20, 2003
    Victim Name: Nina Foster, age 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Linwood Arnold Cobb, age 46
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town:
    Murder weapon: gun

  57. Date of Murder: November 20, 2003
    Victim Name: Wendy Blackmore
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sean Moore
    Relationship: Coworker
    Town: Clinton, Sampson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  58. Date of Murder: November 23, 2003
    Victim Name: Brian Braswell
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gerrald Larry Braswell
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Gastonia
    Murder Weapon: knife, killed son while he was trying to protect mother

  59. Date of Murder: December 7, 2003
    Victim Name: Charlene Lynch, age 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Neal Lynch, age 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: Nash
    Murder weapon: gun

  60. Date of Murder: December 7, 2003
    Victim Name: Darwood Lynch, age 10
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Neal Lynch, age 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Nash
    Murder weapon: gun

  61. Date of Murder: December 7, 2003
    Victim Name: Larry Lynch, age 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Neal Lynch, age 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: No relation
    Town: Nash
    Murder weapon: gun

  62. Date of Murder: December 7, 2003
    Victim Name: Curly Lynch, age 58
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Neal Lynch, age 37, committed suicide
    Relationship: No relation
    Town: Nash
    Murder weapon: gun

  63. Date of Murder: December 8, 2003
    Victim Name: Rosa Evon Speagle, age 23
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory Schultz, Jr., age 31,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: Estranged boyfriend
    Town: Sanford, Lee County
    Murder weapon: gun

  64. Date of Murder: December 14, 2003
    Victim Name: Teresa Thayer, age 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Timothy Thayer, age 45, committed suicide
    Relationship: Estranged husband
    Town: Wallburg, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  65. Date of Murder: December 14, 2003
    Victim Name: Paul Thayer, age 9
    Alleged perpetrator name: Timothy Thayer, age 45, committed suicide
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Wallburg, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  66. Date of Murder: December 14, 2003
    Victim Name: William Shelton Merritt
    Alleged perpetrator name: Timothy Thayer, age 45, committed suicide
    Relationship: No relation
    Town: Wallburg, Davidson County
    Murder weapon: gun

  67. Date of Murder: December 24, 2003
    Victim Name: Daisy Sluder, age 57
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Sluder, age 62, committed suicide
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Alexander, Buncomb County
    Murder weapon: gun

  68. Date of Murder: December 26, 2003
    Victim Name: Jennifer Leach, age 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Brian Ernest Crouch, age 30
    Relationship: No relation
    Town: Ash County
    Murder weapon: Blunt trauma to the head

January 1 - December 26, 2004 (81 Murders)

  1. Date of Murder: January 1, 2004
    Victim Name: Asenath S. Wooten, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rayvon Townsend, 32
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
    Murder Weapon: trauma to upper body

  2. Date of Murder: January 14, 2004
    Victim Name: Wendy Cranford Wallace, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tony Douglas Wallace, 32,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Southmont, Davidson County
    Murder Weapon: gun 

  3. Date of Murder: January 17, 2004
    Victim: Dafina Molena, 43
    Perpetrator: Martin Valdez, 33
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Sampson County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  4. Date of Murder: January 19, 2004
    Victim Name: Carlene South Johnson, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bartie Campbell, 51, committed suicide
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Warrensville, Ashe County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  5. Date of Murder: January 30, 2004
    Victim Name: Tammie Renee Benfield
    Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Wagoner
    Relationship: ex-husband
    Town: Wilkes County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation, thrown down a well

  6. Date of Murder: January 30, 2004
    Victim Name: Reba Faye Clark, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Lee Davis, 38
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Weaverville, Buncombe County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  7. Date of Murder: February 4, 2004
    Victim Name: Jeanetta D. Ford, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Juan Donyell Langley, 31
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Kannapolis, Cabarrus County
    Murder Weapon: edged weapon/knife

  8. Date of Murder: February 6, 2004
    Victim Name: Tony Dale Biggs, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: Fred Louis McNeil, 52
    Relationship: neighbor of perp trying to protect victim
    Town: Rockingham, Richmond County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  9. Date of Murder: February 7, 2004
    Victim Name: Pauline Blevins Church, 66
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alvious Fred "Jack" Church, 65
    Relationship: husband
    Town: West Jefferson, Ashe County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  10. Date of Murder: February 12, 2004
    Victim Name: Cindy Moore Parker, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Daniel Lee Parker, 33, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Burgaw, Pender County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  11. Date of Murder: February 27, 2004
    Victim Name: Sherry Lynn Cobb, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: William Keith Lamm, 45
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Wilson County
    Murder Weapon: bat and kicked

  12. Date of Murder: March 19, 2004
    Victim Name: Christine Stephens, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Daiego Paroah Davis, 28
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  13. Date of Murder: March 25, 2004
    Victim Name: Shelton Henry Little, 51
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gwendolyn Moorehead, 42
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Asheboro, Randolph County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  14. Date of Murder: April 4, 2004
    Victim Name: Jocelyn London, 58
    Alleged perpetrator name: Carl Reginald London, 62
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
    Murder Weapon: strangled and stabbed

  15. Date of Murder: April 4, 2004
    Victim Name: Joanne Brooks, 44
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Robert Dozler, 61
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  16. Date of Murder: April 5, 2004
    Victim Name: Vera Mae Herbin, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Antonio Perrin, 40
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro, Guilford County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  17. Date of Murder: April 6, 2004
    Victim Name: Antonio Tyrone Wright, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Sherry Anthony
    Relationship: estranged girlfriend
    Town: Plymouth, Washington County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  18. Date of Murder: April 19, 2004
    Victim Name: Valri Baker, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Joseph Darrell Kersey, 65
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: High Point, Guilford County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  19. Date of Murder: May 6, 2004
    Victim Name: Cynthia Johnson, 33
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bobby Ray Jones, 50
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Spring Hope, Nash County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  20. Date of Murder: May 6, 2004
    Victim Name: Gregory Lamont Langley, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Eugene Gervin, 38
    Relationship: friend of wife of perp
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  21. Date of Murder: May 7, 2004
    Victim Name: Katrina Ann Locklear, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Randy Jerome Locklear, 53
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Maxton
    Murder Weapon: gun

  22. Date of Murder: May 8, 2004, body found
    Victim Name: Tallie Antolin, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Robert Lambert, 35
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Morganton, Burke County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  23. Date of Murder: May 14, 2004
    Victim Name: Merritt Ennis, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Thomas Canaday
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Clinton, Johnston County
    Murder Weapon: head trauma

  24. Date of Murder: May 25, 2004
    Victim: Diane Howell, 43
    Perpetrator: Frank Brans, 45
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Lillington
    Murder Weapon: knife

  25. Date of Murder: May 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Myiesha Danielle Bishop, 10
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rufus Bishop, Jr, 37
    Relationship: father
    Town: Mebane, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  26. Date of Murder: May 31, 2004
    Victim name: Jose’ Gerino, 31
    Alleged perpetrator name: Melinda Cerino, 37
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Springlake
    Murder Weapon: knife

  27. Date of Murder: June 2, 2004
    Victim Name: Cassandra Carol Pittman, 45
    Alleged perpetrator name: Lorenzo Pittman, 44
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Tarboro, Edgecombe County
    Murder Weapon: knife, fire

  28. Date of Murder: June 4, 2004
    Victim Name: Christen M. Naujoks, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: John B. Peck, 28
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
    Murder Weapon: rifle

  29. Date of Murder: June 18, 2004
    Victim Name: Vonice Dickerson, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Steve Lawrence Harrelson, 42
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem, Forsyth County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  30. Date of Murder: June 21, 2004
    Victim Name: Latisha Renee Pinnix, 21
    Alleged perpetrator name: Marche Sharod McCoy, 18
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: , Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation

  31. Date of Murder: June 23, 2004
    Victim Name: Rodney Dylan Council, 33
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tarra Darnel Mixon, 32
    Relationship: ex-girlfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  32. Date of Murder: June 29, 2004
    Victim Name: Karen Leigh Medford, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jeff Servidio, 33
    Relationship: estranged boyfriend
    Town: Cornelius, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: blunt object

