NCCADV - North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence

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NCCADV
123 W. Main Street, Suite 700
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919.956.9124
FAX: 919.682.1449
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES IN NORTH CAROLINA
from January 1 - December 10, 2002 (79 Murders)

NCCADV is aware of the following domestic violence related homicides that have occurred in North Carolina this year. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims. We appreciate your support in working to end domestic violence.

Too many lives have been lost… one life is too many.

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, 0 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: fiance 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