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Wednesday Shortly after 7 p.m., agents of the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office were in the area of Wendover Lane in Roanoke Rapids following up on drug complaints. Agents had received complaints of possible drug activity, several cars going to a residence staying a short time then leaving throughout the night. Agent B.J. Murphy stopped a vehicle leaving the Wendover Lane residence on West Tenth Street near Colonial Drive for a motor vehicle violation. During the search, smoking pipes and cocaine were seized. Murphy cited the driver, Wendy Wells, 54, of Roanoke Rapids, with a North Carolin...

A Rocky Mount man is charged in Halifax County District Court with felony conspiracy and accessory before the fact in the murder of a man nearly three months ago at

Questions that would eventually take omaha detectives all over north america and would take more than five years to answer. >> this one stood out, obviously, because of the brutality for one. >> reporter: detective derek mois, was working 3:00 to 11:00 that day. the 911 call came in from tom hunter's dad, dr. william hunter. >> dr. hunter had come home, found shirlee sherman and his son deceased and would call 911. >> anything unusual about that call? >> there wasn't a lot of emotion shown, but he is a doctor. he is a pathologist. >> and he's seen a lot of dead people. >> and he's seen a lot o...

Existence, uh, almost ridiculously simple. >> reporter: dr. william hunter, known as bill to friends and colleagues, ran the pathology residency program at nearby creighton university. his wife, claire, also a doctor at creighton, was in hawaii that day attending a conference. her husband had to break the awful news to her from the police station. >> how is your wife? >> crushed. >> sh she going to be okay? >> she has a work mate that's with her. >> so she's not alone? >> no. >> that's -- that's -- that's good. >> reporter: the hunters had four boys, two grown, one in college and tom. jeff, a ...

>> this one stood out, obviously, because of the brutality for one. >> reporter: detective derek mois, was working 3:00 to 11:00 that day. the 911 call came in from tom hunter's dad, dr. william hunter. >> dr. hunter had come home, found shirlee sherman and his son deceased and would call 911. >> anything unusual about that call? >> there wasn't a lot of emotion shown, but he is a doctor. he is a pathologist. >> and he's seen a lot of dead people. >> and he's seen a lot of death, and it was i think to use a word clinical. >> reporter: the detective and his partner were immediately dispatched t...