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North Carolina former soldier linked to 2010 cold case, arrested: police
Fayetteville, North Carolina, police arrested a former Fort Bragg soldier on Tuesday in connection to a homicide case in 2010 that went chilly, in line with police.
Aaron Richardson, 41, was arrested by the Fayetteville Police Division’s Murder Unit and charged with the first-degree homicide of Terrance Omar Plummer Jr.
Aaron Richardson was arrested after Fayetteville, North Carolina police linked him as a suspect in a 2010 homicide case that went chilly. (Fayetteville Police Division)
On the time of the homicide, police stated, Richardson was a soldier on energetic responsibility at Fort Bragg.
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Richardson was arrested at his residence in Houston, Texas and booked into the Harris County, Texas jail the place he’s presently awaiting extradition to North Carolina.
Detectives discovered throughout a preliminary investigation in 2010 that Plummer was inside a residence on Rhew Avenue when he was stabbed a number of occasions.
Chilly case inventory file (iStock)
When officers responded to the residence at 8:40 a.m. on Might 31, 2010, Plummer was discovered useless inside.
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Police famous that a number of items of forensic proof have been collected from the crime scene and preserved for evaluation at a later date. Nonetheless, the case went unsolved in 2010.
However due to developments in forensic evaluation expertise, the proof collected at scene was examined once more.
This time, detectives stated they have been capable of hyperlink Richardson because the suspect within the homicide of Plummer.
The Fayetteville Police Division thanked the U.S. Military’s Legal Investigations division at Fort Bragg, the Wharton County Texas Sheriff’s Workplace Legal Investigations Division, and Houston Police Division’s Murder Unit for helping within the investigation and apprehension of Richardson.
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Though Richardson is in custody, the investigation continues to be energetic.
Detectives encourage anybody with details about the murder to name Detective C. Crews at 910-751-1046 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477) to go away an nameless tip.