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Family member, investigators recount 2014 murder of Woodleaf neighbor
SALISBURY — Through teary-eyes, Sha’Heem Gray recounted Tuesday how he pleaded with his uncle not to die ...
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Trial for Woodleaf man accused of 2014 murder of neighbor set to begin this week
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three years after his July 2014 arrest, Destin Lamar Sloan will go ...
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Search warrants: Blood found in murder victim Sheila Godfrey’s SUV
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County detectives found blood inside the vehicle of a woman who was ...
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Kannapolis sex offender charged with murder silent during first court appearance
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In a strange but brief proceeding, a Kannapolis sex offender accused of ...
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Kannapolis man charged with murder of Sheila Godfrey
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – Rowan County authorities have charged a Kannapolis man in what they called ...
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Rowan authorities release new images of man following suspicious death investigation
SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities have released new images of a man seen driving the vehicle of 53-year-old ...
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Jeff Steen, guilty of murdering grandfather and attempted murder of mother, sentenced to life in prison
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three years ago, Sandra Steen lost the ability to sing her favorite ...
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Jurors find Jeff Steen guilty of grandfather’s murder and mother’s attempted murder
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jeff Steen will spend the rest of his life in prison after ...
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Jury finds Jeff Steen guilty
Jurors find Jeff Steen guilty of the 2013 murder of his grandfather, J.D. Furr, guilty of robbery and guilty ...
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Jury deliberations in Jeff Steen murder trial heads to Day 3
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The jury remained undecided Tuesday afternoon after two days of deliberations in ...
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Jury deliberations continue in Jeff Steen murder trial
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After deliberating for much of the day, jurors still had not reached ...
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Closing statements given in Jeff Steen murder trial
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The ultimate question that defense attorney Darrin Jordan wanted jurors to answer ...
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Jeff Steen testifies about his discovery of his murdered grandfather
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — “There was so much blood there,” Jeff Steen said as he testified ...
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Psychiatrist: Sandra Steen’s brain injury could’ve caused memory disorder
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The question defense attorney Darrin Jordan hoped to answer with his first ...
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Detective Chad Moose describes chokehold used on Sandra Steen
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County Sheriff’s Detective Chad Moose brought his hands up to his ...
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Jeff Steen in recorded statements to investigators: “I didn’t do it.”
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jeff Steen, the man on trial for the 2013 murder of his ...
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Rowan detective found “red flags” in Jeff Steen’s statement
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County Detective Jason Owens said after interviewing Jeff Steen about the ...
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Sister, father of Jeff Steen testify on his demeanor following attack
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Candace Steen Swift, the daughter of Sandra Steen, deliberately acted as a ...
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Ex-girlfriend of Jeff Steen: They argued about money often
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jeff Steen had money problems, at least that’s what prosecutors are trying ...
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Jurors watch crime scene video in Jeff Steen murder trial
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jurors looked on intently this morning as they watched a 30-minute video ...
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‘Who did this?’: 911 calls, EMS describe murder scene
SALISBURY — When paramedics responded to J.D. Furr’s Richfield home on the morning of Nov. 6, 2013, they ...
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Sandra Steen says first statements to police cannot be believed
SALISBURY – Sandra Steen can remember how she spent her day before the attack in detail, but the ...
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Coroner: Furr almost immediately fell unconscious after injuries
SALISBURY – J.D. Furr would have almost immediately or within a few minutes fell unconscious from the injuries ...
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Mother on 2013 attack: ‘This is someone trying to kill me’
By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sandra Steen said she was outside in “Nana’s Place,” where she sewed and ...
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Opening statements in Jeff Steen murder trial reveal details of attack
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — J.D. Furr was known to carry a .25-caliber Beretta in his front ...