North Carolina

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Unsolved Homicide / Asheville, NC / Pamela Michelle Murray

On Valentines day, 1988, Pamela Murray disappeared from the parking lot of the Asheville Mall. Her body was discovered that same day on River Road, an isolated section located just past the Asheville Recreation Park. Pamela's Oldsmobile Toronado was used to transport her to the River Road area. It appears that Pameal was shot while attempting to flee whoever was assualting her. The Oldsmobile was returned to the Mall, but parked in a different section of the Mall parking lot than where the abduction took place.

If you have information about this or any other unsolved case in North Carolina, please call the following number.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 1-800-334-3000

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Unsolved Homicide / Anson County Hospital

On May 6, 1985, a laboratory technician at Anson County Hospital in Wadesboro, NC, arrived in the parking lot at approximately 10:51 p.m. to begin the third shift. Upon her arrival near the emergency room entrance, the victim was confronted by an unknown assailant and shot five times at close range. Six .22 cal. shell casings were recovered nearby. The shots were heard by nearby residents and hospital staff at approximately 10:54 p.m. The victim was found lying by her vehicle with items from her pocketbook scattered on the pavement.

Two days later, a railroad employee in Wadesboro, NC found a .22 cal. rifle lying near the railroad tracks, under the highway 109 N. bridge, approx 3.5 miles from the hospital. This weapon was subsequently submitted to the NC SBI laboratory and ballistic tests of both the shell casings and the bullets recovered from the victim indicated a positive match.

The weapon was traced to a local resident who had come forward after hearing the news accounts of the weapon being found. The individual had reported the weapon stolen to the Wadesboro Police Department on November 2, 1984, stating that it had been taken from his truck on November 1, 1984.

Numerous leads were followed and a suspect was developed. There was insufficient evidence to charge anyone. It is believed the victim was shot during an apparent robbery attempt. Most likely the suspect or suspects are local residents. There is a strong likelihood the suspect acted alone.

If you have information about this or any other unsolved case in North Carolina, please call the following number.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 1-800-334-3000

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Unsolved Homicides / Migrant Farm Workers / Sampson County, NC

Case Number One
On November 26, 1994, three masked suspects broke into the residence of Enrique Marcellino at Six Runs Trailer Park off Highway 403 in Sampson County, NC. The victim, Enrique Marcellino, was beaten, stabbed, robbed, and later died at the scene.

Case Number Two
Andres Cortez Gomez was shot on November 5, 1995, while at the Doug Wilson Farm Camp located on Auctioneer Road off Highway 403 in Sampson County, NC. He was shot while looking out his trailer window after three suspects had attempted to rob another farm worker.

The above cases are examples of at least fourteen robberies that have been reported to the Sampson County Sheriff's Department between 1994 and 1995.

The suspects that are involved in these crimes are most frequently described as:

Suspect number one:
Black male, over 6' tall and slender.

Suspect number two:
Black male, 5'6"-5'8" and heavy set.

If you have information about this or any other unsolved case in North Carolina, please call the following number.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 1-800-334-3000

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Unsolved Homicide / Cecil Chacon, Jr.

In June, 1992, Cecil Chacon was the vocational coordinator at the Vance County schools, an economic/business teacher at Vance Granville Community College, and a park ranger with the Army Corps of Engineers. He was active with the Boy Scouts, and a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church. Cecil was well known and respected within the community.

On Sunday, June 8, 1992, Cecil returned from a long trip to Wilmington and stopped to visit his mother on Nelson Street at about nine p.m. Bessie Chacon wanted Cecil to stay at her house for the night, even though Cecil lived only a few miles away. Cecil declined and left alone in his 1976 Buick Skylark at about ten p.m. This was the last time he was seen alive.

The Vance County School system did not hear from Cecil on Monday, even though he was scheduled to be at work. Bessie did not hear from Cecil either, even though Cecil made a habit of calling his mother almost daily. She became more concerned on Wednesday when she heard a radio report that stated Cecil's car was found in a downtown North Henderson location, far from Cecil's residence.

