GUILTY NC - Melissa Huggins-Jones, 30, murdered in her Raleigh home, 14 May 2013

[SteveP]

Breaking news....

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-police-three-charged-in-allister-drive-killing/12471595/

 

[waltzingmatilda]

Thanks for the link, SteveP. Our local news just announced there was an arrest.

I'd like to wipe that smirk off that one guys face.

RIP beautiful Melissa! JUstice is coming!

 

[KaylynnCouture]

n Tuesday, Raleigh police arrested 23-year-old Ronald Lee Anthony Jr., 18-year-old Sarah Rene Redden and 20-year-old Travian Devonte Smith in Wake Forest. All three are facing murder charges and are currently in the Wake County Jail.

Smith was already on probation on a unrelated charge, according to a Wake County magistrate. Anthony also has an extensive criminal record dating back to 2008 for charges like felony robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Authorities said it appeared there was no connection between Huggins-Jones and the suspects before the crime.

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Raleigh police had spent hours passing out fliers in Raleigh Monday night into early Tuesday morning hoping to gain any clues into the murder.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51961654/ns/local_news-raleigh_nc/#.UZyqNbVvMwk

Smith had been convicted last year of receiving a stolen vehicle, served six months in prison and was on parole until October following his release in January, state Division of Adult Correction records show.

Anthony had been arrested in 2008 on three charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and served just over seven months in prison in 2010 after those charges were consolidated into one charge.

That sentence also covered convictions for making a bomb threat and embezzlement, the records show.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/22/2909710/raleigh-police-charge-two-men.html#storylink=cpy

 

[cityslick]

Good to see there was an arrest. Wonder how the 18 year old girl fits in? Was it a home invasion gone wrong?

 

[SurfieTX]

https://www.facebook.com/sarah.redden.792

 

[danzn16]

Wow 3 people? How terrifying. How would 3 not wake up the daughter? Glad they were caught


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[zelmajane]

Thank God! Random murders scare the crap out of me. Rest in peace Melissa. Prayers to her family.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Sarah Redden was featured in this article from 2010 (when she was 15) talking about being suspended from school for 68 days for threatening to beat up another student but after being suspended she planned to make a change in her life, go to college, etc. Pretty interesting article.

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/un...ink-long-term-suspensions/Content?oid=1609977

 

[Elainera]

Good to see there was an arrest. Wonder how the 18 year old girl fits in? Was it a home invasion gone wrong?

Drugs?

All three were taken to the Wake County jail early Wednesday, where they were charged with murder. They will make first court appearances Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Immediately charged and scheduled to appear. I guess they have solid evidence? Fingerprints at the scene?

 

[KaylynnCouture]

Drugs?



Immediately charged and scheduled to appear. I guess they have solid evidence? Fingerprints at the scene?

I'm thinking fingerprints, a witness, or maybe security camera footage from somewhere?

 

[lisette]

The two girls were "picking and taunting" at each other for three months, Tammie Hansley said of her daughter, Sarah Redden. Sarah and her classmate, both ninth graders at Wakefield High School, never fought physically, although they came close one day. After each entered mediation and received a warning, Sarah admits sending a MySpace message from her home computer threatening to beat up the other girl.

Two days later, Sarah, 15, her mother says, had no prior incidents, arrived at her mother's workplace in the back of a police car. Sarah was suspended for the rest of the school year for intimidation and making a threat.

It would be 68 class days and three appeals later before Sarah returned to the classroom, at an alternative school, Mary E. Phillips, two hours away from home. This week she'll return to traditional school

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ABC11 spoke with Redden's mother Wednesday who said - while charged - her daughter did not know about the murder.

"She had no idea," said Tammie Hansley.

Hansley said Redden would cooperate with investigators and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"All I know is those boys are nothing but trouble," Hansley said of suspects Anthony and Smith.

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Hmmm...Sounds like mother is in denial about daughter's problems. Maybe "covered" for her and didn't allow her to suffer consequences?

 

[1&2&3]

Congratulations to RPD! Just saw this fantastic news on the arrest of three suspects! The RPD certainly did keep everything close to the vest, but their success is what counts!!

May the Huggins-Jones family have the first sigh of relief that justice has begun!

 

[SteveP]

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Hmmm...Sounds like mother is in denial about daughter's problems. Maybe "covered" for her and didn't allow her to suffer consequences?

Two thugs that have been convicted felons at least most of their adult lives and a wannabe tough girl who began her legal issues at least by age 15. They may not all have actually committed the murder, but my guess is they are all criminally involved on some level. JMO.


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[The Cheese]

Brandon H. Herring ‏@bhherring 5m
Police believe suspects in murder of Melissa Huggins-Jones were planning robbery in Raleigh North Hills apartment http://www.wncn.com/story/22381544/3-arrested-in-murder-of-raleigh-woman#.UZyCBWY5sFU.twitter …

Andy Mattison ‏@AndynewsAndy 24m
Raleigh Police now say suspects broke into Huggins-Jones apt to commit burglary & she died of blunt force trauma. Investigation continues

Derek Rowles ‏@DerekRowles 32m
#BreakingNews -- Raleigh Police say Melissa Huggins-Jones killed by blunt force trauma.. suspects made unforced entry for burglary #ABC11

 

[Boodles]

Raleigh police said Monday afternoon that Huggins-Jones died of blunt force trauma and that they believe the suspects tried to burglarize her apartment and made "unforced entry."

Article updated. This is horrible. So senseless and tragic. http://www.wral.com/three-charged-with-murder-in-north-raleigh-mom-s-death/12471595/

ETA: LE said this on Monday? Or a typo?

 

[Boodles]

These "people" allegedly beat Melissa to death and have been charged with her murder. Speechless.

 

[SurfieTX]

Article updated. This is horrible. So senseless and tragic. http://www.wral.com/three-charged-with-murder-in-north-raleigh-mom-s-death/12471595/

ETA: LE said this on Monday? Or a typo?

Maybe they think she was killed shortly after her last text exchange with her friend on Monday night (around 11ish?). Her daughter alerted the construction workers on Tues, 14th and around 7:00 a.m., and by that time she was "cold to the touch," or something like that.

 

[gracielee]

These "people" allegedly beat Melissa to death and have been charged with her murder. Speechless.

They had to have known the apartment was occupied? Why choose that particular apartment? Not suggesting anything here, just voicing my thoughts. Trying to remember, was it hot that night? I think it was, think we had our AC on already. Thinking about 'open windows' here. The articles said an 'unforced entry'. Or some such words.

 

[Boodles]

They had to have known the apartment was occupied? Why choose that particular apartment? Not suggesting anything here, just voicing my thoughts. Trying to remember, was it hot that night? I think it was, think we had our AC on already. Thinking about 'open windows' here. The articles said an 'unforced entry'. Or some such words.

It could be as simple as walking in an unlocked door, or "knock knock" and having her open the door.

Almanac said hi temp was 65, low was 44, no rain.
http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

 

[KaylynnCouture]

ABC11 spoke with Redden's mother Wednesday who said - while charged - her daughter did not know about the murder.

"She had no idea," said Tammie Hansley.

Hansley said Redden would cooperate with investigators and was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"All I know is those boys are nothing but trouble," Hansley said of suspects Anthony and Smith.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9111693