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Weekend Toll of Violent Deaths Across North Carolina
A weekend in North Carolina claimed at least 19 lives in various incidents. A Shelby crash killed Shannon Anthony 17, Dorothy Robinson 16, and cab driver William Blanton 45, while other cases included carbon monoxide deaths in Lumberton, a boy crushed in Gastonia, a dancing-party murder in Morganton, a train collision near McFarland, and multiple fire and vehicle fatalities across Kannapolis, Dunn, Hickory, and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Shannon Lee Anthony
Dorothy Elaine Robinson
Grover
Shelby
Liam Colon Blanton
Anthony
Bill
Miss Robinson
South Carolina
Lumberton
Thomas Edward Howle
Rt. 2
McBee
Hillard Leon Player
Rt. 1
Darlington
Don L. Stacy Jr
Gastonia
Jean Shell Penley
Taft H. McFall
Morganton
Randy
Jerry
McFall
McFarlan
Jethro Dove
Cheraw
S.C
Hickory
William Marshall Fowler
Raymond Lee Ward Jr
Kannapolis
Dunn
Annie Pearl McLean
Rosa Nell McLean
Charles Smith
Mary Smith
Cheatham Early
Woodlands Negro
Albert J. Prittard
Roanoke Rapids
Kelly Bryan
Vanceboro