Aaliyah Unique Isles, 18, was found shot to death near the intersection of Talmage Drive and Tolarsville Road in the Tolarsville community outside St. Pauls on the morning of August 4, 2025. Deputies with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11:07 a.m.; she was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound as investigators secured the area and began canvassing for evidence and witnesses.

Because the scene sits close to the Robeson–Bladen county line, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office took the lead on the homicide investigation. Family and friends identified her as Aaliyah Unique Isles, 18, of Fayetteville, and community memorial pages and local incident logs place the killing at that crossroads. Detectives later announced a juvenile suspect was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder; the suspect was ordered held at a juvenile detention facility under a $2,000,000 secured bond.

If anyone knew Aaliyah, saw activity in the Tolarsville area on August 4, 2025, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.