Stacy Shermont Mabine, 49, was reported missing on January 25, 2023, after his last known location was given as a residence at 1108 Benthall Bridge Road, south of Murfreesboro, North Carolina. Deputies from the Hertford County Sheriff’s Office visited the property two days later and interviewed homeowner Norman White, 41, and Mabine’s girlfriend Charita Cherry, 50; their accounts of Mabine’s whereabouts and the last time he was seen were inconsistent.

A 17-year-old male later confessed to Mabine’s murder, and human remains believed to be Mabine’s were found on the property and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for identification and forensic analysis. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation assisted in processing the scene. The teen was charged with first-degree murder and concealment of death and held without bond at the Pitt County Juvenile Detention Center. White was charged with accessory after the fact and concealment of death, bond set at $300,000. Cherry was charged with accessory after the fact and held on $150,000 bond; both were confined at the Hertford County Detention Center after initial court appearances.

Mabine, born April 25, 1973, was remembered by family and friends and had ties to Second Baptist Church Creeksville and the Hertford County public schools. The investigation was described as ongoing and active. If anyone has information about Mabine, his last known movements, or the residence on Benthall Bridge Road, please come forward.