WRAL.com archive: Jadon Higganbothan, Antoinetta McKoy case

The leader of a Durham religious sect was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for the 2010 murders of a 4-year-old boy and a woman who tried to leave his group.

A Durham woman was sentenced Thursday to at least 30 years in prison for helping conceal her son's murder and for killing another member of the religious sect to which she belonged.

Three members of a religious sect pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in the 2010 murders of a woman trying to leave the group and the son of a sect member.

A member of an alleged Durham cult pleaded guilty Monday for her role in the 2010 deaths of a 4-year-old boy, who the group's leader thought was gay, and a woman who had been trying to get out of the religious sect.

Two of seven members of a suspected Durham cult were released from jail Thursday after authorities dropped charges against them.

The leader of a religious sect charged in the deaths of a Durham boy and a woman pleaded guilty Monday to killing them.

The attorneys for members of a religious sect accused of killing a Durham boy and a woman asked a judge Tuesday for access to any mental health records of a key prosecution witness.

Investigators have matched a fingerprint from the shallow graves of a Durham boy and a woman with the leader of a religious sect who has been charged in their deaths, according to search warrants released Wednesday.

A Superior Court judge on Friday released the remains of a Durham boy and a woman believed to have been killed by members of a religious group to their families - more than four months after the bodies were found buried in a Durham yard.

A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that the remains of a Durham boy and a woman believed to have been killed by members of a religious group cannot be released to relatives until defense attorneys can have the remains tested.

A Durham boy and a woman who authorities say were killed and buried by members of a religious group had been shot in the head, according to autopsy reports released Tuesday.

Prosecutors on Thursday asked for a slower schedule in trying seven members of a religious group charged in the slayings of a 4-year-old Durham boy and a woman.

The Durham man accused of killing a 4-year-old boy and a 28-year-old woman led a group of women and children who called him "Lord" and shared the master suite of their home with multiple "wives," prosecutors said.

Four charges were dismissed Wednesday against a Durham man suspected of killing a woman and a boy and burying their remains behind his mother's house.

A Durham County grand jury has indicted seven people in connection with the deaths of a 5-year-old boy and 28-year-old woman.

The mother of a woman whose remains were found buried behind a Durham home this week said Friday that she hopes everyone involved in her daughter's death faces the death penalty.

Peter Lucas Moses, 27, is charged in the death of Jadon Higganbothan, whose remains are believed to have been found behind a home on Ashe Street in Durham.

A horrible smell that a landlord believed was a sewage leak led plumbers to discover what police believe are the remains of a missing Durham woman, according to a 911 call released Thursday.

Seven people face murder charges after Durham police found what they believe are the remains of a missing woman behind a home Wednesday, Police Chief Jose Lopez said.

The attorney for a Durham man linked to the disappearances of a woman and a 5-year-old boy said Tuesday that she wants a bond hearing for him.

Investigators have linked two more people with the disappearance of a Durham woman, according to search warrants released Tuesday.

Police are examining laptop computers and cellphones for evidence in the disappearances of a Durham boy and woman, according to search warrants released Friday.

A judge on Wednesday rejected prosecutors' requests for high bonds on a woman and her boyfriend, whom police have linked to the disappearances of her son and another woman.

Police arrested a Durham man and woman linked to the disappearances of a boy and a woman during a home raid on Dunstan Avenue Tuesday.

Police on Monday returned to a Durham home to continue searching for evidence in the disappearances of a boy and a woman. They also searched a boarded up home around the corner on So Hi Lane.

The father of a missing Durham boy said Wednesday that he cannot understand that police believe his son was killed but haven't charged anyone in his death.

Police believe the mother of a missing Durham boy and a man she used to live with were "directly involved" in the slayings of the boy and a missing woman, according to a search warrant released Tuesday.

The State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to assist in the search for a Durham boy and woman who have been missing for weeks.

A man who once lived with a group connected to a missing Durham boy and woman didn't appear in court Wednesday on unrelated charges.

Police combed some woods Tuesday morning near a Durham home where a missing boy and woman lived.

The mother of a missing Durham boy failed to appear in court Tuesday to face a drug charge, and authorities on Wednesday issued a warrant for her arrest.

Durham police said Thursday that they were searching for Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, and they linked her disappearance to the search for 5-year-old Jadon Higganbothan.

A 5-year-old Durham boy last seen in October might have been killed by a religious sect, according to search warrants from Colorado that WRAL News obtained Thursday.

A woman whom authorities in two states have been searching for showed up in Colorado Monday evening, but her 5-year-old son remains unaccounted for.

A woman at the center of a two-state mystery was located in Colorado Monday evening, authorities said, but it was unclear if her missing son was also found.

Authorities say they're looking for a 25-year-old woman who disappeared after police contacted her in Teller County, Colo. to question her about her 6-year-old missing son from Durham, North Carolina.