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Robert Peterson

Case from Jacksonville, NC dated Apr 01, 2016

Victim Details

Robert Peterson

Male

White / Caucasian

Jacksonville

NC

2016-04-01

40

Robert

Peterson

07/16/2026

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Robert Earl Peterson, a 45-year-old man from Jacksonville, NC, was convicted of the brutal murder of his stepfather, Roy Bryan Andrews, a 64-year-old retired Jacksonville Sheriff's Office patrolman. The incident occurred in August 2005 at Greenlawn Cemetery on Beach Boulevard. Peterson lured Andrews to the cemetery under the pretense that his car had broken down. Once there, Peterson shot and beat Andrews to death. The motive behind the murder was financial; Peterson was angry because his stepfa ...
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  • Life, not death, for man who murdered former JSO officer
  • Jacksonville man's death sentence vacated – 104.5 WOKV
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