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One of three convicted in killing files appeal

One of the three people sent to prison for the 2005 shooting death of U.S. Navy Reservist Paul Berkley in a North Raleigh park is appealing his conviction.

Updated: Dec. 11, 2007 2:25 AM | Full story

Final defendant admits guilt in Berkley murder

He drove gunman to Raleigh park.

Updated: Nov. 10, 2007 5:15 AM | Full story

A guilty plea in a deadly, inept plot

Monique Berkley, 27, pleaded guilty Wednesday to having her U.S. Navy Reservist husband killed in an ambush by her lover at Raleigh's Millbrook Exchange Park in December 2005.

Updated: Sep. 27, 2007 4:46 AM | Full story

Monique Berkley could face death in husband's killing

A woman charged with arranging her husband's killing in a North Raleigh park could face the death penalty.

Updated: Aug. 31, 2007 3:11 AM | Full story

Man guilty of murder in park

Andrew Canty of Clayton escaped the death penalty Monday when he pleaded guilty to killing his lover's husband days after the victim returned from Navy duty in the Middle East.

Updated: Aug. 28, 2007 4:46 AM | Full story

Murder trial begins in love triangle case

Lawyers today begin picking a jury for the case against Andrew Deshawn Canty, the first of three people charged with gunning down Navy reservist Paul Berkley.

Updated: Aug. 20, 2007 9:24 AM | Full story

Timeline of events in the Berkley case

Updated: Sep. 26, 2007 2:54 PM | Full story

After Wake jail melee, motives sought

The section of the Wake County jail where a riot erupted Wednesday morning was over capacity with men accused of violent crimes. Authorities said 17 of the 41 inmates were sleeping on the floor.

Updated: Jul. 19, 2007 5:03 AM | Full story

Berkley's murder trial delayed after attorney withdraws

A Clayton woman accused of luring her husband to a Raleigh park where he was killed will not be tried until October after a defense attorney suddenly withdrew from the case.

Updated: Feb. 9, 2007 3:03 AM | Full story

Pair will be tried together in man's death

Monique Berkley and her lover, Andrew Canty, will go to trial together in February to face murder charges in the death of Berkley's husband.

Updated: Sep. 28, 2006 2:50 AM | Full story

Berkley was stabbed, autopsy shows

Police, prosecutors decline to talk about a stab wound in the Navy reservist's head. He died of a gunshot wound.

Updated: Mar. 2, 2006 3:12 AM | Full story

Internet opens window into lives shattered by crime

It's like countless Internet photo albums: An adorable baby girl aglow at Christmas, at her baptism, in a skunk costume for Halloween -- joined in some frames by one or both of her smiling parents.

Updated: Feb. 13, 2006 1:37 AM | Full story

3 could face death in Berkley slaying

All three people charged in the killing of a Navy reservist will face capital first-degree murder trials.

Updated: Feb. 3, 2006 3:32 AM | Full story

Berkley may face death penalty

Wake County Assistant District Attorney Susan Spurlin said Thursday prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in the murder trial of Monique Berkley, who is accused of plotting with her teen lover to execute her husband in a North Raleigh park.

Updated: Jan. 27, 2006 6:42 AM | Full story

Gadgets will aid Berkley probe

According to search warrants made public Wednesday, Raleigh police seized more than a dozen electronic gadgets from Paul Berkley's home. Monique Berkley is charged in her husband's death.

Updated: Jan. 5, 2006 8:07 AM | Full story

Suspects' attorneys won't rebut claims

Attorneys for the men charged with the murder of Navy reservist Paul Berkley of Clayton aren't reacting publicly to the claims of co-defendant Monique Berkley's attorney that she knew of the men's plot but didn't participate in it.

Updated: Dec. 28, 2005 4:17 AM | Full story

Blog 'secrets' anything but

Blogs play an increasingly prominent role in scandals and criminal cases. Blake Ranking, left, confessed to a DWI crash in his blog.

Updated: Dec. 25, 2005 10:04 AM | Full story

Lawyer: Widow not part of plot

Statements by Monique Berkley's attorney contradict investigators' theory of how her husband was slain.

Updated: Dec. 24, 2005 4:18 AM | Full story

Widow tells of plot to kill her Navy reservist husband

Police say money motivated Paul Berkley's killing, but they won't say who shot Monique Berkley.

Updated: Dec. 23, 2005 5:56 AM | Full story

Couple's lives took odd turns

He was twice her age; she was dating another woman.

Updated: Dec. 23, 2005 4:19 AM | Full story
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