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A college student is found murdered in her dorm room in Elizabeth City, NC
Sharon Jones, 21, was found murdered inside her dorm room inside Mitchell-Lewis Dormitory on the campus of Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, NC, on the morning of March 5, 1984. She had returned to the campus early during spring break to attend to her student-teacher requirements at local elementary schools. Sharon was found naked and facedown with a white belt wrapped around her neck and tied to her bed frame. Sharon's cause of death was determined to be strangulation, though b ...Read More
Sharon Jones, 21, was found murdered inside her dorm room inside Mitchell-Lewis Dormitory on the campus of Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, NC, on the morning of March 5, 1984. She had returned to the campus early during spring break to attend to her student-teacher requirements at local elementary schools. Sharon was found naked and facedown with a white belt wrapped around her neck and tied to her bed frame. Sharon's cause of death was determined to be strangulation, though b ...Read More
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Sharon Jones
August 17, 2022
Female
African-American / Black
Elizabeth City
NC
1984-03-05
1962-07-04
21
Sharon
Jones
11/07/2025
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I’ve been reading up on Sharon Jones’ case, and I’m disturbed by the details of the crime scen... ...Read More
09/03/2024
09/03/2024
I've been reading more about the Sharon Jones case at Elizabeth City State University from 1984, and... ...Read More
07/13/2024
07/13/2024
