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Walter Jones: Invalid Wife Overhears Husband's Murder

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:19:37 -0400

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Chun Jones lay in bed helplessly on July 24, 2003, overhearing the sounds of her husband’s murder, but unable to stop it.

Sergeant Gregory Martin: $30K Reward in Police Officer Shooting

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:19:37 -0400

YADKIN COUNTY: Jonesville police sergeant Gregory Keith Martin probably didn’t realize he was about to confront his own murderer when he stopped a red pickup in the early morning of October 5, 1996.

Miguel Cifuentes: Cary Police Work Murder of "Lost Soul"

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:39:14 -0400

WAKE COUNTY: Miguel Ramirez Cifuentes spent most of his time on the streets of Cary, far from his family and native country, living on society's fringe.

Ian Davis: An Unintended Target?

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:32:25 -0400

DURHAM COUNTY: Davis spent the last night of his life at a friend’s townhouse at 1304 Seaton Road in Durham, two blocks from where he lived with his mother. Though Ian was 18, he had a curfew and told friends he should probably go on home. But it was late, and they convinced him to sleep at their place rather than walk home in the dark. They ate some spaghetti, and Davis fell asleep on the couch, his arms around the dog.

Michael LaCass: Gunned Down in Salemburg Driveway

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:05:07 -0400

SAMPSON COUNTY: What would have been Michael LaCass’s 25th birthday came and went last month, and his father feels no closer to justice than he did the night of January 5, 2008, when Michael was shot to death in his sister-in-law’s driveway in Salemburg.

Janet Abaroa: Pregnant Mother Stabbed At Home

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:24:16 -0400

DURHAM COUNTY: Janet Abaroa was at home with her 6-month-old son the night of April 26, 2005 when she was attacked, stabbed repeatedly and left huddled in a pool of blood on her bedroom floor.

Filiberto Moreno-Lopez: Murder Probe of Illegal Alien Presents Challenges

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:38:34 -0500

WAKE COUNTY: Raleigh police are seeking information about the December shooting death of Filiberto Moreno-Lopez.

Allison Jackson Foy: Missing Case Turned Murder

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:29:41 -0400

NEW HANOVER COUNTY: When Allison Jackson Foy disappeared in July 2006, it seemed like a classic case of a woman in trouble walking away from her life. But Allison’s sister, Lisa Valentino, couldn’t believe it. Despite the difficulties, Allison never would have walked away from her life. She had two daughters she loved very much, and always spoke up when she was in trouble.

Sharon Helphrey: Police Stand At Dead-End in 2001 Murder

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:51:49 -0400

WAYNE COUNTY: In the eight years since Sharon Helphrey was brutally murdered in her Goldsboro home, investigators just cannot get a break in this case.

Kelly Morris: The Unyielding Search for a Missing Mom

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:16:32 -0400

GRANVILLE COUNTY: Pat Currin arrived at his daughter’s house in Stem on September 4, 2008 while the fire was still burning. He looked on as authorities battled the blaze. His son-in-law, Scott Morris, was talking to the fire investigators about trouble the couple had been having with some of the brand new home’s light fixtures.

Cindy Kirk: Slain in Broad Daylight

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:50:17 -0400

DURHAM COUNTY: On a quiet street in an affluent Durham neighborhood, Cindy Kirk , 34, was attacked in her driveway in broad daylight while a construction crew worked on a house down the block and a landscaper mowed the lawn across the street. She was stabbed multiple times, twice in the heart, but no one saw the attack. Her final scream, heard by the landscaper across the street, were brushed off as the high-pitched squeal of a child who's fallen of her bike.

Wilbert Caine: Man Killed by Shots Intended for Dealer

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:50:25 -0500

HALIFAX COUNTY: April Caine said a quick prayer before she took a breath and recounted the night she got the news her father had been murdered. He was shot in an acquaintance’s kitchen, an apparent robbery gone bad, and died within minutes.

Rick and Karen Brown: Peaceful Couple Killed in Home Break-In

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:35:14 -0500

CHATHAM COUNTY: Rick and Karen’s peace was permanently disturbed on April 19, 2005. They spent the day at a Blues Festival in Greenville and returned home to their killer. The couple was found a week later by Karen’s sister, Rhonda Barham.

Robbie Jacobs: 20-Year-Old Shot to Death, Pot Stolen

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:22:55 -0500

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Jacobs’ father found his 20-year-old son on July 18, 1997, slumped over on the couch. At first he thought Jacobs was asleep but within hours he would learn his son had been shot three times in the back of the head.

Tommy Priest: Governor Offers $5K Reward for Info

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:23:17 -0500

ROBESON COUNTY: On December 4, 1994, police officers responded to a 911 call from a carful of men who passed a body in the road. They did not know if the man they saw -- 36-year-old Thomas Earl Priest -- was dead or alive.

Joshua Davis: Hit and Run or Homicide?