  33. Date of Murder: July 3, 2004
    Victim Name: Shaudria Barfield, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Larry D. Carter, 26
    Relationship: former boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  34. Date of Murder: July 5, 2004
    Victim Name: Francis Louise Lytton, 83
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Robert Lytton, 79,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Sunset Beach, New Hanover County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  35. Date of Murder: July 13, 2004
    Victim Name: Jose Gonzalez, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Regina Gail Bridges, 31
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Shelby, Cleveland County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  36. Date of Murder: July 18, 2004
    Victim Name: Judy Lorraine Warren
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Rober Williamson, Sr., committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Sampson County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  37. Date of Murder: July 18, 2004
    Victim Name: Debra Howell Best, 19
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jamie Israel Faulkner, 31, committed suicide
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: La Grange
    Murder Weapon: gun

  38. Date of Murder: July 20, 2004
    Victim Name: Leon Thompson, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Diane Young James, 50
    Relationship: fiancé
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  39. Date of Murder: July 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Lillian Denise Bryant, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Christopher Bryant, 41, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Kenly, Johnston County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  40. Date of Murder: July 31, 2004
    Victim Name: Alex Rowland, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Laverne Cunningham, 42
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Fuquay Varina, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  41. Date of Murder: August 1, 2004
    Victim Name: Teresa Edwards Forte, 23
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jonathan Forte,
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: Knife

  42. Date of Murder: August 2, 2004, body found
    Victim Name: Marnita Bynum, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Melvin Lamont Bynum, 43
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Sanford, Lee County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation

  43. Date of Murder: August 7, 2004
    Victim: Micheal E. Eason, 50
    Perpetrator: Robert L. Judd, Jr., 31
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Angier/Coats
    Murder Weapon: Handgun

  44. Date of Murder: August 11, 2004, body found
    Victim Name: Anita Jackson Leary
    Alleged perpetrator name: Cornelius Leary, 39
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Edenton, Chowan County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  45. Date of Murder: August 17, 2004
    Victim Name: Pamela Joye Virzi, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: William Joseph Moore, 46
    Relationship: former boyfriend
    Town: Edenton, Chowan County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  46. Date of Murder: August 21, 2004
    Victim Name: Marsheida Dorsey, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles William Combs, 18
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  47. Date of Murder: August 21, 2004
    Victim Name: Karla Patricia Chavez
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ottoniel Galvez Roblero & Maria Nora Mena
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend & ex-wife of Roblero
    Town: Cary, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  48. Date of Murder: August 22, 2004
    Victim Name: Sabry Ann Jenetta Stevenson, 52
    Alleged perpetrator name: Carl Frederick Wilkinson, 46,
    ommitted suicide
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Chatham County
    Murder Weapon: knife

  49. Date of Murder: August 30, 2004
    Victim Name: Chanda Brown Mwicigi, 36
    Alleged perpetrator name: Franklin Manacer-Herrera, 19
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder Weapon: stabbing

  50. Date of Murder: September 8, 2004
    Victim Name: Mary Chappell, 66
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lamar Hanna, 58, committed suicide
    Relationship: neighbor
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  51. Date of Murder: September 8, 2004
    Victim Name: Deanna Hanna, 56
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jerry Lamar Hanna, 58, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  52. Date of Murder: September 14, 2004
    Victim Name: Priscilla Mason, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Antuanne Montez Shaw, 25
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  53. Date of Murder: September 19, 2004
    Victim Name: Teresa Tysinger, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bradley Larsen, 41
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: unknown

  54. Date of Murder: September 21, 2004
    Victim Name: Miriam McLeoud, 45
    Alleged perpetrator name: Larry David Wilson, 41
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Harnett County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  55. Date of Murder: September 29, 2004
    Victim Name: Gail Tice Hewson, 62
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bob Hewson, 65
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Wilmington, New Hanover County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  56. Date of Murder: September 30, 2004
    Victim Name: Phillip Tillman Horton
    Alleged perpetrator name: Robert Glenn Smothers III
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: Trauma, body found in trash can

  57. Date of Murder: October 6, 2004
    Victim Name: Melissa M. Tittle
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory T. Pegram
    Relationship: estranged boyfriend
    Town: Stokes County
    Murder Weapon: Knife

  58. Date of Murder: October 8, 2004
    Victim Name: Sandra K. Raper, 48
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Bill Raper, 62
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Wilson County
    Murder Weapon: gun or knife - not yet announced

  59. Date of Murder: October 8, 2004
    Victim Name: Emerson Ray Batchelor, 27
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles Bill Raper, 62
    Relationship: step father
    Town: Wilson County
    Murder Weapon: gun or knife - not yet announced

  60. Date of Murder: October 12, 2004
    Victim Name: Rachel Antonia Martin
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jason James Wilder
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Chadbourn
    Murder Weapon: hatchet

  61. Date of Murder: October 24, 2004
    Victim Name: Darwin Richard Dawley
    Alleged perpetrator name: Wendy Sue Dawley
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon: gun

  62. Date of Murder: October 24, 2004
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Dawley
    Alleged perpetrator name: Wendy Sue Dawley
    Relationship: mother
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon gun

  63. Date of Murder: October 26, 2004
    Victim Name: Azyia Yolanda McLaughlin
    Alleged perpetrator name: Derrick Allen
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Wilmington
    Murder Weapon gun

  64. Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Michelle Wyzanowski
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Marshville
    Murder Weapon: gun, burned house

  65. Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Ronald Faulk
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
    Relationship: son-in-law
    Town: Unionville
    Murder Weapon: gun

  66. Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Ronnie Joe Deese
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
    Relationship: brother-in-law
    Town: Unionville
    Murder Weapon: gun

  67. Date of Murder: October 28, 2004
    Victim Name: Christopher Schrader
    Alleged perpetrator name: David Edward Wyzanowski
    Relationship: brother-in-law
    Town: Unionville
    Murder Weapon: gun

  68. Date of Murder: October 29, 2004
    Victim Name: Deirdre Hinton Hines
    Alleged perpetrator name: Stephen Nathaniel Hines
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: gun

  69. Date of Murder: November 5, 2004
    Victim Name: Nereida Camacho Garcia
    Alleged perpetrator name: Angel Zaragoza Duarte
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Durham
    Murder Weapon: gun and hit with an object

  70. Date of Murder: November 26, 2004
    Victim Name: Valerie Holt Craven
    Alleged perpetrator name: Leonard Matthews
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Lexington
    Murder Weapon: beaten to death

  71. Date of Murder: November 29, 2004
    Victim Name: Shenel McCrimon McKendall
    Alleged perpetrator name: Randy Laverne McKendall,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Chapel Hill
    Murder Weapon: gun

  72. Date of Murder: November 30, 2004
    Victim Name: Tracy Michelle Sellars
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Willie Sellers
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: not yet reported

  73. Date of Murder: December 3, 2004
    Victim Name: Carmen Allen Davis, 62
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Edward Solomon, 44
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Durham, Durham County
    Murder weapon: unknown

  74. Date of Murder: December 8, 2004
    Victim: Suzette Joseph
    Perpetrator: Aiden Lee Melvin
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Wilson
    Weapon: Gun

  75. Date of Murder: December 18, 2004
    Victim Name: Megan L. Miles
    Alleged perpetrator name: Shannon G. Hunt
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder weapon: gun

  76. Date of Murder: December 19, 2004
    Victim Name: Marvian Ransome
    Alleged perpetrator name: Keisha Lee Jamison
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Wilmington
    Murder weapon: gun

  77. Date of Murder: December 20, 2004
    Victim Name: Mary Rose
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gary Rose
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Mill Springs, Polk county
    Murder weapon: gun

  78. Date of Murder: December 21, 2004
    Victim Name: Bethany Brintle Goins, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregorio Cruz, 38
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Dobson, Alleghany County
    Murder weapon: stabbing