Two deputies arrived at Cecil's residence at around nine p.m. When they arrived they noticed a window on the east side of the house opened and the spotlight at the rear of the house on. No other lights were on in the house. The front window's screen was lying on the ground and the deputies thought a breaking and entering may have occurred. One deputy entered the house through the basement window. Upon entering a child's bedroom, deputies noticed furniture overturned and dark stains on the carpet. County investigators were called and Cecil Chacon was found buried in the backyard of his residence. Chacon had suffered numerous stab wounds.

Chacon's body had been dragged out the back door and buried in a shallow grave approximately 140 feet from the back of his house. This was no simple task since Chadon was 6' 4" tall and weighed 295 pounds. A blood luminol test was conducted in the Chacon residence, and bloody, bare footprints were found inside the residence. Investigators were not sure if robbery was the motive. Investigators also noted that the criminal(s) made an attempt to clean up the scene by mopping the kitchen floor and vacuuming the carpet.

An intensive investigation revealed few clues as to who killed Cecil Chacon. A witness reported seeing a Chevrolet Blazer type vehicle parked near the Chacon residence around ten thirty p.m., Monday night. The vehicle may have been red and black with yellow license plates.

If you have information about this or any other unsolved case in North Carolina, please call the following number.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 1-800-334-3000

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Unsolved Homicide / Elizabethtown / January 1994

On Thursday, January 20, 1994, around 12:30pm, Johnny Maxwell arrived at his home in Elizabethtown, NC to prepare for a trip to Durham, NC. Johnny Maxwell noticed as he started to enter the residence that the storm door was unlocked. This was unusual as his wife always locked both the storm door and the interior door when she was home alone, as she was on this day.

Upon entering the front door he found his wife, Martha Jane Maxwell, age 51, lying on her back just inside the front door. She had several stab wounds and her throat had been cut. There were signs of a struggle in the den area. The victim had several defensive wounds on her hands and wrists.

Martha Maxwell was last seen alive at about 8:45 a.m. that same day, when her daughter Hilda Faye Mckoy had left for work.

If you have information about this or any other unsolved case in North Carolina, please call the following number.

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation 1-800-334-3000

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UNSOLVED CRIMES

Carlos Alejandro Scales
Unsolved Murder - Carlos Alejandro Scales - Reidsville, NC

The Reidsville Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are asking for the public's assistance in solving a murder case.

On Sunday, December 6, 1998, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Reidsville Police Department responded to 207 North Harris Street regarding a shooting. Carlos Alejandro Scales, 24 years of age, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Reidsville, was found deceased at the scene from a gunshot wound.

This incident resulted from a drive-by-shooting in which multiple shots were fired into an occupied residence. No other injuries were reported. The suspect(s) fled the scene in an unknown vehicle.

Police questioned a number of individuals surrounding the case. Through extensive interviews and leads, police now need to talk with the following people:


Adan Martinez Faustino
Hispanic male, DOB: 12/04/76

Teresa Osorio-Faustino
Hispanic female, DOB: 03/12/60

Francisco Solando Salgado
Hispanic male, DOB: 10/06/45

Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact:

Rockingham County CrimeStoppers 336-349-9683 (24 hours days / 7 days week)

Reidsville Police Department 336-349-1020 x 136 (24 hours days / 7 days week)

N. C. State Bureau of Investigation 800-334-3000

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Who Killed Rhonda Hinson?


The most investigated case in the history of the Burke County Sheriff's Office remains unsolved. The shooting death of Rhonda Annette Hinson, an attractive 19-year old from Valdese, continues to frustrate detectives assigned to solving a crime which has no apparent motive.


