Alisha Marie Morgan, a 25-year-old woman from Aurora, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on January 21, 2020, in what authorities have identified as a murder-suicide. The incident involved her boyfriend, 31-year-old Craig Lamont Sawyer. The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office responded to a domestic situation at 48 Austin Road in Aurora after receiving a call from Morgan's mother, who reported that Sawyer had gone to Morgan's place of employment, possibly armed, and forced her to leave with
him.
Upon arrival at the Austin Road address, deputies found both Sawyer's and Morgan's cars parked in the yard. They attempted to communicate with Sawyer through a closed and locked door, but he refused to let them in or allow Morgan to come out. After about an hour and forty minutes, Sawyer stopped communicating with the deputies, and moments later, multiple gunshots were heard from inside the house. When deputies breached the door, they found Sawyer in the hallway with a single gunshot wound and Morgan in a nearby bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by EMS personnel.
The investigation revealed that Sawyer and Morgan had a child together, who was not present at the time of the incident. The motive behind the murder-suicide remains under investigation, and authorities have not disclosed any further details regarding potential arrests, suspects, or litigations related to the case.