  79. Date of Murder: December 23, 2004
    Victim Name: Richard Wayne Burgess
    Alleged perpetrator name: Hope Nicole Myer
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Leland, Brunswick
    Murder weapon: gun

  80. Date of Murder: December 24, 2004
    Victim Name: Kim Harvey
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jim Johnson
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Newton Grove
    Murder weapon: unknown

  81. Date of Murder: December 26, 2004
    Victim Name: Cheryl Hawks
    Alleged perpetrator name: Clarence Lloyd Hawks
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Davidson County
    Murder weapon: gun

January 1 - December 31, 2005 (72 Murders)

  1. Date of Murder: February 19, 2005
    Victim Name: Corene Davis, 48
    Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Davis, 53
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: East Bend, Yadkin
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  2. Date of Murder: February 26, 2005
    Victim Name: Zachary Rinehart, 14 months
    Perpetrator: Timothy James Eckard, 27
    Relationship: perp had dated Zachary’s mother
    Town: Hickory
    Murder Weapon: blunt force trauma to head
     
  3. Date of Murder: March 4, 2005
    Victim Name: Teresa Lambert Crenshaw, 51
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Edward Crenshaw, Jr., 49
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Asheboro, Randolph
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  4. Date of Murder: March 7, 2005
    Victim Name: Deborah Jean Coley, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Roger Earl Coley, 45
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Rocky Mount
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  5. Date of Murder: March 11, 2005
    Victim Name: Crystal Johnson, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Danny Ray Johnson, 33
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Pilot Mountain, Surry
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  6. Date of Murder: March 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Alycia Nichelle McKinnon, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: DeWayne Lee Mackell, 39 (hired to kill Alycia’s half sister Andrea) & LeQuan Rock, 26 (hired Mackell to kill his girlfriend Andrea)
    Relationship: none
    Town: Jackson Hamlet, Moore
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  7. Date of Murder: March 13, 2005
    Victim Name: Neiko Michelle Eller, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christopher Michael Eller, 28
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Mount Holly, Gaston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  8. Date of Murder: March 18, 2005
    Victim Name: Janet Martinez
    Alleged perpetrator name: Reginald Ragan, 46
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Pineville, Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  9. Date of Murder: March 19, 2005
    Victim Name: Velma Lynch
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alfred Epps
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Weldon, Halifax
    Murder Weapon: beaten with wooden end of gun
     
  10. Date of Murder: March 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Melissa Mayer, 16
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ashley Reagan Jr., 34
    Relationship: Stepfather
    Town: Johnston County
    Murder Weapon: beaten with barbell, strangled
     
  11. Date of Murder: March 25, 3005
    Victim Name: David Jack Snow
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Sharon Dorminy
    Relationship: former boyfriend
    Town: Surry County
    Murder Weapon: Ford Explorer
     
  12. Date of Murder: April 3, 3005
    Name: Kimberly Pitts, 40
    Pepetrator: James Pitts, 51
    Location: Waynesville, Haywood County
    Relationship: husband
    Weapon: gun
     
  13. Date of Murder: April 9, 2005
    Victim Name: Jessica Allyne Crews, 23
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tracey Lamour Siler, 33
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
  14. Date of Murder: April 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Bruce Clawson, 51
    Perpetrator: Teresa Haws Clawson, 52
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: Sledgehammer, knife
     
  15. Date of Murder: April 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Melfa Khasadi Miller, 43
    Alleged perpetrator name: Charles C. Wilson, 42
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Manteo, Dare County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
  16. Date of Murder: April 18, 2005
    Victim Name: Jennifer Murray, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tony Davis Murray, Sr., 47
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Wilson
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  17. Date of Murder: April 26, 2005
    Victim Name: Janet Christiansen Abaroa, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Raven Abaroa, 25
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Durham County: Durham
    Weapon: Knife
     
  18. Date of Murder: May 1, 2005
    Victim Name: Suzanne Clark, 52
    Alleged perpetrator name: Keith Harold Murphy, 53
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Caldwell
    Murder Weapon: hands
     
  19. Date of Murder: May 3, 2005 (died May 8)
    Victim Name: David Lee Michael, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Amy Toomes McArthur
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Randolph County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  20. Date of Murder: May 8, 2005
    Victim Name: Lee Scott Carter, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Raymundo Estrada, 26
    Relationship: boyfriend of perpetrator's estranged wife
    Town: Dilworth/Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  21. Date of Murder: May 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Pam Bryant
    Alleged perpetrator name: Archie Bryant, Jr.
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wilson
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
  22. Date of Murder: May 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Vaishali Bipinchandra Sarode, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bipinchandra Baburao Sarode, 37
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte/Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  23. Date of Murder: May 15, 2005
    Victim Name: Alfred Dwayne Douglas, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Christina Ann McMannus, 27
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Highpoint
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  24. Date of Murder: May 16, 2005
    Victim Name: Dujuana Stallings Massenburg
    Alleged perpetrator name: Michael Massenburg, 38
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Raleigh/Wake
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
  25. Date of Murder: May 21, 2005
    Victim Name: Ronna Valentine, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Valentine, 42
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Fayetteville/Cumberland
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  26. Date of Murder: May 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Joni Snider Railey
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ricky Lamar Railey
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Randolph County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  27. Date of Murder: May 24, 2005
    Victim Name: Barbara Jean Wheless Jackson, 62
    Alleged perpetrator name: Walter Edward Jones, 53
    Relationship: personal relationship
    Town: Raleigh/Wake
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  28. Date of Murder: May 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Emily Elainna Maccione, 3
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alejandro Reyes Cortez,
    Relationship: stepfather
    Town: Burlington, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: drown or asphyxiation
     
  29. Date of Murder: May 25, 2005
    Victim Name: Katharine Broome Johnson, 36
    Alleged perpetrator name: Stanford Eugene Jones, 40
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  30. Date of Murder: May 27, 2005
    Victim Name: Dallas Sullivan, 69
    Alleged perpetrator name: Rodney Coleman
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  31. Date of Murder: May 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Bonita V. King, 41
    Alleged perpetrator name: Terry King, 42
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  32. Date of Murder: June 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Sarah Felisha Kersey, 24
    Alleged perpetrator name: Victor Tabor, 24
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Broadway, Harnett County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
  33. Date of Murder: June 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Amy Marie Greene, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: John Clayton Mitchell, 27
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Onslow County
    Murder Weapon: beaten
     
  34. Date of Murder: June 11, 2005
    Victim Name: Austin Berry, 2
    Alleged perpetrator name: Bradley Dean Austin, 26
    Relationship: child’s mom’s live-in boyfriend
    Town: Altamahaw, Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: head trauma
     
  35. Date of Murder: June 14, 2005
    Victim Name: Nancy B. Hill, 70
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gilbert Lee Hill
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Statesville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  36. Date of Murder: June 15, 2005
    Victim Name: Larry Junior Laborn, 22
    Alleged perpetrator name: Richard Antwaun Graves, 22
    Relationship: victim was brother of perp’s girlfriend
    Town: Alamance County
    Murder Weapon: sawed off shotgun
     
  37. Date of Murder: June 20, 2005
    Victim Name: Johnetta Wrisborne Duncan, 33
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas H. Duncan, 64
    Relationship: father-in-law
    Town: Leland, Brunswick County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  38. Date of Murder: June 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Jean Marie Cartrette Gray
    Alleged perpetrator name: Harland Hank Gray, 40
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Columbus County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  39. Date of Murder: June 24, 2005
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Ann Messer, 19
    Alleged perpetrator name: James Wright III, 19
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Matthews, Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  40. Date of Murder: June 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Gloria Salmeron, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Orlando Blanco, 33
    Relationship: romantic involvement
    Town: Raleigh, Wake County
    Murder Weapon: stabbed
     
