Credit: Hancock County Sheriff’s Office
A joint investigation involving the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Surry County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of a Mississippi man for the 1992 murder of a North Carolina woman.
On the morning of July 7, 1992, the body of a woman later identified as Nona Stamey Cobb was found on the northbound side of Interstate 77. At the request of the Surry County Sheriff’s Office, the SBI assisted with the investigation.
In April 2021, special agents from the SBI’s Cold Case Investigation Unit and investigators from the Surry County Sheriff’s Office rexamined the physical evidence in the case, including DNA. Based on that DNA and working with Colleen Fitzpatrick, founder of Identifiers International, the investigators were able to identify Warren Luther Alexander as a possible suspect in Cobb’s murder.
On March 15, 2022, Alexander was arrested in Diamondhead, Mississippi. He has been charged with murder and is being held at the Hancock County Jail awaiting extradition to North Carolina. This is an ongoing investigation as investigators are looking into whether there are more victims.
Republished courtesy of Surrey County Sheriffs Office.