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Published: 2012-05-25 09:44:00
Updated: 2012-05-25 09:44:59

Medical examiner IDs remains of missing Fayetteville woman


Denika Jones, missing Fayetteville woman
Denika Jones, missing Fayetteville woman
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Fayetteville police on Friday said that a medical examiner has positively identified the remains found off Gregory Street as those of Denika Lashalle Jones, a 26-year-old woman who went missing May 15. 

Police searched for Jones for more than a week after finding her boyfriend dead inside the home that they shared on Gardenia Avenue. 

Tommy Loren Webb, 35, had been shot several times, police said, and Jones' cellphone and personal belongings were left inside the home. Jose Reyes found Jones' remains Wednesday while walking through the woods off Gregory Street. 

Frederick Smith, Jones' father, said on Thursday that her death was a huge blow to the family. 

Investigators haven't made any arrests in the case, but said they have interviewed several persons of interest. 

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Fayetteville police at 910-433-1421 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477.


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To the person that put she is better off dead, How would you feel if someone said that about your mother, daughter, sister or aunt? May God have mercy on your soul for that very insentive remark. Since when did better off dead beat being alive with your family?

The guy they arrested is in Federal custody on Probation violations. Wonder what judge let him out with a plea deal?

There's been an arrest. Stay tuned.

"...Its sad to say, but this girl is probably better off gone...."

La Mangosta Negra

Why would you say that?

Seriously? Race isn't a factor? Just read some posts on WRAL.

Posters were overwhelmingly sympathetic to the murdered white woman whose body was found in her husband's pickup truck. Not one racial comment that I remember(didn't read them all). Contrast that with the following statements regarding the death of this black woman: "does anyone really care"(that's sarcasm?), "Its sad to say, but this girl is probably better off gone". 1. Yes, her family, friends and others care. 2. How do you know that she's better off gone? Is it because she's black? Did you know her? Do you feel the white woman found dead in her husband's pick up truck is "better off gone"? Please expound.

Subtle racism is just as bad as overt racism. The difference is that subtlety is for cowards and cowards hide. Seems like some white folks want blacks to forget that racial injustice ever happened in the U.S. but at the same time still celebrate their Confederate heritage.

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