  41. Date of Murder: July 1, 2005
    Victim Name: Darrel Johnson, 20
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory Johnson Clark II, 20
    Relationship: former boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  42. Date of Murder: July 6, 2005
    Victim Name: Christy Ann Galvin, 26
    Alleged perpetrator name: Seyi Tayo Oduseo, 27
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Mecklenburg County
    Murder Weapon:
     
  43. Date of Murder: July 7, 2005
    Victim Name: Rhonda Shanita Roane-Smith, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Neville Smith, 39
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: High Point
    Murder Weapon:
     
  44. Date of Murder: July 30, 2005
    Victim Name: Betty Lambert Hunt, 40
    Alleged perpetrator name: Carvie Lyn Hunt, 50
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lumberton
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  45. Date of Murder: July 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Belinda Davis, 38
    Alleged perpetrator name: Anthony Wright, 42
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Rocky Mount
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  46. Date of Murder: August 8, 2005
    Victim: Tammie White Savage, 36
    Perpetrator: Terrence Savage, 32
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Benson
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  47. Date of Murder: August 19, 2005 (body found)
    Victim: Brenda Lee Owens, 48
    Perpetrator: Robert Owens, 53
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Goldsboro
    Murder Weapon: found in Neuse River
     
  48. Date of Murder: September 1, 2005
    Victim: Freda M. Medlin, 45
    Perpetrator: James Wesley Stallings, 43
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Nash County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  49. Date Of Murder: September 13, 2005
    Victim Name: Quinn Witherspoon, 34
    Alleged perpetrator name: Misty Witherspoon, 32
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Mooresville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  50. Date Of Murder: September 13, 2005
    Victim: Yoland Cotton, 22
    Perpetrator: Fernandez Ceja,
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  51. Date of Murder: September 18, 2005
    Victim: Jerry Michael McQueen, 42
    Perpetrator: Tonya Ayers Johnson, 37
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Seagrove
    Murder Weapon: handgun
     
  52. Date Of Murder: September 19, 2005
    Victim: Teri Marie Sokoloff, 31
    Perpetrator: William James Schreiber, 33
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: not stated
     
  53. Date Of Murder: September 19, 2005
    Victim: Skye, 8 months
    Perpetrator: William James Schreiber, 33
    Relationship: mother’s ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon:
     
  54. Date Of Murder: September 20, 2005
    Victim: Lori Lail, 43
    Perpetrator: Ronald Wayne Lail, 43
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Burke County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  55. Date of Murder: September 21, 2005
    Victim Name: Amy Padgett Condry, 28
    Alleged perpetrator name: Timothy Wayne Condry, 27
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Caroleen
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  56. Date of Murder: September 24, 2005
    Victim Name: baby of Maria Reyes
    Alleged perpetrator name: Hector Donovan Salcedo, 33
    Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: shot mother while pregnant
     
  57. Date of Murder: September 28, 2005
    Victim Name: Jeri Couch Langley, 45
    Alleged perpetrator name: Ronald Keith Barbour, 46
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Smithfield
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  58. Date of Murder: September 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Jerry Lewis Culbreth
    Alleged perpetrator name: LaTaurus Denise Exum, 32
    Relationship: live-in girlfriend
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  59. Date of Murder: October 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Iva Nicholson, 84
    Alleged perpetrator name: Thomas Harvey Nicholson, 80
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Sanford
    Murder weapon: not stated
     
  60. Date of Murder: October 10, 2005
    Victim Name: Tina Nicholson
    Perpetrator: Thomas Harvey Nicholson, 80
    Relationship: father
    Town: Sanford
    Murder Weapon: not stated
     
  61. Date of Murder: October 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Tammy Greene Austin, 36
    Perpetrator Name: Michael Allen Austin, 36
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Caldwell County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  62. Date of Murder: October 12, 2005
    Victim Name: Johnny Tyrod Davis, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lerandall Simmons, 31
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s current girlfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  63. Date of Murder: October 27, 2005
    Victim Name: Especiales Taliaferro, 35
    Alleged perpetrator name: Montreal Lee Truesdale, 30
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  64. Date of Murder: November 9, 2005
    Victim Name: Jaysiei Dantory
    Alleged perpetrator name: Pablo Silverio
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Smithfield
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  65. Date of Murder: December 4, 2005
    Victim Name: Joyce Hoskins, 47
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gardie Rhodes, 54
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wilmington
    Weapon: gun
     
  66. Date of Murder: December 4, 2005
    Victim Name: Arlene S. Mabe, 53
    Alleged perpetrator name: Paul F. Kendrick, 60
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Danbury
    Weapon: 9mm Semiautomatic handgun
     
  67. Date of Murder: December 18, 2005
    Victim Name: Paul Berkley, 46
    Alleged perpetrator name: Monique Berkley, 26
    Relationships: wife
    Town: Raleigh
    Weapon: gun
     
  68. Date of Murder: December 22, 2005
    Victim Name: Vicky Meeks Fernandez
    Alleged perpetrator name: Herbert Dalma Hines
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Pitt County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  69. Date Missing: December 29, 2005, body found January 7, 2006
    Victim Name: Emily Anderson, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerry Anderson
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lenoir
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  70. Date of Murder: December 29, 2005
    Victim Name: Lenka Vaculikova Grosholz, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Gregory Scott Grosholz, 59
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Leland
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  71. Date of Murder: December 31, 2005
    Victim Name: Tammy Gail Brantley, 39
    Alleged perpetrator name: Alan Edward Brantley, 40
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Bessemer City

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Training and Media Relations Coordinator
(919) 956-9124
 mbrodie@nccadv.org
Download 2006 Domestic Violence Homicide Report -- PDF

March 14, 2007

NORTH CAROLINA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE REPORT 2006

DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence released the 2006 domestic violence homicide report today. Domestic violence homicides increased by 6 percent from 2005.

The report accounts for 79 domestic violence homicide victims in North Carolina in 2006. “It is discouraging to see these numbers grow,” said Marie Brodie, training and media relations coordinator at the Coalition. “This is why it’s so important that we create a community that holds abusers accountable and one that provides a safety net for victims of abuse.”

A small victory has been the decline in domestic violence in certain counties. Mecklenburg County, for instance, went from nine reported homicides in 2005, to six. Other counties that decreased their total number of reported homicides include Alamance, Lee and Randolph.

“While these are small victories, they are still important,” Brodie said. “Hopefully more steps will be taken in 2007. If we keep making incremental progress, in the long run a large change will take place and more lives will be saved.”

The North Carolina legislature is currently taking important steps to address domestic violence in North Carolina. Senate Bill 27/House Bill 44 introduced by Senator Julia Boseman and Representative Marian McLawhorn, co-chairs of the Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence will strengthen the enforcement of protective orders by reducing the number of prior convictions needed to charge an offender with a felony for violation of an order. "Violation of a protective order is a red flag to the court system that the offender may commit a homicide," said Brodie.

Domestic violence programs are an integral part of North Carolina’s safety net for victims. They require funding to provide life-saving services. The Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence has recommended a $2 million increase in funding for local programs and $1 million in funding to support local prevention initiatives. At least 35 children witnessed a domestic violence homicide last year. "We must break the cycle of violence from one generation to the next," said Brodie. With this funding, local programs can provide education and outreach services in our communities with the goal of stopping the violence before it starts.

Each year in North Carolina, thousands of victims reach out for help from the courts, law enforcement, crisis centers, families, and even their next door neighbor. “Each citizen can make a difference,” said Brodie. “By supporting your local domestic violence crisis center and letting abusers know that North Carolina will hold them accountable, we hope to see a reduction in the homicide rate next year.” 


About the Coalition
The North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence (www.nccadv.org) is a non-profit membership organization that provides support services to local domestic violence service providers and allied professionals who assist victims of domestic violence and their children. Founded in 1981, NCCADV currently supports 92 domestic violence service providers across the state. Coalition services include training, providing technical assistance, increasing public awareness, and promoting public policy initiatives. 

