Delfonia Tanyette Wright, 48, was shot and killed during a domestic dispute at a home on Cates Loop Road in Burlington, North Carolina, on December 12, 2021. The argument involved her partner, 45-year-old Alfonza McDuffie, who had moved in about six weeks earlier. Deputies responding to a 911 call just before 3 p.m. found Wright and her cousin, 45-year-old Tomeka Toshil Wright Spaulding, dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

A third woman present escaped by knocking down a door and diving through a window and later described the event to investigators. After the shooting McDuffie reportedly stole Wright’s car and fled; he was later arrested in Sampson County and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of larceny of a motor vehicle. He was being held without bond on the murder charges and with a $20,000 bond on the larceny charge.

Sheriff Terry Johnson criticized the criminal justice system’s handling of repeat violent offenders and the case has been cited in discussions about rising domestic violence and homicides in Alamance County. If anyone knew Delfonia or has information about the events that day, please come forward to assist the investigation.