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:09:45 -0400

WAKE COUNTY: It could have been a mother’s intuition. On January 6, 2004 Judy Creech felt something troubling her. It was an unsettling gut reaction she couldn’t shake.

Kathi Goff Kennedy: For Fourteen Years, A Family Mourns

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:41:42 -0400

Kathi Goff Kennedy was brutally murdered in her Kernersville home on October 17, 1994. Her two daughters were in the home at the time and left unharmed.

Ray Dennis: Hit and Run Unsolved Despite Rumors

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:57:11 -0400

HARNETT COUNTY: Twenty one years ago today, Ray Dennis left his home in Erwin for the Mule Days Festival in Benson. He and a friend went every year, but this time, Dennis never came home. He was 25.

Jennifer Short: Body Found in NC, Parents Killed in VA

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:15:54 -0500

It’s been six years since Michael and Mary Francis Short were brutally murdered inside their home in Bassett, Virginia. Their 9-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was later found dead in North Carolina, about 40 miles from the Short family residence.

Derek Hodge: No Suspects in Murder of A&T Student

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:13:10 -0400

GUILFORD COUNTY: Eva Hodge couldn’t fall asleep the night before her birthday. Something was gnawing at her. She got out of bed, walked to the back room of the house and watched television until morning.

Corolla Horses: $12,550 Reward for Horse Shootings

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:40:38 -0400

CURRITUCK COUNTY: The Wild Horses of Corolla embody the spirit of the Outer Banks. Beauty, serenity, tranquility. "There's something very romantic about the thought of these horses, being able to roam wherever they want," says Karen McCalpin, Executive Director of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund. "They're part of the heritage and culture of the Outer Banks. They're also a treasure trove of genetic history."

Lisa Hohman: Missing Teen Found Dead Near Home

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:11:28 -0400

ROBESON COUNTY:It's been nearly two years since the skeletal remains of a missing Maxton girl were discovered near her home in Robeson County.

William Simon: One Year Later and Still No Body

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:27:10 -0400

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Cumberland County detectives continue to work leads and establish a timeline in the case of missing cabbie William Simon, of Fayetteville.

Usama Husein: $75,000 Reward in Unsolved Drive-By

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:47:00 -0400

WAKE COUNTY: He was a teenager in a nice North Raleigh neighborhood. When Usama Husein’s parents pulled into their driveway on a rainy Friday night in April of 2000, they thought their son was on his way to Myrtle Beach. He was lying dead in a ditch in their neighbors’ front yard.

Debbie Key: Suspect Confessed Yet Free

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:17:57 -0400

ORANGE COUNTY: Call it an act of desperation. Call it a last resort. When the Carrboro Police Department drew up a fake letter and phony arrest warrant for the man suspected of murdering 35-year-old Deborah Key, they got what they were hoping for: a killer’s confession. But their backhanded tactics got the confession thrown out of court.

Sherry Bean: Survivor's Story

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:27:09 -0400

MOORE COUNTY: Sherry Bean doesn’t remember the night it happened. She doesn’t remember the two days before it happened, nor does she remember the agonizing months that followed.

Alice Burgess: A Family Walks With Ghosts

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:28:58 -0500

VANCE COUNTY: Alice Burgess, mother of 3, was brutally beaten to death in 1977. The family she left behind clings to her memory, and struggles to find peace among the rubble of a troubled past.

George Capps: Assassinated?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:13:49 -0500

SAMPSON COUNTY: Was he assassinated? Who was George Capps? Friends and family say he was a regular guy doing his job.

Cecil Chacon: Buried In His Backyard

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:03:16 -0400

VANCE COUNTY: Police found Cecil Chacon’s 1976 Buick Skylark abandoned on the outskirts of Henderson at about 4 a.m. on June 9th, 1992. It wasn’t like him. Cecil Chacon was a salt-of-the-earth guy, a loving father and a hard worker who held down three jobs. The next day, the deputy who found Cecil Chacon's car had a message waiting for him from Cecil Chacon’s mother, Bessie. She and her son were very close. They talked on the phone almost daily. So when she hadn’t heard from him in several days and he never came by his ex-wife's house to pick up his children as planned, Cecil Chacon's mother sensed something was terribly wrong.

Rosa Lee Crabtree: Violence Against the Elderly

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:19:48 -0500

DURHAM COUNTY: Rosa Lee Crabtree had just returned home from church and was getting ready to go to bed when it happened. Tony Crabtree checked on his 68-year-old mother on his way to work every morning, and on November 7, 2005, found her on the living room floor. She had been stabbed five times with a pair of scissors she kept in a kitchen drawer.

Jimmy Davis: Map To The Unknown

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:38:58 -0400

HARNETT COUNTY: He earned his keep traveling up and down the east coast, cleaning up storm debris. Back in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo hit the east coast, Jimmy Davis was a busy man. The Dunn native rarely visited his family, but they knew he would stop by for three special days: his mom's birthday, Mother's Day and Christmas.