January 1 - December 25, 2006 (83 Murders)

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  1. Date of Murder: January 1, 2006
    Victim: Karen H. Crawford, 48
    Perpetrator: Peter Matson, 48
    Weapon: Strangulation
    County: Chatham
     
  2. Date of Murder: January 1, 2006
    Victim Name: Deana Prince, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Thurman Burns, 40
    Relationships: victim’s children’s father
    Town: Cumberland
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  3. Date of Murder: January 2, 2006
    Victim Name: Malachai Loftin, 52
    Alleged perpetrator name: Lakane Murphy, 34
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of murder victim’s friend
    Town: Pender
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  4. Date of Murder: January 8, 2006
    Victim Name: Dwayne Jenkins
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tamika McMillian
    Relationship: live-in girlfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  5. Date of Murder: January 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Rosenda Albino Prudente-Rodriguez, 25
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jose Valverde-Liborio, 28
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  6. Date of Murder: January 28, 2006
    Victim Name: Colonel Roberts
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Ernestine Williams
    Relationship: live-in girlfriend
    Town: Granville
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  7. Date of Murder: January 30, 2006
    Victim Name: Christina Palmer, 29
    Alleged perpetrator name: Stevie Ray Palmer, 32
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Forest City
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  8. Date of Murder: February 1, 2006
    Victim Name: James Aaron Tant, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Jacqueline Rudder Tant, 42
    Relationship: estranged wife
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  9. Date of Murder: February 3, 2006
    Victim Name: Myra Wilkes, 42
    Alleged perpetrator name: Brad Wilkes, 36, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Thomasville
    Murder Weapon: gun

  10. Date of Murder: February 6, 2006
    Victim Name: Maria Edmunds, 64
    Alleged perpetrator name: Joseph B. Edmunds, 65
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Kings Mountain
    Murder Weapon: drowning 
     
  11. Date of Murder: February 15, 2006
    Victim Name: Hugh Edward Walters, 57
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Louis Joseph “Joey” Scates, 39
    Relationship: Father in law
    Town: Lincoln County
    Murder Weapon: 22-caliber rifle
     
  12. Date of Murder: March 3, 2006
    Victim Name: Misarachi (Sara) Miranda, 8
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gilberto Miranda Cuellar, 36
    Relationship: father
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  13. Date of Murder: March 3, 2006
    Victim Name: John Charles Miranda, 5
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gilberto Miranda Cuellar, 36
    Relationship: father
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  14. Date of Attempted Homicide: March 22, 2006
    Victim: Survivor of attempted homicide
    Perpetrator: (suicide) Joel Anderson, 53, committed suicide
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Scotland Neck
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  15. Date of Murder: March 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Christopher Tony Dial
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Patricia A Hunt
    Relationship: live in girlfriend
    Town: Robeson County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  16. Date of Murder: March 24, 2006
    Victim Name: Earl Thierry Brown, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Camellia Boyd Norton Brown, 47
    Relationship: ex-wife
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  17. Date of Murder: March 25, 2006
    Victim Name: Torie Carpenter, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Leon Wilkerson, 23
    Relationship: ex-husband
    Town: Selma
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  18. Date of Murder: March 26, 2006
    Victim Name: Terry Donnell Waddell
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gary Lee Parrish, Jr.
    Relationship: Victim was in a relationship with perpetrator’s female friend
    Town: Brunswick County
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  19. Date of Murder: Unknown, Perpetrator reported boyfriend dead in February
    Victim: Tony Thomas
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michelle Cabbagestalk
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Edgecombe County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
  20. Date of Murder: March 29, 2006
    Victim Name: Betty Skipper Godfrey, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Harold Lloyd Phillips,
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Gaston
    Murder Weapon: arson
     
  21. Date of Murder: March 30, 2006
    Victim Name: Connie Lynn Newton, 37
    Alleged perpetrator name: Douglas Daryl Newton, 38
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Anson County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  22. Date of Murder: April 2, 2006
    Victim Name: Sara McCormick, 32
    Alleged perpetrator name: Tyrone Lancaster, 34
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Lumberton
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  23. Date of Murder: April 6, 2006
    Victim Name: Rebecca Grogan Hicks, 24
    Perpetrator Name: Jerald Chapman, 36, committed suicide
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Taylorsville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  24. Date of Murder: April 6, 2006
    Victim Name: Keara Lynn Hart, 30
    Alleged perpetrator name: Deamego Demon Lee, 32
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Chapel Hill
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  25. Date of Murder: April 9, 2006
    Victim Name: Delores Anderson, 49
    Alleged perpetrator name: Hubert Lee Anderson, 56,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Oxford
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  26. Date of Murder: April 18, 2006
    Victim Name: Rhonda Barnes, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Dennis Wayne Shaw, 37
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of murder victim
    Town: Clayton
    Murder Weapon: blunt force trauma
     
  27. Date of Murder: May 7, 2006
    Victim Name: Nakia Antione Harper, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: name not released
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Durham
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  28. Date of Murder: May 27, 2006
    Victim Name: Shaundra Dayle, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Timothy Dayle, 41
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Franklin County
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
  29. Date of Murder: May 27, 2006
    Victim Name: Velman Busch, 62
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Donald J. Young, 36
    Relationship: daughter’s ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  30. Date of Murder: May 28, 2006
    Victim Name: Shirley Arrowood
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Phil Arrowood, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: McDowell County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  31. Date of Murder: June 6, 2006
    Victim Name: Ashley Garner, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeff Neal Garner, 27
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  32. Date of Murder: June 10, 2006
    Victim Name: Andrea Scott, 17
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael McDonald, 18
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: unknown
     
  33. Date of Murder: June 10, 2006
    Victim Name: Monica Gacutan, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael McDonald, 18
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of daughter
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon: unknown
     
  34. Date of Murder: June 11, 2006
    Victim Name: Hopeton Cardannius Davis, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Justafaa Jihad Dublin, 19
    Relationship: deceased sister’s boyfriend
    Town: Selma
    Murder Weapon: pocket knife
     
  35. Date of Murder: June 11, 2006
    Victim Name: Andy Lawson
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tracy Braxton Lawson
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Snow Camp
    Murder Weapon: fence post driver
     
  36. Date of Murder: June 14, 2006
    Victim Name: Ryan Minor, 10
    Perpetrator: Mark Minor, 44, committed suicide
    Relationship: father
    Town: Union County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  37. Date of Murder: June 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Tammy Diane Wilson, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gerald Todd Spease, 36
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem
    Murder Weapon: fire
     
  38. Date of Murder: June 23, 2006
    Victim Name: Joey Antonio Nesmith, 26
    Alleged Perpetrator: Talathia Brown, 18
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  39. Date of Murder: June 23, 2006
    Victim Name: Annjannette Lloyd, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Darin Jackson, 40
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Guilford County
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  40. Date of Murder: June 28, 2006
    Victim Name: Carolyn Perkins Jordan, 72
    Perpetrator: Algie Long, 74, committed suicide
    Relationship: ex-husband
    Town: Burlington
    Weapon: hand gun
     
  41. Date of Murder: July 15, 2006
    Victim Name: Amy Devonne Reese, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Enrique Hernandez
    Relationship: live in boyfriend
    Town: Sparta
    Weapon: knife
     
  42. Date of Murder: July 15, 2006
    Victim Name: Survivor of attempted homicide
    Perpetrator Name: Larry Luther Driggers
    Relationship: ex-wife
    Town: Oak Island
    Weapon: gun
     
  43. Date of Murder: July 16, 2006
    Victim Name: Emmali McCrae
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Carlos Keels
    Relationship: mother’s boyfriend
    Town: Robeson County
    Weapon: beaten to death
     
  44. Date of Murder: July 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Shannon Ellis Tessnear, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alan Tessnear, 36, committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Ellenboro
    Weapon: gun
     
  45. Date of Murder: July 18, 2006
    Victim Name: Donald West, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tiffany Ann Bassett, 26
    Relationship: live-in girlfriend
    Town: Johnston
    Weapon: gun
     
