What Finally Connected a Suspect to Plummer's Murder?

On May 31, 2010, 22-year-old Terrance “Konomi” Plummer Jr. was found murdered inside an abandoned duplex in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The crime scene was unlike anything detectives had ever seen. Despite recovering a bloody palm print believed to belong to the killer, investigators couldn’t identify who left it. For more than a decade, the case haunted Fayetteville Police Department homicide detective Jeff Locklear. Then, one conversation changed everything. In this episode of The Deck, Ashley Flowers tells the remarkable story of how a brutal cold case was finally solved, not because investigators found new evidence, but because they looked at existing evidence in a new way. You’ll hear about Plummer Jr.’s murder on Memorial Day weekend 2010, the shocking crime scene that left detectives searching for answers, the bloody palm print investigators believed belonged to the killer, why years of forensic testing failed to identify a suspect, the overlooked detail that kept the case unsolved for more than 13 years, and how one simple change in investigative strategy finally identified Joshua Aaron Richardson. This episode also explores the challenges investigators faced while working in one of Fayetteville’s most violent neighborhoods, the importance of reexamining forensic evidence as technology evolves, the impact this case had on Detective Jeff Locklear throughout his career, and the lesson every investigator, and every family with a cold case, should know about fingerprint databases. More than 14 years after Plummer’s murder, persistence, evolving technology, and one critical piece of evidence finally brought answers. Check out these other great crime channels: ‪@annieelise‬ Buried After Bar Hopping: She Left With Three Men And Never Came Home | The Savannah Spurlock Case    • Buried After Bar Hopping: She Left With Th...   ‪@kallmekris‬ The Serial Killer Who Inspired "Scream"    • The Serial Killer Who Inspired "Scream"   ‪@KendallRae‬ Husband Flees To Italy & Requests Asylum Amid Murder Charges: Justice For Christa Gilley    • Husband Flees To Italy & Requests Asylum A...   ‪@bellafiori‬ The Case of Faith Hedgepeth    • The Case of Faith Hedgepeth