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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fayetteville police officer who headed the search for a missing 5-year-old girl in 2009 testified Friday that a tip from the suspect's attorney led to the discovery of her body. The Fayetteville ...

McNeill is the man accused of killing five-year-old Shaniya Davis in 2009. Thursday morning, two additional alternates were chosen -- a man and a woman. They added to the alternate juror chosen ...

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.

The case sped up after McNeill decided not to take the stand in his own defense. The defense had requested to see the state's audio-visual display, but that request was denied Monday. A charges ...