Weekly Homicide Tracker for July 10-16: Woman fatally stabbed in Raleigh
On Mondays, The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun list recent homicides in this new, weekly roundup.
An interactive map, a searchable database and links to our stories provide details on each death and the status of the investigation.
We are reassessing how we report homicides and violent crime.
▪ We want to rely less, especially on initial stories, on official sources alone.
▪ We want to emphasize trends and tell more about those killed and those affected by loss and violence in their communities.
▪ We want to create time in our reporters’ schedules to go deeper in search of better stories.
To do this, we may forgo stories on deaths when there is little information and sometimes not even a name.
The new homicide tracker, however, will include all violent deaths. With the map, you can hover on a dot and learn the basic details. With the database, you will be able to search on incidents by name.
Know that as you do this, we are working to learn more about each case, about the victim and the ripples their death has in the community.
Please contact deputy metro editor Mark Schultz at mschultz@newsobserver.com to tell us what else you’d like us to try including in our coverage.
RALEIGH
Date: July 16
Victim: Wanda Anderson
Age: 58
Location: 2800 block of Laodicea Drive
Arrest: Ralph Pope Jr., 75 is charged with murder.
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DURHAM
There were no new homicides reported in Durham between July 10 and July 16.
WAKE COUNTY
There were no new homicides reported in Wake County between July 10 and July 16.
Database editor David Raynor contributed to this report.
This story was originally published July 17, 2023 at 1:06 PM.