RALEIGH -- Police planned to conduct a checkpoint and distribute fliers overnight near the home where state Board of Education member Kathy Taft was found severely injured March 6.
Emergency workers found Taft, 62, at 2710 Cartier Drive, the home of tax-and-divorce lawyer John Geil, with whom she had a relationship.
Taft died March 9 in the intensive care unit of WakeMed.
A day later, Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens signed an order to seal 911 calls, incident reports and search warrants related to the case.
Police have not made any arrests and have been uncharacteristically silent about their investigation. They hoped people traveling through the neighborhood would provide information that will help them find Taft's killer.
The checkpoint was to begin about 11 p.m. near Oberlin Road and Cartier Drive, and last about four hours, according to Raleigh Police spokesman Jim Sughrue.
Police ask anyone with information about the Taft case to call the department's Homicide Unit at 996-3555 or Raleigh Crime Stoppers at 834-4357.
A $25,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the identification and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the crime.
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