Jackie Nikelia Thorpe, a 35-year-old African-American woman, was reported missing on May 8, 2007. Her remains were found on August 17, 2007, behind a house on Seven Bridges Road in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Thorpe was one of several African-American women whose deaths alarmed the community after multiple victims were discovered in the same area over several years. Investigators formed a task force including the Rocky Mount Police Department, the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and examined whether the cases were linked; authorities did not publicly confirm a direct connection and no definitive suspect has been identified in Thorpe’s death.

Some arrests were made in connection with other crimes in the area, but no one has been charged in Thorpe’s murder. The case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Jackie, her movements in spring 2007, or has information about activity on or near Seven Bridges Road, please come forward.