Apex man charged in wife’s murder, 3 charged in Durham shooting: Weekly homicide tracker
Last week, a man was arrested and charged for murder after his wife’s body was recovered in Jordan Lake.
The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun now list the Triangle’s most recent homicides online on Mondays 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 separate stories on deaths when there is little information and sometimes not even a victim’s name.
The new homicide tracker, however, will include all violent deaths. (See below.) With the map, you can hover on a dot, learn the basic details and see the location of all homicides. With the database, you will be able to search for 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.
If you know one of the victims of the homicides listed below and would like to tell their story, please contact reporters Colleen Hammond at chammond@newsobserver.com or Aaron Sánchez-Guerra at asanchezguerra@newsobserver.com
These are the homicides in the Triangle from Sept. 11- 17.
Raleigh homicides
Date: Sept. 15
Victim: Jesse Oliver
Age: 51
Locations: Cedar Forest Way near the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Spring Forest Road.
Arrest: Kaleek Cross, 35, was charged with murder.
What we know:
A man who was shot last Friday and was hospitalized with serious injuries died last week, the Raleigh Police Department said Tuesday.
Police responded on Friday to the shooting at about 8:02 p.m. on Cedar Forest Way, toward northeast Raleigh. Officers found Oliver wounded at the scene.
Cross was not charged in his death until the following week.
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Durham homicides
Date: Sept. 16
Victim: Aaron Parker
Ages: 30
Locations: 2200 block of NC Highway 54
Arrest: None
What we know:
One man was shot and killed on the 2200 block of NC Highway 54. around 1:38 a.m. Saturday. Police said this appeared to be an “isolated incident.” Parker was with multiple other people when he was shot, who drove him to the nearest hospital where he later died. No arrest has been made as of Monday morning.
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Wake County homicides
No new homicides were reported in Wake County between Sept. 11-17.
Orange County homicides
Date: Sept. 13
Victim: Unknown adult male
Ages: 20
Locations: 200 block of West Orange Street
Arrest: None
What we know:
A 20-year-old man from Durham and an 18-year-old woman from Hillsborough were both shot on the 200 block of West Orange Street on the evening of Sept. 13. Both were taken to Duke University Hospital, where the man died. No arrest has been made as of Monday morning.
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Database editor David Raynor contributed to this report.
This story was originally published September 18, 2023 at 7:44 AM.