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Upchurch, who denied all charges, was found guilty of first degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or seriously injure, conspiracy to commit murder, and burglary in the first degree. [4] For these crimes he was sentenced, respectively, to death, 20 years, 6 years and life. Upchurch's death sentence was set aside on ...
A rip current at Surf City claimed the life of a Wilmington man, whose final moments highlighted his deep devotion to his family. Wilmington father's final act showed his love for family, wife of ...
Henry Dortress "Dickie" Marrow Jr. (January 7, 1947 – May 12, 1970) was an African-American veteran of the Army and known for being shot and killed by whites in a racial confrontation in Oxford, North Carolina, at the age of 23. His murder and the acquittal of two suspects by an all-white jury were catalysts for a renewal of civil rights ...
In 2017, a man was charged with second-degree murder in her presumed death, but her body was never found. Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk was last seen in downtown Wilmington at 7 p.m. on April 5, 2014.
Charlotte, North Carolina: Robinson was killed when Officer Martray Proctor crashed into her vehicle at high speed while responding to assist another officer on a routine traffic stop. He did not activate his sirens. Proctor was sentenced to three-years of probation. [237] March 29, 2009 Stephanie Montague: 40 Frayser, Tennessee
An executive in the packaging industry, Jason Corbett had relocated from Ireland to North Carolina with his American wife, Molly, and two children from the marriage to his first wife, who died in ...
The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, [6] was a municipal-level coup d'état and a massacre that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. [7]
Of the 12 homicides reported by Wilmington police in 2023, six of them were "determined to have a domestic/household violence nexus," according to the Wilmington city clerk. Two of the 12 ...