2021 North Carolina Domestic Violence Homicides

January 14, 2021 - Joshua Brandon Pritchard, 37

Alleged Perpetrator: Robin Daniels Eudy, 43
Relationship: Partner
Town: Marion 
County: McDowell
Weapon: Firearm
MARION, NC (FOX Carolina) – Deputies in McDowell County said a woman has been charged with murder after they found her boyfriend shot to death in a car outside his home.

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January 17, 2021 - Yvonne Elizabeth Christiansen, 54

Alleged Perpetrator: Anthony Eugene Jooker, 57
Relationship: Ex-partner
Town: Sanford
County: Lee
Weapon: Firearm
A Lee County couple died Sunday in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide.
Anthony Eugene Hooker, 57, and Yvonne Elizabeth Christiansen, 54, were found dead about 4 p.m.

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January 25, 2021 - Louise Seslar, 74

Alleged Perpetrator: Robert Seslar, 63
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Bostic
County: Rutherford
Weapon: Firearm
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC (WSPA) – Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office officials is investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened at a home in Bostic.

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February 4, 2021 - Blanca E. Cadavid, 34

Alleged Perpetrator: Josue Drumond-Cruz, 34
Relationship: Partner
Town: High Point
County: Guilford
Weapon: Firearm
Note: Mr. Drumond-Cruz was killed in a stand-off with police hours after he allegedly killed Ms. Cadavid. Three officers were shot by Mr. Drumond-Cruz during the altercation.
Police identified the woman in the house as Blanca E. Cadavid. She was killed several hours before officers found her body, according to the medical examiner.

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February 23, 2021 - Larry Donnell Morrisey, 48

Alleged Perpetrator: Beronica Brooks, 48
Relationship: Ex-partner
Town: Wendell
County: Wake
Weapon: Unknown
A soured relationship between a Chapel Hill firefighter and a woman he used to date has ended in three deaths.

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February 23, 2021 - Unreleased, 9

Alleged Perpetrator: Beronica Brooks, 48
Relationship: Unknown
Town: Wendell
County: Wake
Weapon: Unknown

Note: A 9-year-old girl was killed during a domestic violence murder-suicide. Although the details of her relationship to the adult victim and alleged perpetrator are currently unknown, she is included in this list because she was killed during an act of domestic violence.

February 25, 2021 - Enelrae Collier Rubenstahl, 59

Alleged Perpetrator: Leo George Rubenstahl, 57
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Linden
County: Cumberland
Weapon: Firearm
A Linden man remained in custody Wednesday in the shooting death of his wife last week.

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February 28, 2021 - Monica Williams Rathburn, 35

Alleged Perpetrator: Ricky Dale Murphy
Relationship: Partner
Town: Burnsville
County: Yancey
Weapon: Unknown
The Burnsville Police Department is currently conducting a death investigation from an incident that occurred on 2/28/21 within the city limits.  

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March 4, 2021 - Judy Allred Helms, 72

Alleged Perpetrator: Rickey Allen Holdsclaw, 72
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Gastonia
County: Gaston
Weapon: Firearm
Police arrested a 71-year-old man who is accused of killing his 72-year-old wife in Gastonia Thursday morning.

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March 8, 2021 - Paula “Marie” Booth, 38

Alleged Perpetrator: Jason Marshall Duncan, 39
Relationship: Undisclosed
Town: Lewisville
County: Forsyth
Weapon: Firearm
The Burnsville Police Department is currently conducting a death investigation from an incident that occurred on 2/28/21 within the city limits.  

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April 2, 2021 - Mahogany Battle, 30

Alleged Perpetrator: Marcus Bridgers, 33
Relationship: Current or former partner
Town: Tarboro
County: Edgecombe
Weapon: Firearm
A woman died, and deputies say the suspect shot himself this morning in Edgecombe County.  

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April 2, 2021 - Evelyn House, 50

Alleged Perpetrator: Ronnie Williams, 50
Relationship: Partner
Town: Windsor
County: Bertie
Weapon: Unknown
Windsor police say that a woman’s boyfriend has been charged with her murder.

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April 4, 2021 - Christina Matos, 20

Alleged Perpetrator: Eric Gael Hernandez-Mendez, 20
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Raleigh
County: Wake
Weapon: Unknown
A 20-year-old Raleigh student who was found dead in her apartment last week was stabbed to death, records show.

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April 10, 2021 - Shannelle Patterson, 31

Alleged Perpetrator: Eric Daniel Lipford, 33
Relationship: Current or former partner
Town: Craven
County: Forsyth
Weapon: Firearm
A man charged with shooting his girlfriend to death in the BridgePointe Hotel parking lot on April 10, was the father of her baby and brought her to New Bern to escape involvement in an alleged homicide in Plymouth, according to family members. 