  46. Date of Murder: July 26, 2006
    Victim Name: Marcus Cureton
    Alleged Perpetrator: Tamika Clark, 27
    Relationship:
    Town: Union County
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  47. Date of Murder: July 26, 2006
    Victim Name: Audrey Chavis, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Lynn Chavis, 44
    Relatioship: husband
    Town: Aberdeen
    Weapon: beaten to death with baseball bat
     
  48. Date of Murder: July 27, 2006
    Victim Name: Neal Cochran, 30
    Alleged Perpetrator: Amy Cochran shot her husband in self-defense
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Morganton
    Weapon: gun
     
  49. Date of Murder: July 30, 2006
    Victim Name: Kenneth Ray Martin, 55
    Alleged Perpetrator: Patricia Anne Dewispelaere, 41
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Rockingham
    Weapon: knife
     
  50. Date of Murder: July 31, 2006
    Victim Name: Patrice Eller Ikard, 36
    Perpetrator Name: Theodorus Roosevelt Ikard, 40,
    committed suicide
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Catawba County
    Murder Weapon: knife, gun
     
  51. Date of Murder: July 31, 2006
    Victim Name: Harry Ponds
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Steven Woods
    Relationship: victim was new boyfriend of alleged perpetrator’s estranged wife
    Town: Shalotte, Brunswick County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  52. Date of Murder: August 26, 2006
    Victim Name: Joy Mills Morgan, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Kurt Lawrence Davis, 38
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  53. Date of Murder: August 26, 2006
    Victim Name: Ceritha Williams, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Cleveland Troy Hendricks, 18
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  54. Date of Murder: August 27, 2006
    Victim Name: Cassandra Martin
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Christopher Lee Martin, Sr.
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Graham
    Murder weapon: Gun
     
  55. Date of Murder: September 5, 2006
    Victim Name: Angela Carmon, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rudy Carmon
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greenville
    Murder Weapon: arson
     
  56. Date of Murder: September 13, 2006
    Victim Name: Vanessa Martinez Lopez, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Limberg Leon Jimenez, 22
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Pitt
    Murder weapon: knife
     
  57. Date of Murder: September 15, 2006
    Victim Name: Antoine Marquis Clanton, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Markee Laswann McFadden, 18
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  58. Date of Murder: September 16, 2006
    Victim Name: Latrina Daniels, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Frederick Antonie Givens, 28
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  59. Date of Murder: September 18, 2006
    Victim Name: Bonnie Woodring,
    Perpetrator Name: John Woodring, 35, committed suicide
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Sylva
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  60. Date of Murder: September 21, 2006
    Victim Name: Sophia McRae, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Dexter Tremaine McRae, 30
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Fayetteville
    Murder Weapon:
     
  61. Date of Murder: September 24, 2006
    Victim Name: Gloria Silos Zelaya
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Joel Zelaya Rivera, 25
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Hendersonville, Henderson County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  62. Date of Murder: September 28, 2006
    Victim Name: Cecil Poythress, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Stephanie Poythress, 32
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Lillington
    Murder Weapon: knife

  63. Date of Murder: October 9, 2006
    Victim Name: Larry Dierickx, 63
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Penny Dierickx, 54
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Clayton
    Murder Weapon: not yet known
     
  64. Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
    Victim Name: Latashia Toomer, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Nathanial Williams, 22
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Wilmington
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  65. Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
    Victim Name: Priscilla Huffman, 29
    Perpetrator: Phillip Huffman, 30
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Rowan County
    Murder Weapon: butcher knife
     
  66. Date of Murder: November3, 2006
    Victim: Michelle Young, 29
    Perpetrator: Jason Young, 32
    Town: Raleigh County: Wake
    Weapon: Blunt force trauma
     
  67. Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
    Victim Name: Wendy Sellers, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Robbinsville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  68. Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
    Victim Name: Nancy Williams Orr, 53
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
    Relationship: son in law
    Town Robbinsville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  69. Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
    Victim Name: John Drew Anderson, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
    Relationship: brother in law
    Town: Robbinsville
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  70. Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
    Victim Name: Liza Ann Pierce, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Charles Eric Calloway, 43
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Wilkes County
    Murder Weapon: high powered rifle
     
  71. Date of Murder: November 27, 2006
    Victim Name: Gloria Cobos, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jonathan Salas Ramirez, 30
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte
    Murder Weapon: beaten to death with hands
     
  72. Date of Murder: November 30, 2006
    Victim Name: Carolyn Jean King Gray
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dominique King
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Pitt County Murder Weapon: knife
     
  73. Date of Murder: December 4, 2006
    Victim Name: Sherri Deniese Jackson, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Decarlo Rayshaun Bennet, 28
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: unknown
     
  74. Date of Murder: December 8, 2006
    Victim Name: Julie Rowland Bowling, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Mark Anthony Bowling, 35
    Rose Deloris Vincent, 27
    Relationship: husband and mistress
    Town: Nash County
    Murder Weapon: gun

  75. Date of Murder: December 9, 2006
    Victim Name: Travis Mabine, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Curtis Lee Thomas, 36
    Relationship: boyfriend of perpetrator’s ex-girlfriend
    Town: Ahoskie
    Murder weapon: gun
     
  76. Date of Murder: Body Found on November 2, 2006
    Victim Name: Narskelsky Pastuer, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert L. Pastuer, 47
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Franklin
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  77. Date of Murder: December 11, 2006
    Victim Name: Phaedra Renee Mcrimmon, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Herbert Reece McNeil Jr.
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Lee County
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  78. Date of Murder: December 16, 2006
    Victim Name: Charles Larry Hauser, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Ozell Joan Dow, 50
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Thomasville
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  79. Date of Murder: December 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Nicole Marie Moore, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gilbert Charles Whitmire, 51
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Henderson
    Murder Weapon:
     
  80. Date of Murder: December 17, 2006
    Victim Name: Rebecca Ann Wilson, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Daleray Wilson, 28
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  81. Date of Murder: December 19, 2006
    Victim Name: Jorie N. Washington, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Samuel Junior Jackson, 55
    Relationship: live-in boyfriend
    Town: Elizabeth City
    Murder Weapon : gun
     
  82. Date of Murder: December 19, 2006
    Victim Name: Xavier Z. Washington, 18
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Samuel Junior Jackson, 55
    Relationship: mother’s live-in boyfriend
    Town: Elizabeth City
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  83. Date of Murder: December 25, 2006
    Victim Name: April Dawn Caldwell, 17
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Juan Carlos Ramirez, 26
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro
    Murder Weapon: knife

January 1 - December 29, 2007 (86 Murders)

  1. Date of Murder: January 2, 2007
    Victim Name: Connie Whitson, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: Eddie Whitson
    Relationship: Husband, 57
    Town: Jacksonville      County: Onslow
    Weapon: Knife
     
  2. Date of Murder: January 3, 2007
    Victim Name: Madelyn Carol Williams Sellars
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: John Daniel Sellars
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Burlington      County: Alamance
    Weapon: gun
     
  3. Date of Murder: January 4, 2007
    Victim Name: Denita Smith, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Shannon Crawley, 27
    Relationship: stalker and ex-girlfriend of victim’s fiancé
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Weapon: gun
     
  4. Date of Murder: January 8, 2007
    Victim Name: Deneen Neals Johnson, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Frank Johnson, 43
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Washington      County: Beaufort
    Weapon: gun
     
  5. Date of Murder: January 15, 2007
    Victim Name: Lawana Mason Engle Morton, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Monty Wood Poteat, 42
    Relationship: roommate of former partner of perpetrator
    Town: Iron Station      County: Lincoln
    Weapon: gun
     
  6. Date of Murder: January 22, 2007
    Victim Name: Lynn Chambers Gibbs, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Otis Cecil Wilkins, 46
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Rougemont      County: Person
    Weapon: Strangulation
     
  7. *Date of Murder: February 2, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Regina Little, 44
    Perpetrator: Rufus Earl Little, 55
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Williamston      County: Martin
    Weapon: gun
     
