January 1 - December 25, 2006 (83 Murders)
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- Date of Murder: January 1, 2006
Victim: Karen H. Crawford, 48
Perpetrator: Peter Matson, 48
Weapon: Strangulation
County: Chatham
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: January 8, 2006
Victim Name: Dwayne Jenkins
Alleged perpetrator name: Tamika McMillian
Relationship: live-in girlfriend
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: knife
- 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
- Date of Murder: January 28, 2006
Victim Name: Colonel Roberts
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Ernestine Williams
Relationship: live-in girlfriend
Town: Granville
Murder Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: April 2, 2006
Victim Name: Sara McCormick, 32
Alleged perpetrator name: Tyrone Lancaster, 34
Relationship: husband
Town: Lumberton
Murder Weapon: gun
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: June 10, 2006
Victim Name: Andrea Scott, 17
Alleged Perpetrator: Michael McDonald, 18
Relationship: ex-boyfriend
Town: Fayetteville
Murder Weapon: unknown
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: June 23, 2006
Victim Name: Joey Antonio Nesmith, 26
Alleged Perpetrator: Talathia Brown, 18
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Mecklenburg
Murder Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: July 15, 2006
Victim Name: Amy Devonne Reese, 19
Alleged Perpetrator: Enrique Hernandez
Relationship: live in boyfriend
Town: Sparta
Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: July 26, 2006
Victim Name: Marcus Cureton
Alleged Perpetrator: Tamika Clark, 27
Relationship:
Town: Union County
Murder Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: July 30, 2006
Victim Name: Kenneth Ray Martin, 55
Alleged Perpetrator: Patricia Anne Dewispelaere, 41
Relationship: girlfriend
Town: Rockingham
Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: August 26, 2006
Victim Name: Ceritha Williams, 34
Alleged Perpetrator: Cleveland Troy Hendricks, 18
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Greensboro
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: August 27, 2006
Victim Name: Cassandra Martin
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Christopher Lee Martin, Sr.
Relationship: husband
Town: Graham
Murder weapon: Gun
- Date of Murder: September 5, 2006
Victim Name: Angela Carmon, 39
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rudy Carmon
Relationship: husband
Town: Greenville
Murder Weapon: arson
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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
- Date of Murder: September 28, 2006
Victim Name: Cecil Poythress, 31
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Stephanie Poythress, 32
Relationship: wife
Town: Lillington
Murder Weapon: knife - 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
- Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
Victim Name: Latashia Toomer, 18
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Nathanial Williams, 22
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Wilmington
Murder Weapon: gun
- Date of Murder: October 23, 2006
Victim Name: Priscilla Huffman, 29
Perpetrator: Phillip Huffman, 30
Relationship: husband
Town: Rowan County
Murder Weapon: butcher knife
- Date of Murder: November3, 2006
Victim: Michelle Young, 29
Perpetrator: Jason Young, 32
Town: Raleigh County: Wake
Weapon: Blunt force trauma
- Date of Murder: November 20, 2006
Victim Name: Wendy Sellers, 31
Alleged Perpetrator Name: Rex Sellers, 45
Relationship: husband
Town: Robbinsville
Murder Weapon: gun
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: November 30, 2006
Victim Name: Carolyn Jean King Gray
Alleged Perpetrator: Dominique King
Relationship: husband
Town: Pitt County Murder Weapon: knife
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Date of Murder: December 17, 2006
Victim Name: Nicole Marie Moore, 24
Alleged Perpetrator: Gilbert Charles Whitmire, 51
Relationship: boyfriend
Town: Henderson
Murder Weapon:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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