Teresa Ann Pierce Harrelson, 49, was shot to death at her home in the Bentwood Court mobile home park in Fremont, North Carolina, on January 1, 2011. She was taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead. Teresa was born August 26, 1961, in New Hanover County and was the daughter of Inez Benton Pierce and the late Fitzhugh Pierce; she had lived in Fremont and formerly in Rocky Point.

Authorities say the live-in boyfriend, Honorio Grajales, 44, was responsible for the shooting and was charged with murder and held without bond in the Wayne County jail. Witnesses reported a dispute that may have involved Grajales’s jealousy over Teresa’s ex-boyfriend; friends Martha Jones and Bruce Eastwood said Grajales retrieved a gun and shot Teresa three times inside the house, then followed her outside and shot her two more times. Investigators also looked into whether Grajales was in the country legally.

If anyone knew Teresa, her movements that evening, or has information about the case, please come forward.