FBI offers $75,000 reward, renews plea for tips in deaths of 3 Lumberton women

The FBI is renewing its call for information related to three Lumberton women who were found dead within a four-block radius in 2017 between April and June.

Posted 5:45 p.m. Apr 18 — Updated 6:09 p.m. Apr 18

LUMBERTON, N.C. — The FBI is renewing its call for information related to three Lumberton women who were found dead within a four-block radius in 2017 between April and June.

The FBI has offered a reward of $75,000 for information to help solve the deaths of Rhonda Jones, Christina Bennett and Megan Oxendine, who were all found dead within six weeks of each other in 2017.

Investigators are trying to determine if the three deaths are linked in any way. In a video update from the FBI, a lieutenant with the Lumberton Police Department said they are still trying to establish when the women were last seen alive, and even a small tip could make strides in the case.

"We're still trying to confirm exactly when Rhonda, Christina and Megan were last seen and who they were with," said Lt. Jennifer White. "We need that timeline to assist in our investigation and give the families of these women much-needed answers and some closure."

In 2018, Shelia Price told WRAL News she was haunted by the fact that she doesn’t know who killed her daughter, Rhonda.

“She was found in a city trash can, upside down, naked,” Price said.

Jones, a 32-year-old mother of five, was found behind a home on 5th Street on April 18, 2017.

“She wasn’t stabbed, she wasn’t shot, she was not beat or strangled,” Price said.

The same day, the body of 32-year-old Bennett was found inside a TV cabinet in an abandoned home on Peachtree Street. Six weeks later, a teenager discovered the body of 28-year-old Oxendine behind a house on 8th Street.

Investigators hope a higher reward will encourage anyone who has been hesitant or fearful of talking to come forward.

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