Angelia Smith Taylor, a 57-year-old African American woman, was shot to death on April 9, 2014, at her Wendell, North Carolina home. Angelia and her husband Sylvester Taylor were both attacked; Angelia was found in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the chest, and Sylvester was discovered in the backyard having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Their daughter LaTonya Taylor and her children were living with them at the time. LaTonya called 911 reporting gunshots and was later found with life-threatening injuries in another bedroom; her son Jeremy also called 911 that night saying his mother had been shot.

The attacker was identified as Nathan Holden, LaTonya’s estranged husband. LaTonya had obtained a restraining order against him after threats and harassment. According to testimony at the 2017 trial, Nathan arrived at the house and opened fire on the family, killing Angelia and Sylvester and seriously wounding LaTonya; Jeremy testified about the scene and about Nathan’s actions toward the children after the shooting. Nathan Holden was convicted of the first-degree murders of Angelia Smith Taylor and Sylvester Taylor.

Did anyone in Wendell or the surrounding area know Angelia or the Taylor family and have information that could add context to what happened that night?