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Darius Sessoms Gets Life For 5 Yrd Old Cannon Hinnant Murder

Darius Sessoms has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for the murder of five year old Cannon Hinnant. According to court documents Darius Sessoms would walk up to five year old Cannon Hinnant and fatally shoot the little boy in the head. No reason was given for why Darius Sessoms would commit such a horrific act. Darius Sessoms would be arrested and North Caroline prosecutors were going to seek the death penalty however Sessoms would quickly plead guilty to the murder in order to save himself from lethal injection

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Darius Sessoms, 28, of North Carolina, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole Thursday for the 2020 murder of a 5-year-old boy, escaping possible capital punishment as part of a plea deal, according to WRAL.

A witness said Sessoms shot 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant as the boy rode his bike outside his father’s Wilson, North Carolina, house, the outlet reported.

Hinnant’s mother, Bonny Parker, said his 7 and 8-year-old sisters witnessed the shooting.

Sessoms, who was a next-door neighbor to Hinnant’s father, took an Alford plea, which allows a defendant to maintain their innocence but admit sufficient prosecutorial evidence to convict them, according to WRAL.

He was already a felon with multiple prison sentences on his record when he murdered Hinnant, CBS reported.

Sessoms parents’ said he seemed to be hallucinating on the day of the shooting and may have been on drugs, according to The Wilson Times.

“[It] brings us a little bit of peace,” Parker told WRAL Thursday, after previously advocating for a death sentence. “Knowing that we are walking out of here today and we don’t have to come back. We don’t have to see him. My girls do not have to testify in court. That was the whole reason why he took this plea. It was best for him to take this plea so it would not have to get our girls up there.”

Sessoms’ girlfriend when the killing took place, Aolani Pettit, received a four to 14-month suspended sentence and 18 months of supervised probation after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice in the case, the outlet reported

https://www.tampafp.com/north-carolina-man-gets-life-in-prison-for-shooting-5-year-old-who-was-riding-a-bike/

Tristan Scott Strupe Charged With Child Abuse Of 2 Day Old Twins

Tristan Scott Strupe is a man from North Carolina who has been charged with abusing his twins who were just born. According to police reports Tristan Scott Strupe would inflict serious injuries on the twins who were just born in the previous 48 hours and had not even left the hospital yet. Police were called to the Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center regarding twins who had been badly injured, Tristan Scott Strupe, 26, of Winston Salem, would be arrested and charged with two counts of felonious child abuse.

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A father faces child abuse charges after his newborn twins were severely injured on Saturday, according to a Thomasville Police Department news release.

At 4:42 a.m., Thomasville officers were sent to the Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center when they were told two newborn twins had been injured.

The mother had recently given birth and was recovering at the hospital. The father and twins were with her in the hospital room.

Both babies were less than 48 hours old at the time and had severe injuries. They were taken to the Forsyth Medical Center where they are currently being treated.

Evidence gathered by detectives led them to charge the father, Tristan Scott Strupe, 26, of Winston Salem, with two counts of felonious child abuse.

Strupe was given a $65,000 secured bond and was taken to the Davidson County Jail.

https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/winston-salem/winston-salem-father-charged-with-child-abuse-after-newborn-twins-severely-injured-thomasville-police-say/

Diana Cojocari and Christopher Palmiter Charged In Missing Girl Case

Diana Cojocari and Christopher Palmiter have been arrested and charged in the missing child case of eleven year old Madalina Cojocari. According to police reports Madalina Cojocari was reported missing weeks ago in Cornelius, North Carolina. Apparently Madalina Cojocari was not reported missing to her school more than she weeks from when she was last seen. Diana Cojocari who is Madalina mother and Christopher Palmiter who is the stepfather of the eleven year old girl have been arrested and charged with Failure to Report the Disappearance of a Child to Law Enforcement

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The mother and stepfather of Madalina Cojocari, 11, who has been missing for weeks, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly failing to report her disappearance, police said.

The 11-year-old was last seen at home in Cornelius, North Carolina, about three weeks before her school was notified on Dec. 15 that she was missing, according to law enforcement officials.

“The parents of the juvenile reported the juvenile missing to the Bailey Middle School SRO where the juvenile attends school,” the Cornelius Police Department said in a statement on Friday. “The juvenile was last seen at home, on the evening of November 23, 2022, and has not been seen since.”

The FBI and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are working with the Cornelius Police Department in the search for the missing girl.

Cojocari had been wearing “jeans, pink, purple and white Adidas shoes, and a white t-shirt and jacket” at the time of her disappearance, the FBI said.

Police said they began an investigation on Thursday after the school was notified Cojocari was missing.

