Unsolved cases
Homicides and other crimes with no one held responsible. Some are a century old. Some are from this year.
Edgecombe County serial killer
The Edgecombe County serial killer is an unidentified serial killer in the surroundings of Edgecombe and Halifax counties in North Carolina, United States. There are ten suspected victims, all African-American women, and the remains of eight have been recovered. Because some of the victims had been found near the Seven Bridges Road in Rocky Mount, the culprit has also been called The Seven Bridges Killer.
Year unknown · North CarolinaUnsolved
Lynching of Red Roach
The lynching of Edward "Red" Roach was the extrajudicial killing of a 25-year-old Black man by a mob of White men in Roxboro, North Carolina, for allegedly assaulting the 13-year-old daughter of popular White tobacco farmer Edward Chambers. Later, Nello Teer, Roach's employer, wrote to The Herald-Sun in Durham decrying the lynching as a "ghastly mistake" because Roach was at work when the alleged attack on Chambers…
1997 · North CarolinaUnsolvedKilling of Judy Smith
On September 7, 1997, hunters in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest found human bones, clothing, and some other items scattered in the woods near a campground. The remains, most of which were around a shallow grave, were identified as belonging to a woman between the ages of 40 and 55 with a seriously arthritic knee. Due to holes and cuts on her bra, and similar cutting marks on the bones, investigators ruled…
1995 · North CarolinaUnsolvedKilling of Randi Boothe-Wilson
Randi Stacey Boothe-Wilson (known primarily by her middle name) was a formerly unidentified American woman discovered dead in Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina on December 6, 1995. Boothe-Wilson served as a member of the United States Marine Corps from the early 1980s to her discharge in August 1994. She had married a fellow Marine, but they were divorced in 1994.
1971 · North CarolinaUnsolvedMurders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane
On February 12, 1971, Patricia Ann Mann, age 20 and Jesse Allen McBane, age 18, were found brutally murdered in the woods of Orange County, North Carolina. The murders, known as "The Valentine's Day Murders", have to this day never been solved. Police have permanently reopened the investigation since 2011.
Year unknown · North CarolinaUnsolvedMurder of Suellen Evans
Suellen Evans (April 1, 1944 – June 30, 1965) was a college student taking summer courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) who was stabbed and slashed to death at the campus' Coker Arboretum when she fought off a rape attempt. The killer has never been identified, and investigations have gone cold over the years, the murder having a lasting impact on the community and local police force.…