Anthony Eric Cogdell, 44, was found dead inside a vehicle on December 16, 2020, on the 1300 block of Jacob Street in East Fayetteville. The vehicle was on a short, dead-end residential road between Deep Creek Road and Cedar Creek Road. Cogdell, described as transient at the time, was later determined to have been shot.

On February 11, 2021, U.S. Marshals assisted in the arrest of 51-year-old Timothy Leroy Coe of the 1700 block of Cumberland Drive in Fayetteville; Coe was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Cogdell’s death. The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit also named 23-year-old Reginald Wedner of the 300 block of Brass Court as a person of interest; Wedner was wanted on multiple felony vehicle and property charges and was believed to have information relevant to the case.

If anyone has information about Cogdell, Wedner, or the events on Jacob Street that night, please contact Detective A. Caldwell or Fayetteville/Cumberland County Crimestoppers.