NC man accused of murder makes court appearance

by the Associated Press
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 5:41 PM EDT

TARBORO (AP) — A 31-year-old convicted sex offender accused of murdering one of six eastern North Carolina women killed over the past four years has made his first court appearance.
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Antwan Maurice Pittman stood before an Edgecombe County judge Wednesday where he was charged with first-degree murder for the death of 29-year-old Taraha Nicholson, who was found strangled along a rural stretch of road outside Rocky Mount in March.

Nicholson’s murder is one of six similar cases being investigated by a task force that includes the Edgecombe County sheriff;s office, the State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI.

Messages left for Pittman’s two court-appointed attorneys were not returned.

Authorities continue to search for three women still missing.

 

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