UPDATE: Police reveal how missing North Carolina women likely died, confirm vehicle belonged to Paige Escalera North Carolina police said Monday they had found two bodies inside a grey 2013 Dodge Dart matching the description of a vehicle belonging to one of two recently engaged women who haven’t been seen since April 15. In a Facebook …
Police in coastal North Carolina are asking for help locating two Wilmington women who haven’t been seen since April 15. Stephanie Mayorga, 27, and Paige Escalera, 25, were last seen in the north of the city, not far from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington campus, the Wilmington Police Department said. They may have been in …
“There’s a guy at my house shooting right now.” Those were the chilling words Chatham County, North Carolina, dispatchers heard late Sunday afternoon, from a voice that told them he was hiding in a closet and to “please get somebody here to the house.” By the time deputies arrived and sorted out the gruesome scene, …
A 6-month-old North Carolina boy whose disappearance on Thursday night sparked an AMBER Alert was reportedly found dead on Saturday morning at a cemetery. WBTV reported that Chi-Liam Cody Brown-Erickson’s body was discovered at the Sharon Memorial Park cemetery in Charlotte at 4 a.m. The infant and his mother, Tamara Brown, 30, reportedly vanished from …
A North Carolina sheriff said Wednesday that a body found in a burnt out truck last fall was that of a missing woman believed to have been killed along with two of her children in the summer. Maria Calderon Martinez, 38, had been reported missing after her home in the Sugar Loaf community in Alexander …
A North Carolina couple was arrested this week intentional child abuse causing serious bodily injury after their 2-year-old child was found severely malnourished with multiple fractures and brain injuries. Jade Newman, 21, and Delane Bostic, 25, made their first court appearance in Fayetteville on Friday and were ordered held on $250,000 bond each, ABC 11 …
A North Carolina man has been charged with holding a woman as his sex slave for five years, Fox 8 reported. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it received a tip from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and launched an investigation immediately, leading them to Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48. He was arrested without incident at …
A North Carolina community was stunned this week when video surfaced showing a county sheriff’s deputy — serving as a school resource officer — pick up a student and slam him onto the floor, then do it again, before dragging the student further down the hall. CBS 17 reported that Vance County Sheriff Curtiss Brame …
A Morganton, North Carolina, couple wanted to take their relationship to the next level this week, so they staged a robbery at the convenience store where the would-be bride worked and bought engagement rings at the local Walmart. Callie Elizabeth Carswell, 24, and Clarence William Moore III, 40, even made a video of their engagement, …
A mother was charged with misdemeanor child abuse months after her 3-year-old son fell to his death at a North Carolina airport. WSOC-TV reported that Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have issued an arrest warrant for Jitteria Lightner in connection with Jaiden Cowart’s death at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on September 25. The deadly incident reportedly occurred in …
A high school teacher was found dead with her husband in their North Carolina home on Wednesday, days after she was criminally charged for allegedly having sexual relations with a student. The Huntersville Police Department said the bodies of Emma Ogle, 63, and Michael Ogle, 59, were discovered at their Huntsville home after someone called …
On Thursday, authorities in North Carolina arrested the grandmother of three children who were reportedly found malnourished and living in deplorable conditions weeks earlier. WRAL reported that Laura Beck, 48, also lived in the Harnett County home with her daughter, Savannah Lewis, 29, who was arrested on October 10. Lewis’ arrest came seven days after …
