Homicide Tracker for week ending Aug. 13: No new homicides for 1st time in past month
For the first time since The News & Observer launched our homicide tracker one month ago, there have been no newly reported homicides in the Triangle in the past week.
The N&O and The Herald-Sun now list the Triangle’s most recent homicides online 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 and learn the basic details. With the database, you will be able to search on 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
DURHAM
There were no new homicides reported in Durham from August 7 - 13.
RALEIGH
There were no new homicides reported in Raleigh from August 7 - 13.
WAKE COUNTY
There were no new homicides reported in Wake County from August 7 - 13.
ORANGE COUNTY
There were no new homicides reported in Orange County from August 7 - 13.
(Note: A homicide Monday night in Hillsborough will appear in next week’s Tracker. See that story here.)
Database editor David Raynor contributed to this report.
This story was originally published August 15, 2023 at 12:05 PM with the headline "Homicide Tracker for week ending Aug. 13: No new homicides for 1st time in past month."