Body found Coverage

Cary police: Body too badly burned too tell race, gender of person found in fire pit

Cary police are investigating two crime scenes on a single property that raised plenty of questions Monday - for neighbors and for law enforcement officers.

Woman found dead in Cumberland County

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office found a body in a rural area on Friday night, launching a death investigation.

Body found on Davidson County middle school campus

A body was found on the campus of Ledford Middle School Wednesday morning.

WXII

Sheriff: Human remains discovered in Osgood community

Crime scene tape surrounded a home Friday believed to be where the body was found.

Sheriff: Body found in Lee County home

Authorities found human remains in the Osgood community of Lee County. Neighbors in the community said crime scene tape surrounded a home for hours.

Brett Knese, WRAL multimedia journalist

Weldon police cameras offline since 2018 due to budget cuts, chief says they could have solved man's murder

Weldon police's cameras have been offline since 2018 due to budget cuts.

Weldon police say security cameras that could have solved man's murder have been offline for years

Weldon police said their security cameras were pointing right at the area where murdered man Keyon West's body was dumped last month in the Roanoke River, but no video was recorded.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Roanoke Rapids police identify man's remains found inside car at bottom of Roanoke River

Investigators said Keyon West's death is part of a homicide investigation. The autopsy shows West died from a gunshot wound.

WRAL Staff

Police find body at bottom of Roanoke River

Authorities are working to identify the person's remains found in the water by U.S. Highway 158 in Weldon.

Police find person's remains inside car at bottom of Roanoke River

Roanoke Rapids police confirmed Wednesday they found a car with a body inside at the bottom of the Roanoke River.

Roanoke Rapids police find person's remains inside car at bottom of Roanoke River

Authorities are working to identify the person's remains found in the water by U.S. Highway 158 in Weldon.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Three arrested for murder of man found dead in ditch in Robeson County neighborhood

A man was found dead Tuesday in a ditch between two homes.

Body found in Raleigh

Raleigh police confirmed a body was found on Wednesday afternoon.

No dummy: Body found in Lumberton turns out to be decaying mannequin

A Lumberton police officer believed he had stumbled upon a dead body while out on patrol Tuesday morning.

Second man charged in connection to woman's body found in Durham park

Richard Bowens, 57, from Durham, was charged Friday with concealment/failure to report death, larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of stolen goods. He was being held in the Durham County Jail under a $11,500 bond.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Senior Durham reporter

Family demands answers after mother of 3 found dead in Durham park

A woman found shot to death Thursday at a park in Durham leaves behind three young sons as investigators continue to piece together the reasons behind her death.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Senior Durham reporter

Human skeleton found in Wilson County

A pair of hunters discovered a human skeleton Saturday in a wooded area in Wilson County.

Man found dead on Raleigh greenway near Crabtree Valley Mall

Raleigh police were investigating after a man was found dead on the Crabtree Creek Greenway. Police arrived at the scene around 3:45 Thursday afternoon.

Body found in trash dumped alongside Duplin County highway

WITN reports a body was found among trash dumped along a Duplin County highway.

WITN

Dozens found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio

Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio.

Man found dead in Halifax County

A man was found dead on Saturday night in Halifax County.

Body found buried in backyard identified as Lumberton man missing since 2016

The Robeson County Sheriff's Office has identified a body found buried in a backyard last month as Billy Gene Hammonds, who went missing in 2016 at the age of 36.

Body found in backyard of Robeson County home

Robeson County deputies found a body in the backyard of a home on Monday.

Boyfriend charged with Robeson County woman's murder

The Robeson County Sheriff's Office on Thursday announced that a body found Monday in the woods along Highway 710 is that of Jessica Lawrence, a 42-year-old mother of three who had been missing since late September.

Cory Dinkel, WRAL multiplatform producer

Family of missing QVC employee responds to report of body being found

A body found inside a QVC distribution facility following a massive 5-alarm fire was identified as a missing 21-year-old man.