James Harris

Do you know who killed James Harris in 1983?
On December 4, 2012, the stillness of a rural stretch outside Nashville, North Carolina—Nash County roads where people are used to quiet and distance and the comfort of familiarity—was broken in an instant. Deputies were called to a home in the 7300 block of Cedar Grove School Loop Road, and when they arrived, the scene turned from “response call” to something final and irreversible: **Leasa Harper Smith**, 41 years old, was found **inside the residence, fatally shot**.

The early ...