DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES IN NORTH CAROLINA
from January 1 - December 15, 2012 (63 Murders)

1. *Date: January 1, 2012 Murder-Suicide
   Victim Name: Isidra Sarabio, 30
   Alleged Perpetrator: Eladio Hernandez-Pelaez, 54
   Relationship: Estranged Husband
   Town: Concord      County: Cabarrus
   Weapon: Firearm
    
2. Date: January 2, 2012
   Victim Name: Joey Derek Squire, 24
   Alleged Perpetrator: Brandon Tyrel Jones, 26
   Relationship: Husband of victim’s acquaintance/friend
   Town: Durham      County: Durham
   Weapon: Firearm
    
3. *Date: January 5, 2012
   Victim Name: Shelby Anne Wilkie, 38
   Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Leroy Wilkie, 39
   Relationship: Husband
   Town: Hendersonville      County: Henderson
   Weapon: Unknown
    
4. *Date: January 13, 2012
   Victim Name: Latricia Scott, 24
   Alleged Perpetrator: Andrew Bernard Adams, 55
   Relationship: Acquaintance
   Town: Wilmington      County: New Hanover
   Weapon: Blunt force trauma
    
5. *Date: January 13, 2012
   Victim Name: Custain "Casey" Lovoya Crisp, 33
   Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Eugene Rone, 41
   Relationship: Boyfriend
   Town: Hillsborough      County: Orange
   Weapon: Firearm
    
6. Date: January 13, 2012
   Victim Name: Justin Barger, 21
   Alleged Perpetrator: Karen Barger, 53
   Relationship: Mother
   Town: Hickory      County: Catawba
   Weapon: Firearm
    
7. *Date: January 14, 2012
   Name: Kayentina “Kay” Delores Little, 36
   Alleged Perpetrator: Jimmy Lee Williams Jr., 31
   Relationship: Boyfriend
   City: Rockingham      County: Richmond
   Weapon: Firearm
    
8. *Date: January 17, 2012 Murder-Suicide
   Victim Name: Diana Townsend Finley, 26
   Alleged Perpetrator: William Finley, 26
   Relationship: Husband
   Town: Trinity      County: Randolph
   Weapon: Firearm
    
9. *Date: January 27, 2012
   Victim Name: Joan Marie Lark, 49
   Alleged Perpetrator Name: Gary Cureton, 54
   Relationship: Ex-Boyfriend
   Town: East Spencer      County: Rowan
   Weapon: Baseball bat
    
10. *Date: February 2, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Kenneth Simmons, 71
    Alleged Perpetrator: Francis Simmons, 71
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Unknown      County: Macon
    Weapon: Firearm
     
11. *Date: February 9, 2012
    Victim Name: Larry Craig Cox, 67
    Alleged Perpetrator Name: Margaret Cox, 56
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Climax     County: Randolph
    Weapon: Firearm
     
12. Date: February 20, 2012
    Victim’s Name: Kadi Paden, 19
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dakota Castner, 22
    Relationship: Victim and Alleged Perpetrator were dating
    the same person
    Town: Concord      County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Knife
     
13. *Date: February 20, 2012
    Victim Name: Charlene Jones, 42
    Alleged Perpetrator: Verna Lee Farmer
    Relationship: Alleged perpetrator was victim’s former boyfriend
    Town: Elm City      County: Wilson
    Weapon: Firearm
     
14. Date: February 20, 2012
    Victim Name: John Henry Little, 61
    Alleged Perpetrator: Verna Lee Farmer
    Relationship: Alleged perpetrator was former boyfriend of victim’s current partner
    Town: Elm City      County: Wilson
    Weapon: Firearm
     
15. Date: March 18, 2012
    Victim Name: Kevin Moseby, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Duane Eric Brown, 30
    Relationship: Victim was the ex-husband of a woman the alleged perpetrator previously dated
    Town: Fayetteville      County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
     
16. Date: March 23, 2012
    Victim Name: Martha Hendrikson Frech, 65
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charles Frech, 70
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Monroe      County: Union
    Weapon: Firearm
     
17. *Date: April 9, 2012
    Victim Name: James Larossa, 51
    Alleged Perpetrator: Carole Larossa, 48
    Relationship: Wife
    Town: Monroe      County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Knife
     
18. *Date: April 11, 2012
    Victim Name: Shawna Givens, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Giocondo Navek, 39
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Fayetteville      County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
     
19. Date: April 16, 2012
    Victim Name: Farrah Christine Anderson, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Bell, 25
    Relationship: Alleged perpetrator was the brother of victim’s former partner
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
     
