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Taraha Shenice Nicholson

Case from Rocky Mount, NC dated Feb 22, 2009

Victim Details

Taraha Shenice Nicholson

Female

Black / African American

Rocky Mount

NC

2009-02-22

28

Taraha

Shenice Nicholson

07/03/2026

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Taraha Shenice Nicholson, a 28-year-old African-American woman, was reported missing on February 22, 2009. Her remains were discovered on March 7 in a wooded area near Seven Bridges Road in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. An autopsy later determined that she had been strangled to death.

Nicholson's case was part of a larger investigation into a series of murders involving African-American women in the Rocky Mount area. Authorities suspected that a serial killer was responsible for multi ...
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