On November 23, 2023, at about 4:54 p.m., deputies in Pitt County found 41-year-old Jessica Bentacourt Riggs deceased at 1407 Rick Circle in Greenville, North Carolina. She had suffered a fatal gunshot wound and authorities ruled her death a homicide.

Investigators identified Ms. Riggs’ live-in boyfriend, 35-year-old James Stewart Purvis Jr., as a person of interest; witnesses said Purvis was seen leaving the residence around the time of the incident driving a dark-colored Ford Explorer. Raleigh Police later located that vehicle near a bus station in Raleigh and on November 27, 2023, apprehended Purvis on a felony warrant for larceny of a motor vehicle. He was returned to Pitt County and charged with murder; he is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center without bond.

Ms. Riggs is survived by her husband, children, siblings and father-in-law, and her death has left the Greenville community mourning. Did anyone in Greenville see the dark-colored Ford Explorer on November 23 around 4:30–5:30 p.m. or have other information that could help?