Fayetteville murder suspect caught
Kenneth Michael Burch, 20, is accused in the death of Ernest Demetrus Rogers, 36, at 227 Old Shaw Road last October.
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Kenneth Michael Burch, 21, faces charges of first-degree murder and shooting into an occupied dwelling in the death of Ernest Demetrus Rogers, 36.
Police said that someone fired shots into a house along Old Shaw Road on Oct. 21, 2010, and a bullet struck Rogers in the head. Authorities have not disclosed a motive in the case.
Burch was placed in the Cumberland County Detention Center. Information on his bond was not available.
Burch was convicted of conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury in 2009 and served two months in jail, according to state Department of Correction records. He also has a misdemeanor drug conviction from 2008.
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