Death Penalty for Dad who Raped 15-Year-Old Daughter Before Slitting her Throat
Murder
On Friday, a North Carolina man was sentenced to death for murdering and raping his 15-year-old daughter in 2019. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, was convicted in Union County of strangling and slitting Zaria Burgess’ throat after psychologically and sexually torturing her for 22 hours. The teen’s body was discovered after her father walked into a …