"In 2021, the population of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, was 7,595. In 1983, it was significantly less. On March 23, 1983, every person within the town limits was dumbfounded when two people were brutally stabbed to death within minutes and miles of each other.
Today, 40 years later, their murders are still unsolved."
"Both victims had been stabbed several times, and money had been taken from the stores.
“[Kellam] was attacked in the bathroom and stabbed numerous times, and there was blood all over the bathroom, all over the walls,” Sheppard said. “I’d never been involved in a double homicide like this, and it was obvious from the beginning that the same person did both cases.”"
"Investigators logged more than a thousand interviews in the case, Eaton said. According to Sheppard, those conversations and leads resulted in them homing in on three main suspects.
“We just kept on saying, ‘This is the unluckiest case that we’ve ever seen,’” Sheppard said.
Detectives were able to find a fingerprint on a credit card imprinter. [But never found a match.]"
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Today, 40 years later, their murders are still unsolved."
"Both victims had been stabbed several times, and money had been taken from the stores.
“[Kellam] was attacked in the bathroom and stabbed numerous times, and there was blood all over the bathroom, all over the walls,” Sheppard said. “I’d never been involved in a double homicide like this, and it was obvious from the beginning that the same person did both cases.”"
"Investigators logged more than a thousand interviews in the case, Eaton said. According to Sheppard, those conversations and leads resulted in them homing in on three main suspects.
“We just kept on saying, ‘This is the unluckiest case that we’ve ever seen,’” Sheppard said.
Detectives were able to find a fingerprint on a credit card imprinter. [But never found a match.]"
The Oak Ridge Killings: Inside the investigation of one of North Carolina’s most puzzling crimes
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — In 2021, the population of Oak Ridge, North Carolina, was 7,595. In 1983, it was significantly less. On March 23, 1983, every person within the town limits was dumbfo…
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OFFICIALS RE-EXAMINE UNSOLVED DEATHS
A Guilford sheriff's department captain reviews old unsolved murder cases.
