DURHAM (AP) A real-estate developer’s mysterious death has been ruled a homicide due to strangulation weeks after his son said he found his father with a dog leash wrapped around his neck and the dog nearby. The North Carolina Office ...

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The death of a resident at an assisted living home in Winston-Salem earlier this year has been ruled a homicide.

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DURHAM (AP) — The suspect in the shooting deaths of three relatives near the University of North Carolina campus has made a first court appearance on murder charges. Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, appeared briefly in an orange jumpsuit and shackles ...

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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the ...

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Police in Newton say the death of a high school counselor is being investigated as a homicide.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say the case of a missing teacher is being investigated as a homicide. Thirty-one-year-old Bianca Tanner was reported missing by her boyfriend Sunday afternoon. Police Chief Rodney Monroe said Thursday that some of the witnesses ...

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A man who admitted abusing and killing his 10-month-old stepdaughter in a drunken rage should have a new trial on his first-degree murder conviction, North Carolina's Appeals Court ruled Tuesday.

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A man wanted in connection with a homicide in North Carolina has been arrested in southern Arizona.

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