NC Wanted Coverage

Police searching for man wanted for murder in Smithfield

Smithfield police are searching for a Selma man who's wanted for first-degree murder after one person was killed in a shooting at Johnson Court Apartments. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Selma man surrenders to police on murder charges from Smithfield shooting

Markyse Naijae McCain, 20, turned himself in on Monday night. McCain was charged with first-degree murder after a shooting at a Smithfield apartment complex.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

'These women deserve justice': Police, FBI work to find answers in deaths of 3 Lumberton women nearly 6 years later

The deaths of three women found within a four-block radius have baffled law enforcement and the city of Lumberton since 2017.

WRAL Staff

Franklin County man wanted for attempted murder, kidnapping

Warrants have been issued for Alejandro Cruz Palacios for first-degree attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping.

Man in custody after multi-county vehicle chase ends near Kinston

A man is in custody after a multi-county chase ended with him running away in Lenoir County on Monday.

NC Wanted: 5-year-old girl's 1998 murder remains unsolved

Nearly 21 years ago, Brittany Locklear was kidnapped, raped and murdered after waiting at the bus stop to go to school. Her murder remains unsolved.

NC Wanted: Disappearance of Sampson County boys with dogs remains a mystery

Two boys, ages 2 and 4, disappeared from their Sampson County neighborhood while walking a dog, two decades apart. Today, neither family knows what happened to the boys.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: Similar disappearances of Sampson boys remain unsolved

Two boys, ages 2 and 4, disappeared from their Sampson County neighborhood while waking a dog, two decades apart. Today, neither family knows what happened to the boys.

NC Wanted: Despite eyewitnesses, 2010 murder of FSU student remains unsolved

It was a crime with eyewitnesses, but after eight years there are still no arrests in the murder of Alexander Green.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter

NC Wanted: Lumberton police still unsure 2017 deaths of 3 women are connected

The deaths of three women found within a four-block radius have baffled law enforcement and the City of Lumberton since 2017.

NC Wanted: Police have few answers in 2017 deaths of three Lumberton women

The FBI is renewing its call for information related to three Lumberton women who were found dead within a four-block radius in 2017 between April and June.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: Authorities have no answers in bizarre 1989 murder case

Seventeen years after the disappearance of Jimmy Davis, a map allegedly showing where his body could be found was sent to Dunn investigations.

NC Wanted: Hand-drawn map fails to solve 1987 disappearance of Dunn man

Seventeen years after the disappearance of Jimmy Davis, a map allegedly showing where his body could be found was sent to Dunn investigations.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: Family 'always hopeful' Faith Hedgepeth murder will be solved

Faith Hedgepeth had her whole life ahead of her when her murder shattered the sense of security in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill community.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: Looking for clues to downed trees in cyclist's path

Pete Hicks lived to ride, a tried and true motorcycle enthusiast. On a warm June night in 2000, he died doing what he loved.

NC Wanted: Compromised evidence may have hurt investigation of 90-year-old's murder

When a 90-year-old woman was found dead in her bed, her family thought she died of natural causes, but authorities ruled her death was murder. What happened next may have compromised the investigation.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor/reporter

NC Wanted: Pregnant teen's murder rocked Weldon

Susan Shearin Clary, a 19-year-old who was eight months pregnant, was found strangled in her Weldon home in May 1983.

NC Wanted: 2012 murder of Durham man known for generosity remains unsolved

Donnie Watson was a towering figure in the Durham community and family members said he would give people money when they were down on their luck.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: Nine years later, Durham murders remain mysteries

Two young people in Durham are gone, and police have yet to make an arrest nine years after the crime.

NC Wanted: 1996 gruesome murder remains mystery

The gruesome Fayetteville murder has baffled investigators for more than two decades

NC Wanted: Police continue to search for driver who struck Carrboro man in wheelchair

Ronald Glenn had difficulties in his life, but nothing like the crash that nearly killed him when a driver didn't stop to help.

Gerald Owens, WRAL anchor

NC Wanted: With original murder suspect cleared, who killed Jacquetta Thomas?

When Greg Taylor was freed for the murder of Jacquetta Thomas 17 years after he was convicted in the crime, it raised the question, if not Taylor, who?

NC Wanted: Who killed Anthony Walker and why?

Anthony Walker was in his wheelchair when he was the victim of a hit-and-run. The case has never been solved.

NC Wanted: Fort Bragg soldier killed in Raleigh

The 31-year-old Army soldier's murder in Raleigh remains a mystery to authorities and his family.

NC Wanted: Durham woman's stabbing remains a mystery

A Durham woman was stabbed to death in front of her home around 1 p.m. Her murder remains a mystery.