Missing woman fits profile of bodies found in Edgecombe County
Winston Kemp is playing a waiting game. His stepdaughter, Joyce Renee Durham, has been missing for almost two years. She is one of seven open cases of missing African-American women from the Rocky Mount area.
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The woman, who goes by Renee, would turn 48 on Sunday. She is one of seven open cases of missing African-American women from the Rocky Mount area.
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Authorities have found six bodies in Edgecombe County since 2005. Of those, two, including the woman found Monday night, remain unidentified. The second set of unidentified skeletal remains was found by a Rocky Mount clean-up crew in February along Melton Drive.
Four bodies have been identified:
- Melody Wiggins, 29, was found near Nobles Mill Pond Road, May 30, 2005.
- Jackie Nikelia Thorpe, 35, was found Aug. 17, 2007.
- Ernestine Battle, 50, of 619 Branch St. in Rocky Mount, was found May 14, 2008.
- Taraha Shenice Nicholson, 28, of 218 N. Raleigh St. in Rocky Mount, was found March 7, 2009.
Three of the women were found in the woods in the ares of Seven Bridges Road, between Battleboro and Whitakers. Sheriff James Knight said his deputies will step up patrols in that area.
After the task force met Thursday, Knight had no additional information share. He said, “At this time, as far as the task force is concerned, I cannot talk with you or give you information on it at this time.”
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