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28968
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Michael Peterson, a former Durham mayoral candidate and Herald-Sun columnist, was convicted in 2003 for murdering his wife and pleaded innocent. A few months before a May 2017 retrial, he changed his plea to guilty but maintains innocence. After fifteen years, the case concludes but provides little closure to his family.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 7, March 2017, p15-17, por Periodical Website
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27640
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NC State anthropology professor Ann Ross helped solve the murder of Laura Ackerson by Grant Hayes. Ross was asked for help by the NC chief medical examiner and provided evidence that Hayes murdered Ackerson after examining Ackerson’s bones and those of juvenile pigs who had both been cut using a mechanical saw. Specific details of the investigation and Ross’ contribution through her knowledge of anthropology and forensic science are detailed.
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27358
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From the many proceedings occurring over two weeks in Durham County’s Superior Court, the author chose to report on the cases of The State of North Carolina vs. Bernard Lunsford and The State of North Carolina vs. Roland Wesley Stevens. The first case was a murder case and the second was a rape case. The murder victim was one of 71 in the Triangle area in 1990 and the rape case was one of 255 reported in 1990.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 33, August 14-20 1991, p6-9 Periodical Website
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27368
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71 murders were committed in the Triangle area in 1990 which is up from the previous year. While the use of handguns and black-on-black violence is alarming, police attribute the increase in murders to the increase in population in the Triangle, not drugs or gang violence. Most of the murders were not sensational and were committed by acquaintances of the victims. All 71 are recounted on a case-by-case basis.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Jan. 9-15 1991, p1, 7-9 Periodical Website
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27380
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Internationalist Bookstore owner and Triangle area activist Bob Sheldon was recently murdered. Over 400 people attended his viewing and told of his impact on the community. His murder has not been solved and the State Board of Investigation is assisting with the case. Local activists speculate if Sheldon was killed in opposition to the Persian Gulf War. The war is less than a day old and Sheldon was a peace activist and had experienced opposition to his beliefs.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 9, Feb. 27 - March 5 1991, p7 Periodical Website
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27449
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Ming Hai “Jim” Loo, a 24-year-old Chinese-American citizen from Raleigh, was murdered by Robert Piche July 29, 1989. The murder was racially motivated and occurred at Cue ‘N’ Spirits. Piche will receive a sentence of 37 years in prison, but be eligible for parole in 4.5 years. Speculation by viewers prompts questions of justice in the case based on the sentencing and language used on behalf of the witnesses in the trial.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 13, March 29-April 4 1990, p6-9 Periodical Website
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29953
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A United States Supreme Court decision held that the death penalty is an unconstitutionally disproportionate punishment for felony murder when the State does not prove that the defendant himself killed or was associated with killing a victim. This memorandum analyzes the Court’s decision and suggests ways to implement it under North Carolina’s death penalty procedures.
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Record #:
29268
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This article presents the synopses and status reports for ten of the most widely publicized unsolved North Carolina homicides of the past fifteen years. All of these cases are currently under active investigation either by the State Bureau of Investigation or local law enforcement agencies.
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Tar Heel (NoCar F 251 T37x), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Jan 1981, p20-55, il, por
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24663
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This article discusses the mysterious story of when former State Senator Rufus Sidney McCoin went missing in 1932. It was later revealed by an anonymous letter that he was robbed and killed by a group of men who needed money and came upon McCoin on an empty street.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 25 Issue 15, December 1957, p15-16, 32, il
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