Charlene Jones Leake, a 43-year-old African American woman from Wilson, North Carolina, was found dead on February 20, 2012, in a house on the outskirts of Wilson with an Elm City postal address. She and 61-year-old John Henry Little, an acquaintance who lived in the same house, were discovered together in a front room; the sheriff’s department called the scene a double homicide and described it as grisly.

Authorities were alerted after a missing person report around noon on the day the bodies were found. The sheriff’s department later identified 45-year-old Verna Lee Farmer of Wilson as a suspect and charged her with the murders of Leake and Little. The motive and further investigative details have not been disclosed.

Neighbors said the killings were shocking and out of character for that neighborhood. Does anyone have information about Leake, Little, or Farmer that could help clarify what happened?