On the evening of Tuesday, December 22, 1981, Rhonda attended her office's (Hickory Steel Company) Christmas party at the American Legion Hut in Hickory. After leaving the party around midnight, she stopped by a friend's house to pick up her vehicle and call her boyfriend.

After leaving the friend's residence, Rhonda drove her beige Datsun 210 two-door west on Interstate 40 and exited onto the Mineral Springs Mountain/Highway 350 off-ramp. She turned right (north) and began traveling up a steep hill toward her home when a high powered rifle projectile was fired into the vehicle. The bullet entered the Datsun through the trunk and continued through the back seat and driver's side seat, entering Rhonda's back and piercing her lung and heart.

Rhonda was found lying in a ditch beside the open driver's side door of her Datsun. She was less than a mile from the home she shared with her parents in Valdese. The vehicle was running and apparently had rolled backwards across the opposite lane into a ditch near the top of the grade after Rhonda was shot.


Numerous questions shroud Rhonda's death. There are medical opinions which feel she would have been rendered incapacitated after being shot, yet her body was found outside the vehicle. Did the assailant pull her body from the car? Did Rhonda know her assailant? Was this an act of random violence or a case of mistaken identity? Was anyone in the company of the shooter? What was the motive behind firing the fatal shot?

Throughout the years, hundreds of persons have been interviewed by investigators assigned to the case. The file on the Hinson murder contains thousands of documents and has expanded to fill several filing cabinets. Potential suspects and witnesses have been polygraphed; psychics have been called in to assist; the crime scene and evidence have been analyzed and re-analyzed; yet Rhonda's death and the strange circumstances around it remains a mystery.

The Hinson case was featured on the NBC television program "Unsolved Mysteries" in 1989. The program was filmed on location at the actual site where the crime occurred, and many of those involved with the case portrayed themselves. Hoping to gather new information, investigators flew to Los Angeles and fielded telephone calls immediately after the piece was aired. Although the documentary was well produced and meticulous attention was given to ensure accuracy during filming, the new leads developed from telephone calls across the country led to dead ends.

On January 8, 1982, Governor James B. Hunt issued a proclamation offering a $5,000.00 reward for information in this case that will bring the killer to justice. The town of Valdese is also offering a $5,000.00 reward. Along with funds set aside by Morganton-Burke Crimestoppers and private donations and pledges, the reward exceeds $20,000.00.

Rhonda's parents, Bobby and Judy Hinson continue to seek answers. They are frequently in touch with Sheriff McDevitt and investigators who are assigned to work the case, their lives shattered by this cowardly act. If life were fair, they would be spending time with the children Rhonda never had the opportunity to bear, rather than repeating trips to the Sheriff's Office. In regards to the killer, they often wonder, "Does he or she have a conscience?" It is their hope that Rhonda's assailant (or an accomplice/person having knowledge of this crime) will one day understand the heartache they feel from losing a child in such a senseless manner. If the killer does have any semblance of a heart and is not the cold, callous person as many perceive, perhaps one day he/she will face up to their deed and provide the answers they deserve.
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To report information concerning the case of Rhonda A. Hinson, contact Lt. John Suttle of the Burke County Sheriff's Office at [phone], or Crimestoppers at [phone]. The e-mail address for the Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigation Division is [e-mail]. Remember, you may call anonymously and be eligible for the reward money listed above if your information leads to the arrest and conviction of Rhonda's killer.

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Victim: Linda Pilkington

1949-1992



Linda disappeared the night of January 21, 1992. She had left her residence on foot and was last seen on Oakdale Road in the city of Waynesville.

Linda�s body was recovered on February 03, 1992 in the White Oak community of Haywood County, about 30 minutes from Waynesville.

Linda�s murder remains unsolved. The family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the person(s) responsible for Linda�s murder. Family of the victim and the police are pleading to the public for assistance in solving this horrendous crime.

Anyone having information about this crime should contact Detective Chris Chandler at the Waynesville Police Department at: (828)-456-5363 or by e-mail at: [e-mail]