Wendell Oxendine | MURDERED | Lumbee
Wendell “Wilkie” Oxendine of the Lumbee Tribe, was shot and killed in Maxton, North Carolina on September 28, 1991 during a shoot out between two brothers.
Craig Bullard | MURDERED | Lumbee
Craig Lee Bullard, 27, a Lumbee man, was shot and killed in Maxton, NC, in July 1999. His case ended in a mistrial after the jury couldn’t reach a verdict.
Steve Austin Pate | MURDERED | Lumbee
Steve Austin Pate ("AuDi"), Lumbee, was born on November 12, 1997, and lived in Shannon, North Carolina. Tragically passing away in May 2020 at the age of 22, his case remains largely unpublicized.
Margret Lois Bell | MURDERED | Lumbee
Margaret Lois Bell was a Lumbee woman who was found murdered in her Robeson County, North Carolina home in 1996. Nearly 30 years later, DNA evidence led to the arrest of a suspect. Kenneth Delton Locklear was charged in 2025 and was taken into custody, but died in jail before his trial, prompting the North Carolina SBI to investigate his death.
William J. Williamson | MURDERED | Lumbee
William Jerome Williamson, a 34-year-old member of the Lumbee Tribe, was fatally shot during a birthday gathering in Shannon, North Carolina, on July 14, 2018. Christopher Ryan Locklear was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with his death.
Twilight Song Crooks | MURDERED | Arapaho & Cherokee
Twilight Song Crooks, a 15-year-old of Arapaho and Cherokee descent, disappeared from Bowling Green, Kentucky in August 2001. Her body was found two weeks later, and her death remains an unsolved homicide.
Aubrey Dameron | MURDERED | Cherokee
Aubrey Dameron, a 25-year-old Two-Spirit citizen of the Cherokee Nation, vanished from Grove, Oklahoma in 2019. Despite her family's immediate concern, the case was met with delay and neglect. Nearly six years later, her remains were found, and the search for justice continues.
Brittany Locklear | MURDERED | Lumbee
Five-year-old Brittany Locklear was abducted while waiting for her school bus in Raeford, North Carolina, on January 7, 1998. Less than a day later, her body was found in a drainage ditch. Over 25 years later, her case remains unsolved, highlighting the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and children (MMIW).