On September 22, 2023, 49-year-old Annie Andaluz was found dead in her apartment on Cumberland Gap Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Deputies responding to a 911 call discovered she had been fatally shot. The caller, 70-year-old Daniel Lee McLaughlin, said he found her that morning and during the call admitted he was afraid to approach the body and said she looked like she had been shot.

McLaughlin’s number showed several missed calls to Andaluz in the early hours before it appeared to have been blocked, and family members said Andaluz had recently worried about McLaughlin visiting after an incident on September 20 when he found her with another man. On May 29, 2024, after an eight-month investigation, McLaughlin was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond; his initial court appearance was set for May 30, 2024.

Anyone with information about Annie’s death is asked to contact investigators.