DNA search underway in Haywood County case
MOUNT AIRY — A partnership that solved at least four unidentified body cases in North Carolina last ...
Group to look for DNA match in Mt. Airy case
With several successful identifications under their belt, the N.C. Unidentified Project and Othram L...
On the lack of attention given to Black bodies
My research isn't complete, but one disturbing trend is surfacing. When it comes to unidentified bo...
Shoes are best clue in skeleton case
PITTSBORO — A pair of designer shoes and some ragtag clothing are about the only clues left to the i...
Body in Robeson still unidentified 42 years later
ROWLAND — Not much is known about a skeleton found in the Robeson County woods more than four decade...
On the discovery of bodies
January 7, 2022One of the most asked questions I get is why so many unidentified bodies are found around the holida...
Authorities now know identity of man killed in traffic
WINSTON-SALEM — Authorities have discovered the identity of an intoxicated man who walked into traff...
Edward Evans autopsy and death investigation reports
Here's a copy of the autopsy and death investigation from the my file on Edward Evans, a man identif...
DNA identifies man found on Christmas 1995
GARYSBURG — Almost 26 years to the day an unknown man was found in the Northampton County woods, adv...
Unknown woman’s skeleton found on Christmas Day
NASHVILLE — A hunter tracking a deer in the woods came across a grisly discovery on Christmas Day ne...
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Unidentified persons law should be kept by law enforcement
A Fayetteville woman missing since January has been identified after investigators matched her to un...
Few clues found in Mount Airy skeleton case
Mount Airy, a quaint borough of 10,000 residents nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountain...
Clinton bones have no name
CLINTON — Authorities have never put a name to human remains discovered 42 years ago, bones scattere...
County-line stabbing never solved
EUREKA — Stabbed in the jugular and left in an abandoned Wayne County house, the body of a Hispanic ...
Best photographer in the world, loyal friend
This week's entry in the UNIDENTIFIED series about bones found at the beach includes a photograph ta...
Ocean torso’s identity remains unknown
Topsail Island has its share of skeletons. From pirates to wartime submarine casualties, bones of th...
After DNA test, murder victim still unknown
ASHEBORO — Only 10 years old when his mother disappeared, Frank McNair has spent decades searching f...
Book of the Dead
I get asked a lot about the process that goes into writing about unidentified bodies. I often hear, ...
Woman’s death ‘should not be without a name’
LELAND — A 13-year-old boy hunting with his father made a gruesome discovery in the Brunswick County...
Parents arrested in case of baby dumped in trash can decades ago
NAGS HEAD — A baby boy beaten in the face, smothered to death and dumped in a trash can more than th...
Local News
Tarboro business adds U-Haul rentals
TARBORO — Smoker’s Den at 504 W. Wilson St. has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer, the U-Hau...
Rocky Mount-based First Carolina Bank expanding into Atlanta
ROCKY MOUNT — Thomas Forsberg has joined First Carolina Bank as its Atlanta market president, the ba...
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Nashville welcomes new planning board member
NASHVILLE — A woman with more than a decade in local company community relations has joined the Nash...