  8. Date of Murder: February 12, 2007
    Victim Name: Nneaka Wilson, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Jakiem Wilson, 22
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Wendell      County: Wake
    Weapon: knife
     
  9. Date of Murder: February 15, 2007
    Victim Name: Ingris Edilia Medina Garcia, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Brizuela Jose de Jesus Madrid, 39
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Whitakers      County: Nash
    Weapon: beating
     
  10. *Date of Murder: February 22, 2007 Multiple Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Rosa Morales-Carranza, 26
    Perpetrator: Noureddine Elamrani, 30
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Weapon: knife
     
  11. *Date of Murder: February 22, 2007 Multiple Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Dayna Elamrani, 1 month old
    Perpetrator: Noureddine Elamrani, 30
    Relationship: father
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Weapon: arson
     
  12. Date of Murder: February 24, 2007
    Victim Name: Kathy Conrad Rogers, 48
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Johnny Luther Rogers, 50
    Relationship: husband
    Town: White Oak      County: Haywood
    Weapon: gun
     
  13. Date of Murder: February 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Colene Person, 53
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Lee Person,
    Relationship: Son
    Town: Pittsboro      County: Chatham
    Weapon: Knife
     
  14. Date of Murder: March 6, 2007
    Victim Name: Eddie Crowfoot, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Sherry Clyde, 40
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: New Bern      County: Pamlico
    Weapon: undetermined
     
  15. Date of Murder: March 10, 2007
    Victim Name: not released
    Alleged Perpetrator: Derrick Shane Todd, 35
    Relationship:
    Town: Rocky Point      County: Pender
    Weapon: beating
     
  16. Date of Murder: March 11, 2007
    Victim Name: Lakkysha Marie Glover, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Wolfe, 27
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Jacksonville      County: Onslow
    Weapon: drowning
     
  17. *Date of Murder: March 12, 2007 Multiple Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Ashley Henry, 6
    Perpetrator: Steven Henry, 35
    Relationship: father
    Town: Clayton      County: Johnston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  18. *Date of Murder: March 12, 2007 Multiple Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Gregory Henry, 4
    Perpetrator: Steven Henry, 35
    Relationship: father
    Town: Clayton      County: Johnston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  19. *Date of Murder: March 13, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Jana B. Rowell, 41
    Perpetrator: Charles E. Rowell, 43
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Davie      County: Davie
    Weapon: gun
     
  20. Date of Murder: March 14, 2007
    Victim Name: Stephen Thomas Clark , 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Debra Madeo Clark, 44
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Arden      County: Buncombe
    Weapon: gun
     
  21. *Date of Murder: March 17, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Carol Denise Reagan, 37
    Perpetrator Name: William Randolph Reagan, 40
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Morganton      County: Burke
    Weapon: gun
     
  22. Date of Murder: March 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Delnata Morring, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerome Christopher Butts, 23
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Plymouth      County: Washington
    Weapon: strangulation
     
  23. Date of Murder: March 31, 2007
    Victim Name: Thomasina Jones, 34
    Alleged Perpetrator: Leroy Tilley, Jr., 26
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Mocksville      County: Davie
    Weapon: strangulation
     
  24. Date of Murder: March 31, 2007
    Victim Name: Shana Hutchins, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Antonia, Leatis Artis, 35
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Fremont      County: Wilson
    Weapon:
     
  25. Date of Murder: April 1, 2007
    Victim Name: Billy Ray Williams, 65
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mary Delois McKoy, 55
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Harnett      County: Davie
    Weapon: gun
     
  26. Date of Murder: May 1, 2007
    Victim Name: Lorrielle Watkins, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mwanza Rama Bennett, 25
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Weapon: knife
     
  27. Date of Murder: May 8, 2007
    Victim Name: Austin Wilson, 69
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shelia Carolina Oxendine, 36
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Red Springs      County: Robeson
    Weapon: fire
     
  28. Date of Murder: May 10, 2007
    Victim Name: Elvira Hernandez, 17
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Christopher Thomas Harris, 20
    Relationship: Estranged Boyfriend
    Town: Bunn      County: Franklin
    Weapon: shotgun
     
  29. Date of Murder: May 24, 2007 (body found)
    Victim Name: Jonathan Elee, Grice
    Alleged Perpetrator: Albert Devonte Brown, 26 and
    Jessica Denise White
    Relationships: current boyfriend of woman who murdered victim
    Town: Carthage      County: Moore
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  30. Date of Murder: May 28, 2007
    Victim Name: Diane Locklear, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Hunt, 49
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon:
     
  31. *Date of Murder: June 10, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Susan Pearce Hayes
    Perpetrator: Dale Stephens Hayes, 49
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Boone      County: Watauga
    Weapon: shotgun
     
  32. Date of Murder: June 15, 2007
    Victim Name: Ernest John Bradshaw, IV, 33
    Perpetrator: Randy Mose Baker, 47
    Relationship: Boyfriend of Victim’s Ex-Girlfriend
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Weapon: Kitchen Knife
     
  33. Date of Murder: June 18, 2007
    Victim Name: Sharlene Freeman, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Earl Freeman, 46
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Edenton      County: Chowan
    Weapon: gun
     
  34. Date of Murder: June 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Tammy Duval
    Perpetrator: Marshall Duval
    Relationship: current husband
    Town: Greenville      County: Pitt
    Weapon: pistol
     
  35. Date of Murder: June 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Ronald L. Hunter, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lisa Marie Hunter, 30, Travis Kinton, 19
    Relationship: wife, family friend
    Town: Fayetteville      County: Cumberland
    Weapon:
     
  36. Date of Murder: July 1, 2007
    Victim Name: Veronica Elaine Malone, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Victoria Graham Goode, 55
    Relationship: ex-girlfriend of victim’s friend
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Weapon: Car
     
  37. *Date of Murder: July 3, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Katherine Mardell Krejci, 23
    Perpetrator Name: Kenny Y. Salas, 30
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Fayetteville      County: Cumberland
    Weapon: gun
     
  38. Date of Murder: July 5, 2007
    Victim Name: Andrew Andre Allen, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Marguerita Charise Latimore, 23
    Relationship: girlfriend
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon:
     
  39. Date of Murder: July 10, 2007
    Victim Name: MacArthur Thompson, 40
    Perpetrator Name: Donna Patrick Thompson. 41
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Gibsonville      County: Guilford
    Murder Weapon: knife
      
  40. *Date of Murder: July 25, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Laura Renee Triplett, 34
    Perpetrator Name: Bobby Joe Hodges, 34
    Relationship: estranged boyfriend
    Town:      County: Wilkes
    Murder Weapon: 357 Magnum
     
  41. Date of Murder: July 26, 2007 (body found)
    Victim Name: Robert Lincoln Slaydon, 87
    Alleged Perpetrator: Melba Gibbs Slaydon, 70
    Relationship: wife
    Town: Asheboro      County: Randolph
    Murder Weapon: asphyxiation
     
  42. Date of Murder: July 29, 2007
    Victim Name: Devon Tyrell Brown, 23
    Person who used deadly force: David Simmons
    Relationship: Victims’ estranged girlfriend’s uncle
    Town: Riegelwood      County: Columbus
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  43. Date of Murder: July 29, 2007
    Victim Name: Inna Simonovich, 26
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dmitry Simonovich, 26
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Asheville     County: Bumcombe
    Murder Weapon: “Bodily Force”
     
  44. Date of Murder: August 10, 2007
    Victim Name: Joanne Anderson, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator : Phillip Chad Britt, 36
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Ranger      County: Cherokee
    Murder Weapon: strangulation
     
