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 29, 2007 (86 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 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: February 25, 2007 Victim Name: Michelle Vasquez, 27 Alleged Perpetrator Name: Jocquelette N. Rawling, 20 Relationship: girlfriend Town: Fayetteville County: Cumberland Weapon: pushed off balcony
15.	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
16.	Date of Murder: March 10, 2007 Victim Name: not released Alleged Perpetrator: Derrick Shane Todd, 35 Relationship: Town: Rocky Point County: Pender Weapon: beating
17.	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
18.	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
19.	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
20.	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
21.	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
22.	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
23.	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
24.	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
25.	Date of Murder: March 31, 2007 Victim Name: Shana Hutchins, 28 Alleged Perptrator Name: Antonia, Leatis Artis, 35 Relationship: boyfriend Town: Fremont County: Wilson Weapon:
26.	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
27.	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
28.	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
29.	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
30.	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
31.	Date of Murder: May 28, 2007 Victim Name: Diane Locklear, 49 Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Hunt, 49 Relationship: husband Town: Charlotte County: Mecklenburg Weapon:
32.	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
33.	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
34.	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
35.	Date of Murder: June 25, 2007 Victim Name: Tammy Duval Perpetrator: Marshall Duval Relationship: current husband Town: Greenville County: Pitt Weapon: pistol
36	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:
37.	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
38.	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
39.	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:
40.	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
41.	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
42.	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
43.	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
44.	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”
45.	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
46.	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
47.	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
48.	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
49.	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
50.	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
51.	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
52.	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
53.	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
54.	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
55.	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
56.	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:
57.	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
58.	Date of Murder: September 12, 2007 Victim Name: Jennifer Turner, 54 Alleged Perpetrator Name: Kirk Allen Turner, 50 Relationship: Estranged Husband Town: Mocksville County : Davie Mu59.rder Weapon: knife
59.	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
60.	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
61.	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
62.	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
63.	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
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: ourtney 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