20. Date: April 16, 2012
    Victim Name: Farrahquan Idre Glenn, 27
    Alleged Perpetrator: Timothy Bell, 25
    Relationship: Alleged perpetrator was the brother of a man who previously dated the victim’s current partner.
    Town: Durham      County: Durham
    Weapon: Firearm
     
21. *Date: April 24, 2012
    Victim Name: Shawntae Nicole McPherson, 24
    Alleged Perpetrator: Gerrard Patterson, 24
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Elizabeth City      County: Pasquotank
    Weapon: Unknown
     
22. *Date: April 26, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Cynthia Joyner, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Carlos Whitaker, 37
    Relationship: Estranged Husband
    Town: Rocky Mount      County: Franklin
    Weapon: Firearm
     
23. *Date: May 6, 2012
    Victim Name: Emanee Womack, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sharrandon Adams, 31
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte      County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Blunt force Trauma
     
24. *Date: May 7, 2012
    Victim Name: Courtney McKinney, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Charles McKinney
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Fayetteville     County: Cumberland
    Weapon: Firearm
     
25. *Date: May 23, 2012
    Victim Name: Sherry Howard, 50
    Alleged Perpetrator: Sonny Lee Howard, 42
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Raleigh     County: Wake
    Weapon: Unknown
     
26. *Date: May 25, 2012
    Victim Name: Chahnaz Kebaier, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: Ali Cherfaoui, 49
    Relationship: Estranged Husband
    Town: Chapel Hill     County: Orange
    Weapon: Firearm
     
27. *Date: May 315, 2012
    Victim Name: Glenda Carolina Magana-Jiron, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Miguel Melo Nolasco, 25
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: McLeansville     County: Guilford
    Weapon: Knife
     
28. *Date: June 4, 2012
    Victim Name: Nancy Margarita Pedraza, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Lucas Villaroel, 23
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Raleigh     County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
     
29. *Date: June 16, 2012
    Victim Name: Lisa Davenport, 52
    Alleged Perpetrator: Scott Davenport, 48
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Gibsonville     County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
     
30. Date: June 23, 2012
    Victim Name: Anita Renee Law, 15
    Alleged Perpetrator: Pernell Jones, 24
    Relationship: Perpetrator was ex-boyfriend of victim’s sister
    Town: Jacksonville     County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm
     
31. *Date: June 26, 2012
    Victim Name: Roger Stew Moody, 45
    Alleged Perpetrator: Morgan Bishop, 24
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: East Flat Rock    County: Henderson
    Weapon: Blunt Force Trauma
     
32. *Date: June 27, 2012
    Victim Name: Elizabeth Hope Cutler, 32
    Alleged Perpetrator: Max Tejada, 24
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Greenville    County: Pitt
    Weapon: Knife
     
33. *Date: June 29, 2012
    Victim Name: Donny Lee Tilly, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kelly Green Robertson, 48
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Walnut Cove     County: Stokes
    Weapon: Firearm
     
34. *Date: July 4, 2012
    Victim Name: Lynn Jackenheimer, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Nathan Summerfield, 27
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Nags Head    County: Dare
    Weapon: Strangulation
     
35. Date: July 4, 2012
    Victim Name: Marisol Rojas
    Alleged Perpetrator: Fernando Carias
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Raleigh    County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
     
36. Date: July 10, 2012
    Victim Name: Pao Yang, 37
    Alleged Perpetrator: Chong Vue Lo, 35
    Relationship: Victim was coworker of alleged perpetrator’s wife
    Town: Concord     County: Cabarrus
    Weapon: Firearm
     
37. Date: July 13, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Jesse Adams, 3
    Alleged Perpetrator: Carey Adams, 34
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Grifton     County: Pitt
    Weapon: Firearm
     
38. *Date: July 14, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Dawn Moss, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Dennis Moss, 60
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Grover    County: Cleveland
    Weapon: Firearm
     
39. *Date: July 22, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Irene Clemmens, 39
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jackie Clemmens, 43
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Morganton    County: Burke
    Weapon: Firearm
     
40. Date: July 23, 2012
    Victim Name: Lonnie Badgett, 51
    Relationship: Perpetrator was police officer dispatched
    to domestic violence call
    Town: Dobson    County: Surry
    Weapon: Firearm
     
41. Date: July 26, 2012
    Victim Name: Deputy William Mast Jr, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mitchell Trivette, 33
    Relationship: Victim was police officer responding to 911 call
    Town: Boone    County: Watuaga
    Weapon: Firearm
     
