Local News

Wake Authorities Arrest Suspect In Double Murder

Posted — Updated
Antonio Pineda
RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake County sheriff deputies have made an arrest in a double homicide.

Antonio Bautista Pineda was arrested about 1:15 a.m. Friday in Robeson County.

The 19-year-old is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Leobardo Espinoza Bedolla amd Araceli Torres Morales.

Authorities found both victims on Feb. 21 near a cell phone tower on Louisburg Road.

Pineda, who also goes by Arsenio Calderon Sanchez, is being held at the Wake County Jail without bond.

Copyright 2024 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.