Arrest made in mysterious murder of 80-year-old North Carolina woman

AULANDER, N.C. (WTVD) — Almost two months after the brutal and surprising killing of an 80-year-old girl, investigators have recognized and arrested a person in Georgia.

The crime occurred on February twentieth in a small city known as Aulander in Bertie County. Certainly one of Aulander’s long-time residents, 80-year-old Lan Rawls, was stabbed to loss of life inside her residence, shaking the city to its core.

“Residing or staying in Aulander, you do not assume or cannot even think about one thing like this occurring, and when it did, it invokes a lot worry for your entire group, and it most likely nonetheless does,” Rawls’ daughter, Cathy Lapid, stated in an interview with ABC affiliate WCTI.

Investigators stated a Georgia man named Robert Reid one way or the other acquired into Rawls’ residence, fatally stabbed Rawls within the again and critically wounded her 62-year-old caregiver Rochelle Harrell.

His arrest is a component of closure for Rawls’ household however many questions stay.

“We now know the who, however we do not know the why,” Lapid stated. “We’d not know the why for some time, if in any respect.

Lapid now turns her thoughts towards the reminiscences she has of her mom.

“She would go for walks, and speak to all people that she would see, she would joke and snort and spend hours in her flower backyard,” Lapid stated. “After I take into consideration her life, which was a really arduous one, she nonetheless discovered the flexibility to have a lot love and compassion for individuals, and that’s what I feel stands out for a lot of once they keep in mind her.”

In the meantime, Reid stays jailed in Georgia. He is going through a slew of felony prices together with first-degree homicide, tried homicide and kidnapping. He’s anticipated to be extradited to North Carolina to face these prices.