Murder

Southport Police Chief Jerry Dove said they have someone in jail, but he isn't releasing any further information. The murder happened on West 11th Street. Full story...

What was being called a suspicious death of a 62-year-old Southport woman is now being ruled a homicide.

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Wilmington Police Chief Ralph Evangelous doesn't want to jinx himself, but he's happy to report there have been no murders in Wilmington so far this year. This time last year, there had already been eight murders and there was a total of 13 in 2008. Full story...

A man accused of a Christmas Eve shooting in 2006 has pled guilty to the crime. Nicholas Brown was in the car with three other men, when 23-year-old Willie Duane Davis was gunned down on 14th Street in Wilmington. Full story...

It has been two years today, since Ronald Conyers was found dead in an alley near 16th and Nun Streets in Wilmington.

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A Wilmington woman pleaded guilty to murdering her boyfriend. Betty Malpass will face up to nine years in prison for the second-degree murder of Shane Holloway. Full story...

WWAY has obtained the autopsy report for 58 year-old Laura Gallagher, who was found dead, along with her husband Jim, in their Ogden home earlier month. Mrs. Gallagher's son, Gerard Altman, is charged with the two murders. Full story...

We now know what killed a Columbus County woman, whose husband is charged with her murder. WWAY has obtained the autopsy report for 29-year-old Carol Batten Dowless. It lists "asphyxiation due to strangulation" as her official cause of death. Full story...

New Hanover County Sheriff's deputies arrested Gerard Edward Altman Thursday afternoon. He has been charged with two counts of first degree murder in Wednesday's double murder in the Ogden area. Full story...

What started as a dispute between neighbors ended with one man dead and another in jail charged with his murder.

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Anna Strickland faces anywhere between 17 to 20 years in prison. That includes her second degree murder charge and three additional drug trafficking charges. Full story...

A former police chief in Onslow County is facing a murder charge for allegedly shooting a marine almost 36 years ago. Full story...

A 45-year-old woman is dead after an early-morning shooting in Wilmington's Creekwood Community. Full story...

A Wilmington trailer park community was the scene of a murder late Saturday night. WWAY News Channel 3 was there. We'll have the full story on our 6pm and 11pm newscast on Sunday. Full story...

Brunswick County investigators are still looking for leads in the case of Valerie Burns. Burns' charred remains were recently found in the trunk of her burned out car.

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