42. Date: July 27, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Catherine McCutheon, 40
    Alleged Perpetrator: James McCutcheon, 56
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Winton    County: Hertford
    Weapon: Firearm
     
43. Date: August 12, 2012
    Victim Name: Courtney Speight, 23
    Alleged Perpetrator: Donald Davis, 45
    Relationship: Perpetrator was ex-boyfriend of victim
    Town: Wilson    County: Wilson
    Weapon: Unknown
     
44. *Date: August 22, 2012
    Victim Name: Crystal Rae Smith, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Jason Berger, 35
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Aberdeen      County: Moore
    Weapon: Knife
     
45. *Date: August 24, 2012
    Victim Name: Amy Byrd, 33
    Alleged Perpetrator: Monroe Byrd, 46
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Newton      County: Catawba
    Weapon: Knife
     
46. *Date: August 30, 2012
    Victim Name: Agata Vellotti, 43
    Alleged Perpetrator: Mario Vellotti, 64
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Raleigh     County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
     
47. *Date: September 1, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Kathleen Ann Bertrand, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Christopher Bertrand, 42
    Relationship: Ex-Husband
    Town: Raleigh   County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
     
48. Date: September 12, 2012
    Victim Name: Mamie Caldwell Brown, 71
    Alleged Perpetrator: Joseph Green Brown, 68
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Charlotte   County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Blunt force Trauma
     
49. *Date: September 23, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Sarah Harris, 29
    Alleged Perpetrator: Kirk Harris, 26
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Advance   County: Davie
    Weapon: Firearm
     
50. Date: October 6, 2012
    Victim Name: Judith Patel, 63
    Alleged Perpetrator: Lucio Vasquez Valdez, 53
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Laurinburg   County: Scotland
    Weapon: Blunt force Trauma
     
51. Date: October 11, 2012
    Victim Name: Anstin Cieria Alston, 28
    Alleged Perpetrator: Brandon Lynch Bender, 27
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Greensboro   County: Guilford
    Weapon: Firearm
     
52. *Date: October 24, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Jessica Brynn Hart-Hall, 22
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jeremy Darell Hall, 22
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Jacksonville   County: Onslow
    Weapon: Firearm
     
53. Date: October 30, 2012
    Victim Name: Jennifer Crystal Smith, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jacquece Forest, 28
    Relationship: Ex-boyfriend
    Town: Charlotte  County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
     
54. Date: October 30, 2012
    Victim Name: Luc Eric Gonzalez, 25
    Alleged Perpetrator: Jacquece Forest, 28
    Relationship: Perpetrator is ex-boyfriend of victim’s current partner
    Town: Charlotte  County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
     
55. *Date: November 1, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Ida Victoria Valentine, 59
    Alleged Perpetrator: Clyde Valentine, 59
    Relationship: Ex-Husband
    Town: Charlotte  County: Mecklenburg
    Weapon: Firearm
     
56. *Date: November 15, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Mary Ismail, 36
    Alleged Perpetrator: Bobby Ismail, 45
    Relationship: Estranged-Husband
    Town: Monroe  County: Union
    Weapon: Firearm
     
57. *Date: November 22, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Lisa Cooper, 35
    Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Cooper, 39
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Asheville  County: Buncombe
    Weapon: Firearm
     
58. *Date: November 22, 2012
    Victim Name: Lawrence McQueen, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: Latina Ray, 30
    Relationship: Girlfriend
    Town: Bunnlevel  County: Harnett
    Weapon: Firearm
     
59. *Date: December 4, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Amber Seymore, 38
    Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Seymore, 38
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Holly Springs  County: Wake
    Weapon: Firearm
     
60. *Date: December 4, 2012
    Victim Name: Leasa Harper Smith, 41
    Alleged Perpetrator: David Leonard, 65
    Relationship: Boyfriend
    Town: Nashville  County: Nash
    Weapon: Firearm
     
61. Date: December 7, 2012 Murder-Suicide
    Victim Name: Larissa Estrada, 13
    Alleged Perpetrator: Edwin Estrada, 51
    Relationship: Father
    Town: Clinton  County: Sampson
    Weapon: Firearm
     
62. *Date: December 15, 2012
    Victim Name: Stephanie Lagrua, 58
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Lagrua, 61
    Relationship: Husband
    Town: Marshall  County: Madison
    Weapon: Firearm
     
63. Date: December 15, 2012
    Victim Name: Hilma Barnett, 86
    Alleged Perpetrator: James Lagrua, 61
    Relationship: Victim was the mother of alleged perpetrator's wife
    Town: Marshall  County: Madison
    Weapon: Firearm