Rebecca Rose Buckner, 25, of Nebo, North Carolina, was killed on January 18, 2008. She was a native of McDowell County and the daughter of Steve Buckner of Nebo and Becky Wright of East Point, Georgia, and is also survived by stepmother Lynn Buckner and grandparents James and Rose Buckner.

Investigators say Rebecca was murdered in Nebo by her father, Stephen Monroe Buckner, then 50 years old, who used a gun. The same man is reported to have killed two other people that day: 42-year-old Vicki Lynn Lowery and her 14-year-old daughter Chelsea Nicole Gregory.

The killings left the community reeling and prompted multiple murder charges against Stephen Buckner. If anyone knew Rebecca or has information about the events in Nebo on January 18, 2008, please come forward with what was seen or heard that day.