Prosecutors allege McNeill took the child from her home in the early morning hours of November 10, 2009 to rape her at a motel in Sanford before killing her and dumping her body in an area known to be ...

The jury in the case reached its verdict within 30 minutes of receiving instructions from a judge following an one-sided closing argument from prosecutors for why McNeill should get the death penalty.

FAYETTEVILLE — A Cumberland County prosecutor told a jury Monday that soil samples and DNA evidence implicate a man in the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl, while the defense contends that its ...

FAYETTEVILLE "It is our sincere hope that the Davis family may now put this horrific event behind them, and begin the healing process," Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Nergamine told the media during a ...

McNeill's trial was postponed earlier this week while the defendant's mental "capacity to proceed" was evaluated by psychiatrists from Central Regional Hospital in Butner and Cherry Hospital in ...

Jurors heard opening statements in the trial of Mario McNeill in a Cumberland County courtroom. McNeill is charged with raping and killing Shaniya Davis in November 2009. Last week, Superior Court ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – Prosecutors have completed their closing arguments in the trial of a man accused of the rape and murder of a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl ...