Former Paramedic, Accused of Killing Wife With Eyedrops, Now Charged Trying to Implicate In-Laws
Murder
Prosecutors say Joshua Hunsucker staged a kidnapping and accused his father-in-law and poisoned his own 10-year-old daughter.
Child Abuse
August 1, 2024
NC Mom & Dad Arrested After Baby Found With Cigarette Lighter Burns & Bites
A North Carolina couple was arrested over the weekend after family members requested a welfare check on their 10-month-old baby after finding “bruises and other unexplained markings” on the infant’s body. The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said it began its investigation on July 23 and found “several bruises and injuries” on the child. The baby …
Murder
July 30, 2024
Woman Found Dead in North Carolina Lake Died From Gunshot to the Back
A North Carolina woman found dead in a Chatham County lake nearly a year ago had a gunshot wound to the back. The North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Monday that the gunshot was the likely cause of death for 34-year-old Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, and the manner was homicide, according to …
Murder
July 30, 2024
Teen Found Shot to Death on NC Park Picnic Table
Police in North Carolina are investigating after a 19-year-old woman was found shot to death on a picnic table at a Greensboro park. Jakala Marie Goode was pronounced dead at the scene, the Greensboro Police Department said. Officers were called to the scene at about 7:30 p.m. by a caller who reported hearing what they …
Murder
July 26, 2024
NC Man Charged With Murder After His Missing Father Is Found Dead
A 21-year-old North Carolina man was arrested for murder after his missing father was found dead in Charlotte. Fred Dunlap, 79, was reported missing last Friday, and a Missing and Endangered Alert issued on Tuesday. Family members said he rquired medications and didn’t have them with him when he disappeared, Queen City News reported. Charlotte-Mecklenburg …
Murder
July 24, 2024
Mom, 39, Charged With Murder in ‘Mercy Killing’ of 9-Month-Old Baby
A North Carolina woman has been arrested for the “mercy killing” of her 9-month-old daughter. Megan Stack Sattizahn, 39, was arrested on Friday, a week after deputies found her walking naked and disoriented near her home in Catawba County, WSOC reported. The deputies followed her when she ran off to her home, where she stopped …
Missing
July 11, 2024
Missing Madalina Cojocari’s Mother Reportedly Leaves the US for Eastern Europe
A Facebook group dedicated to helping find Madalina Cojocari, the 11-year-old North Carolina girl who disappeared in late 2022, has posted an image it says shows the girl’s mother, Diana Cojocari, leaving the United States. Police in Cornelius officially named Diana Cojocari, a Moldovan citizen, a suspect in her daughter’s disappearance late last month, a …
Murder
July 5, 2024
NC Man Charged With Murder After Woman Found Dead
North Carolina police took a man into custody for murder Thursday after a brief standoff. Buncombe County deputies responded to a domestic violence call at a home in Weaverville, north of Asheville, Thursday afternoon and arrested Eric Gentle for the murder of Diane Lofland, WLOS reported. Lofland’s body was found at a home elsewhere in …
Elderly Abuse
July 2, 2024
NC Man Arrested for Keeping Elderly Woman at Home With Dozens of Feral Wolf-Dogs
Sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina arrested a man this month after they found an elderly woman and more than 40 hybrid wolf-dogs living in a home that was “uninhabitable for people and dogs.” The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said it began it’s investigation earlier this month and arrested Melvin “Sonny” Berry on June 24 on …
Murder
June 29, 2024
North Carolina Mom Charged With Killing 2 of Her Adopted Children, All Held Under Horrific Circumstances
A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with killing two of her adopted children who haven’t been seen for years. Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden said that Avantae Deven faces multiple charges relating to the disappearance and death of Blake and London Deven, WTVD reported. “Our evidence shows that both Blake and London …
June 25, 2024
Missing Madalina Cojocari’s Mother Named Suspect in Her Disappearance
Police in North Carolina on Monday named Diana Cojocari a suspect in the 2022 disappearance of her daughter ,Madalina Cojocari. The Cornelius Police Department made the announcement in a Facebook post on Monday. Cojocari and her husband, Christopher Palmiter, were both arrested in December 2022 and charged with failing to report the disappearance of the …
Murder
June 12, 2024
Missing North Carolina Woman Found Dead; Man Arrested
A missing North Carolina woman was found dead Tuesday in an abandoned mobile home in Chester. Donna Coley, 56, was reported missing on May 31. She was last seen at about 3:30 a.m. the day before. Her vehicle was found abandoned just outside the city. The Chester County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested 70-year-old …