At a hearing in September 2019, Allyn Sharp took down Tony Huelsman with ease. Huelsman, the lead investigator in the case against Alexander Bishop, a…
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In the early morning on Dec. 13, 2018, a Duke student was sitting in her apartment’s common room in the university’s Central Campus. She was…
In a stunning acknowledgement of their shaky case, Durham prosecutors have dropped charges against Alexander Bishop, a teenager accused of killing his father, a wealthy…
Durham Habitat for Humanity had been trying to help Victoria Dorsey buy a house since 2016. They set their sights on a new Chapel Hill…
Allen Jones’ grandson was murdered last year in Burlington. The person charged with killing the 18-year-old and two others had multiple prior violent convictions, including…
A defense attorney has leveled a new allegation that prosecutors made serious missteps in the case against Alexander Bishop, a Durham teenager accused of killing…
When you walk into the square gray box that is the Durham County courthouse, you find yourself in a sterile administrative wasteland of brownish stone…
The record-keeping system at the Durham courthouse is a glimpse back in time. A large room in the Durham clerk’s office has drawers full of…
Archie Smith spoke to the young woman the day before she was murdered. He had just started practicing law and saw the woman in the…
Vickie Castillo has lived in Durham for nearly three decades. After failing to make one month’s rent in November, she faced the possibility of being…