Pete Hicks: Who Cut the Tree?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:38:57 -0400

GRANVILLE COUNTY: Denise Hicks likes motorcycles, but she never wanted the ride in early May to become such a longstanding event.

Creg Johnson: After 3 Years, Reward Upped to $10K

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:18:39 -0400

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: It has become a sad yearly tradition for Linda and Vernice Thomas. They get up early in the morning a week before Thanksgiving and drive from their home in Greensboro to Fayetteville.

Brittany Lynn Locklear: Bus Stop Abduction

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:02:34 -0400

HOKE COUNTY: The 5-year-old girl was waiting for the school bus at the end of her driveway when it happened.

Linda Meeker: Two Decades Later, Family Still Seeks Closure

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:59:41 -0400

SAMPSON COUNTY: 19-year-old Linda Meeker was found stabbed to death on her bathroom floor in 1984. Today, Linda's murder remains unsolved.

Baby Michael: Infant Tossed Out of Car

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:54:26 -0500

CUMBERLAND COUNTY:It’s doubtful the baby ever had a name. He was killed less than a day after he was born. Police don’t know where that was – it could have been in a car, maybe a cheap motel, maybe a closet.

Bonnie Neighbors: More Tips Needed

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:12:19 -0400

JOHNSTON COUNTY: “This person has been eliminated as a suspect at this time,” Sheriff Bizzell said. “This investigation will proceed in new directions.”

Ruby Ryals: 90-Year-Old Smothered With a Pillow

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:36:05 -0400

HARNETT COUNTY: When Wesley Ryals walked into his mother’s home to pick her up for the Thanksgiving holiday, he found her frail body motionless on the bed, the house exactly as he had remembered it. Someone had smothered her with a pillow before stealing her pocketbook and the diamond wedding ring from her left hand.

Latasha Sutton: Young Mom Shot, Baby Nearby

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:27:07 -0400

WAYNE COUNTY: Latasha Sutton was 19 years old, changed by the birth of her son from a happy-go-lucky teen to a caring mother. In 2003, she was murdered in her Goldsboro apartment. The case remains unsolved.

Beth-Ellen Vinson: Girl With Big Dreams

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:53:42 -0400

WAKE COUNTY: It's the story of another unsolved murder in Raleigh. In 1994, a 17-year-old beauty queen and dancer left her home in Goldsboro for Raleigh, with dreams of becoming a Broadway dancer. Beth-Ellen Vinson’s parents begged her to wait until she finished high school, even promised her that if she graduated, they would set her up in apartment in New York and support her until she caught a break.

Pamela Mikels Waldher: Remains Found

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:37:20 -0400

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: She was a star student and vanished. Now, NC WANTED has discovered her true status.

STORY ARCHIVES: Janet Abaroa Homicide Case

Wed, 13 May 2009 19:28:24 -0400

STORY ARCHIVES: Janet Abaroa Homicide Case

Jennifer Kathleen Nielsen: Pregnant Woman Slain Behind Food Mart

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:54:17 -0400

WAKE COUNTY: View it online. The Autopsy Report confirms that Jenna died of a single stab wound to her neck. A one-inch-wide wound went 3.7 inches into the left side of Jenna Nielsen's neck, hitting her carotid artery and her internal jugular vein, the autopsy found.

PHOTO GALLERY: See More Photos of Jenna and Family

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:57:50 -0400

PHOTO GALLERY: See More Photos of Jenna and Family

STORY ARCHIVES: Jenna Nielsen Homicide

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:35:05 -0400

STORY ARCHIVES: Jenna Nielsen Homicide

Michelle Young: Valentine's Day Surprise for Jason Young: Investigators Serve Warrants and Search Homes Belonging to Jason Young's Mother and Sister

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:04:49 -0400

WAKE and TRANSYLVANIA COUNTIES: Michelle Young joins the tragic trilogy of murdered pregnant mothers in our area. If you have information about the unsolved murder of Michelle Young, call NC WANTED Toll Free or click on 'Report A Tip.'

NC WANTED EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Pat Young, Mother of Jason Young

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:37:45 -0500

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY: Now hear NC WANTED's Exclusive Interview with Pat Young, Mother of Jason Young as she vents her anger to NC WANTED.

PHOTO GALLERY: Michelle Young Case Images

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:02:31 -0400

PHOTO GALLERY: People magazine featured the case of Michelle Young's murder in the Jan 12, 2006, issue.

MORE PHOTOS: Family Marks 1 Year Anniversary of Michelle Young's Death

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:00:27 -0400

MORE PHOTOS: Michelle Young's mother remembered her Saturday during a graveside memorial service. One year ago today, the 29-year-old pregnant mother of one was found dead in her Wake County home.

STORY ARCHIVES: Michelle Young Case

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:46:26 -0500

STORY ARCHIVES: Michelle Young Case