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April 12, 2021 - Cherie Shavon Ingram, 38

Alleged Perpetrator: Keon Latroy Pernell, 40
Relationship: Partner
Town: Gastonia
County: Gaston
Weapon: Unknown
A man was arrested and charged with murder after his missing girlfriend was found dead in Gastonia.

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April 21, 2021 - Abraham Markham, 22

Alleged Perpetrator: Morgan Gullie, 22
Relationship: Partner
Town: Durham
County: Durham
Weapon: Knife
Deputies learned that Abraham Markham and his girlfriend, Morgan Gullie, 22, of Durham, were driving down New Light and Ghoston roads when a fight broke out within the vehicle. During the fight, Gullie allegedly stabbed Markham.

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April 24, 2021 - Porsche Nicole Lloyd, 30

Alleged Perpetrator: Terry Wayne Stephens, 44
Relationship: Partner
Town: Charlotte
County: Mecklenburg
Weapon: Unknown
A young mother was found dead inside a southwest Charlotte hotel room just weeks after she moved her family to the city.

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May 5, 2021 - Sean Michael Wishart, 45

Alleged Perpetrator: Wendy Sue Wishart, 41
Relationship: Ex-spouse
Town: Raleigh
County: Wake
Weapon: Firearm
Note: Ms. Wishart is facing murder charges but alleges that there was a history of stalking and domestic violence in the relationship.
A 45-year-old man has died from his injuries after a shooting in Brier Creek on Wednesday night.

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May 8, 2021 - Kristin Nicole Spear Mendez, 33

Alleged Perpetrator: Willie Junior Snuggs, 43
Relationship: Partner
Town: Winston-Salem
County: Forsyth
Weapon: Firearm
Kristin Nicole Mendez, age 33, was fatally shot in  Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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May 9, 2021 - Christina Marie Hassell Bueno, 33

Alleged Perpetrator: Jaime Fernando Bueno, 35
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Clayton
County: Johnston
Weapon: Firearm
A Clayton dad killed his wife and then himself in their son’s bedroom Sunday night, police say.

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May 18, 2021 - Sharen Karen McSwain White, 47

Alleged Perpetrator: Santago Oslo White, 56
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Raleigh
County: Wake
Weapon: Firearm
Sharen Karen lit any room that she entered and was the life of every party. Her radiant smile and loving voice will ring in our hearts and minds throughout eternity.

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May 27, 2021 - Debbie Owens, 40

Alleged Perpetrator: Jimmy Dale Sheffield, 52
Relationship: Partner
Town: Seagrove
County: Moore
Weapon: Unknown
At 7:40 a.m. on May 27, investigators said 40-year-old Debbie Owens was found dead in her bedroom by another resident in the home, who was checking on the victim after not being seen since Monday night. The cause of death was ruled a homicide.

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May 29, 2021 - Ashley Maria Marquez, 29

Alleged Perpetrator: June Kennard Brantley, 30
Relationship: Partner
Town: Charlotte
County: Mecklenburg
Weapon: Unknown
Police responded to a welfare check on Biscayne Drive and found 29-year-old Ashly Marie Marquez dead.

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June 5, 2021 - Iris Ranae Robinson, 51

Alleged Perpetrator: Jessie Allen, 60
Relationship: Partner
Town: Newton
County: Catawba
Weapon: Firearm
On June 5 around 10:45 a.m., officers responded to the 700 block of S. Caldwell Ave. after receiving a call about one female being shot. Once officers got on the scene, they located 51-year-old Iris Ranae Robinson who had multiple gunshot wounds. Robinson was pronounced dead on the scene.

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June 10, 2021 - Sirijan Dupree, 53

Alleged Perpetrator: Zeno Dupree, 76
Relationship: Spouse
Town: Maury
County: Greene
Weapon: Firearm
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after they say a woman was shot and killed by her husband.

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June 19, 2021 - Brandy Lynn Price, 39

Alleged Perpetrator: William Dean Hewett, 54
Relationship: Ex-partner
Town: Atkinson
County: Pender
Weapon: Unknown
According to a news release from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office, 54-year-old William Dean Hewett was charged with first-degree murder after his estranged girlfriend, Brandy Lynn Price, was found dead on College Street on Saturday.

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June 21, 2021 - Gianna Rose Delgado, 19

Alleged Perpetrator: Michael Louise Cadogan, 24
Relationship: Partner
Town: High Point
County: Guilford
Weapon: Strangulation
A North Carolina man is accused of strangling a woman to death and then trying to dispose of her body in a lake in Tennessee.

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June 25, 2021 - Kerra Shawniece Hauser, 22

Victim Name: Kerra Shawniece Hauser, 22
Alleged Perpetrator: Monti Trashawn Jarrett, 24
Relationship: Partner
Town: East Bend
County: Yadkin
Weapon: Firearm
Deputies in Yadkin County are investigating a murder-suicide after two people were shot and killed on Friday, according to a Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office news release.

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