What Is The Connection Between Roanoke Rapids, NC, And A Mysterious Death In Mississippi?

Two Police Officers Put On Suspended Unpaid Leave

Sarah Walker Gorrell
2 min readMar 25, 2023

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Trail Cam Photo of Rasheem Carter on the day he went missing. Photo courtesy of Carter family.

ABC11 in Morrisville, NC, reported today that Roanoke Rapids, NC, Police Chief Bobby Martin and Captain Jamie Hardy had been placed on unpaid suspended leave “pending an investigation.”

Earlier today, The NC Beat posted the same information. The NC Beat also included the statement that “Anonymous sources tell The North Carolina Beat that #RoanokeRapids #NorthCarolina Police Chief Billy Martin (should have been Bobby) and Captain Jamie Hardy has been suspended without PAY for allegedly helping Clements (Stephen Clements) stay informed on the next move of authorities in #Mississippi.”

The article on The NC Beat that references the anonymous source has since been deleted.

ABC11 also stated that the two were put on leave after City Administration received allegations. Because it was a personnel matter, no further information was available.

Rasheem Carter, from Fayette, Mississippi, was working on a contract at Georgia-Pacific in Taylorsville, Mississippi, when he disappeared on October 2, 2022. Rasheem told his mother, Tiffany Carter, in his last conversations that white men were threatening him. He also related…

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Sarah Walker Gorrell
Sarah Walker Gorrell

Written by Sarah Walker Gorrell

A Freelance writer, blogger, and author who writes about anything and everything — news, family, cemeteries, or the antics of two Poms! Life is a story!

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