Diana Cojocari, 37, and Christopher Palmiter, 60, were arrested on Saturday on the charge of Failure to Report the Disappearance of a Child to Law Enforcement, police said in two statements.

Police identified the pair as Cojocari’s mother and stepfather. Both are being held at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center, police said.

North Carolina law requires parents or guardians to report missing children to law enforcement within “a reasonable time.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mother-stepfather-arrested-as-fbi-police-search-for-missing-11-year-old/ar-AA15pt6J?ocid=EMMX&cvid=c6737054b2114583a416f96bdd8c614c

Adolphus Earl Kimrey Gets Life For Mariah Woods Murder

Adolphus Earl Kimrey is from North Carolina who has plead guilty to the murder of Mariah Woods and received a life without parole sentence. According to court documents Adolphus Earl Kimrey would murder three year old Mariah Woods and then reported the little girl as missing. A large search ensued searching for Mariah Woods which ended a few days later with the little girl body found in a creek.

Adolphus Earl Kimrey who was dating Mariah Woods mother would ultimately be arrested and charged in the murder of Mariah. To avoid the death penalty Adolphus Earl Kimrey would ultimately plead guilty to murder and child abuse charges.

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A man charged with murdering a 3-year-old North Carolina girl pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Adolphus Earl Kimrey pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to first-degree murder and felony child abuse in the 2017 death of 3-year-old Mariah Woods. He was Mariah’s mother’s live-in boyfriend at the time of the toddler’s disappearance, which sparked a massive search effort, WITN reports.

The plea was part of a plea deal in which the state agreed to take the death penalty off the table. Prosecutors said in 2018 they would seek the death penalty against Kimrey if he was convicted.

Kimrey’s court appearance came after several delayed trial dates due to the pandemic and other issues, like Kimrey’s lawyer preparing for another murder trial.

Mariah’s body was found in a creek in Pender County several days after she was reported missing. The case left scars in the community that continued to go unhealed as the proceedings dragged on.

District Attorney Ernie Lee told the judge that the child died from chloroform toxicity and that there was no credible evidence of a sexual assault.

Lee said they had statements from two former cellmates of Kimrey.

“He said he used chloroform to make her go to sleep because she was bothering him while he was trying to get high,” he told the judge.

Defense attorney Wally Paramore turned to the family and apologized to them. He told the judge that Kimrey was “completely consumed and inundated by drugs.”

“I am deeply sorry for the grief that I have caused, responsibility for Mariah’s death,” Kimrey told the judge. “Again, I am so very sorry.”

After a 70-minute hearing in which the judge heard from the tearful mother of the toddler, he sentenced Kimrey to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

https://www.wsfa.com/2022/12/13/man-gets-life-prison-murder-3-year-old-nc-girl/

Eric Coley Charged In Double Murder In North Carolina

Eric Coley is a man from North Carolina who is charged in the double murder of 2 adults where 2 toddlers were in the back seat of the vehicle. According to police in Rocky Mount North Carolina Eric Coley allegedly opened fire on a vehicle killing the two adults in the front seat of the vehicle. However the two toddlers who were in the back seat of the vehicle were not harmed. Eric Coley would be arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon

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Officers with the Rocky Mount Police Department arrested a man and charged him with two counts of first degree murder in relation to a double homicide.

Two bodies were found in a car on Dec. 1, 2022 on Construction Drive.

Eric Coley, 42, was arrested in the 2900 block of Avalon Road.

Coley was also charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

Coley was jailed in the Nash County Detention Facility without bond.

His first day in court is scheduled to be Monday, Dec. 5, 2022.

Additional charges may be coming in the future.

https://wcti12.com/news/local/man-arrested-charged-with-two-counts-of-murder-in-double-homicide

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A man has been charged in the fatal shootings of a woman and a man whose bodies were found in a vehicle with two uninjured toddlers in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

The Rocky Mount Telegram reports that Eric Coley was arrested on Friday. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. That’s according to police spokesman Cpl. Ricky Jackson.

The 42-year-old is being held without bond in the Nash County Detention Center, county sheriff’s records online said.

The bodies of Destiny Wiggins, 24, and Devone Brown, 28, were found with apparent gunshot wounds between approximately 6 a.m. and 6:15 a.m. on Thursday.

Jackson in the first news release on Thursday about the case said the two toddlers were found in the rear seat of the vehicle

State Public Safety records said Coley was convicted in 2013 in Edgecombe County for possessing stolen goods.

The records also said Coley was convicted in 2004 in Edgecombe County for assault inflicting serious bodily injury and in 1998 in Edgecombe County for attempted breaking and entering

https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-police-charge-suspect-fatal-shooting-2