  45. Date of Murder: August 10, 2007
    Victim Name: Maria Micaela DeLeon Rubio, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Marcos Rubio
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Wilson      County: Wilson
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  46. Date of Murder: August 16, 2007
    Victim Name: Sonia Long, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Anthony Long, 35
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  47. Date of Murder: August 18, 2007
    Victim Name: Tina Choate Hosch, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Kenneth Lorenzo Bryant, 43
    Relationship: estranged boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  48. Date of Murder: August 23, 2007
    Victim Name: Kimberly Arnetta Davis, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: John Wesley Hodge, 41
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  49. *Date of Murder: August 24, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Catherine Smith, 31
    Perpetrator: Christopher George “Charles” Smith, 37
    Relationship: estranged husband
    Town: Hickory      County: Catawba
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  50. *Date of Murder: August 26, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Jessica Leigh Johnson, 20
    Perpetrator Name: Jason Daniel Sehulster, 34
    Relationship:
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  51. Date of Murder: August 27, 2007
    Victim Name: Yolanda Dupree, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mario Dupree, 38
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Rocky Mount      County: Edgecombe
    Murder Weapon: shotgun
     
  52. Date of Murder: August 27, 2007
    Victim Name: (unknown – 2 year old child)
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerry Alan Helisek, 39
    Relationship: boyfriend of victim’s mother
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Murder Weapon: blunt force trauma
     
  53. *Date of Murder: August 26, 2007 Multiple Murder
    Victim Name: Cylvonnia Preddy, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shelton Mills, 30
    Relationship: former boyfriend
    Town: Grifton      County: Pitt
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  54. *Date of Murder: August 26, 2007 Multiple Murder
    Victim Name: Robert Bizzel, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Shelton Mills, 30
    Relationship: former boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Grifton      County: Pitt
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  55. *Date of Murder: August 29, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Tina Callahan, 33
    Perpetrator Name: Bryan Dwayne Callahan, 35
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon:
     
  56. Date of Murder: September 9, 2007
    Victim Name: Stephanie Belk King, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Lindsey Elbert Morgan, 31
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: In County      County: Gaston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  57. Date of Murder: September 14, 2007 (Missing)
    Victim Name: Atoi Watson, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Eric Anthony Morales, 43
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: unknown
     
  58. Date of Murder: September 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Robin Ann Newton, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Nathan Leatherwood, 21
    Relationship: Son of victim’s boyfriend
    Town: Peachtree      County: Cherokee
    Murder Weapon: hands
     
  59. Date of Murder: September 2007
    Victim Name: Denise Collins Ball, 46
    Perpetrator Name: Clarence Nelson Stone Jr, 50
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Pleasant Garden      County: Guilford
    Weapon: Drowning
     
  60. Date of Murder: October 4, 2007
    Victim Name: Kaye Delaine Conrad, 46
    Alleged Perpetrator: William Smith, 65
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Winston-Salem      County: Forsyth
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  61. Date of Murder: October 4, 2007 (reported missing)
    Victim Name: Donald Bradley Smithwick
    Alleged Perpetrator(s): Janet Denise Harrell, 33 &
    Raymond Christian Jedele, 38
    Relationship: ex-wife and her new partner
    Town: Ahoskie      County: Hertford
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  62. Date of Murder: October 7, 2007
    Victim Name: Joyce Gabbard, 61
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charles Newcomb, 61
    Relationship:
    Town: Elizabeth City      County: Currituck
    Murder Weapon: gun

  63. Date of Murder: October 7, 2007
    Victim Name: Angela Guinn, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jerry Dean Guinn, 49
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Rockingham      County: Rockingham
    Murder Weapon: gun
    Note: Jerry Guinn was not charged until 1/12/2016

  64. *Date of Murder: October 11, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Da’ath Locklear, 4
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robin Croft, 36
    Relationship: Mother
    Town: Gastonia      County: Gaston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  65. Date of Murder: October 19, 2007
    Victim Name: Richard Louis Deas, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Markese Donnell Rice, 27
    Relationship: current girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  66. Date of Murder: October 20, 2007
    Victim Name: Christine Benfield, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joel Bernard Haley, 55
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Marion      County: McDowell
    Murder Weapon: fist
     
  67. Date of Murder: October 28, 2007
    Victim Name: Terrie Dewberry Bertha
    Perpetrator: Mario Jermaine Bertha
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  68. Date of Murder: November 6, 2007
    Victim Name: Naomi Taylor
    Perpetrator: Kevin Kraig Taylor
    Relationship: son
    Town: Kernersville      County: Forsyth
    Murder Weapon:
     
  69. Date of Murder: November 7, 2007
    Victim Name: Donna Berry, 33
    Perpetrator: Harold Eugene Berry
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Gastonia      County: Gaston
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  70. Date of Murder: November 8, 2007 (body found)
    Victim Name: William Brouillard
    Alleged Perpetrator: Amanda Brouillard
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Murder Weapon:
     
  71. Date of Murder: November 10, 2007
    Victim Name: Anthony Devon Judd, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Warren Clifford, 45
    Relationship: Father of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Zebulon      County: Wake
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  72. Date of Murder: November 11, 2007
    Victim Name: Naomi Elizabeth Harris, 61
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Lee Griffith, 62
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh      County: Wake
    Murder Weapon:
     
  73. Date of Murder: November 12, 2007
    Victim Name: Carolyn Barnette, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kenneth Owens
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Bessemer      City County: Gaston
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  74. Date of Murder: November 25, 2007
    Victim Name: Chad Lopez Pollard, 31
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dwayne Maurice Lockhart, 35
    Relationship: Cousin of Victim’s wife’s ex-partner
    Town: Hamlet      County: Richmond
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  75. Date of Murder: November 27, 2007
    Victim Name: Anna Loebsack, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alton McCoy Beasley. 61
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Aiken, SC
    Note: Anna lived in Gastonia, NC, father in Aiken, S C; Father also killed Anna’s sister Elizabeth Beasely of Townville, SC then committed suicide
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  76. Date of Murder: November 28, 2007
    Victim Name: Marsha Gregory Welch, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Alfred  Young Willard III, 53
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Spruce Pine      County: Mitchell
    Murder Weapon: Beaten
     
  77. Date of Murder: December 1, 2007
    Victim Name: Barbara Jean Jackson, 44
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Linwood “Bubba” Gause, 52
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Chadbourn      County: Columbus
    Murder Weapon: knife
     
  78. Date of Murder: December 3, 2007
    Victim Name: Beatrice Fells, 49
    Alleged Perpetrator: Larry Fells
    Relationship: Estranged Husband
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mitchell
    Murder Weapon: Gun
     
  79. Date of Murder: December 4, 2007
    Victim Name: Linda Kathleen Main, 47
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Lane Main, 51
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Courtney      County: Yadkin
    Murder Weapon: Shotgun
     
  80. Date of Murder: December 4, 2007
    Victim Name: Mitchell Todd Stimpson, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Lane Main, 51
    Relationship: Neighbor
    Town: Courtney      County: Yadkin
    Murder Weapon: Shotgun
     
  81. Date of Murder: December 7, 2007
    Victim Name: Ebony Chatell Robinson, 21
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kenneth Earl White, 39
    Relationship: boyfriend
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  82. Date of Murder: December 16, 2007
    Victim Name: Maria Lauterbach, 20
    Alleged Perpetrator: Cesar A. Laurean, 21
    Relationship: other
    Town: Jacksonville      County: Onslow
    Murder Weapon: unknown
     
  83. *Date of Murder: December 20, 2007 Murder/ Suicide
    Victim Name: Stephanie McLean, 44
    Perpetrator: Eric McLean, 44
    Relationship: husband
    Town: Spring Lake      County: Cumberland
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  84. Date of Murder: December 24, 2007
    Victim Name: Heather Lynn Lowery, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Calvin Rippy, 29
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend
    Town: Forest City      County: Rutherford
    Murder Weapon: Strangulation & knife
     
  85. Date of Murder: December 25, 2007
    Victim Name: A. Jeffrey Lee Walton, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Randall Allen Standiffer, 50
    Relationship: ex-boyfriend of victim’s girlfriend
    Town: Hillsborough     County: Orange
    Murder Weapon: gun
     
  86. Date of Murder: December 29, 2007
    Victim Name: Ashlee Jade Holland, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Steven William Hipps, 44
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Indian Trail      County: Union
    Murder Weapon: Strangulation