RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man accused of killing his girlfriend, Apex teacher and basketball coach Sheremy Dillard, is expected to appear before a Wake County judge on Friday after being extradited back to North Carolina.
Rickey Harper faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with Dillard's death. Authorities said Harper fled to Pennsylvania after the killing.
Police found Dillard dead inside her Raleigh home on Aug. 13 after family members requested a welfare check when they were unable to reach her.
Investigators said Dillard lived in the home with Harper, her boyfriend, but he was gone when officers arrived.
According to police, evidence collected at the scene and information from Flock cameras helped identify Harper as a suspect. He was arrested the following day in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Dillard was a recovery teacher and the head girls basketball coach at Felton Grove High School in Apex.
Harper has since been extradited to Wake County and is expected to make his first court appearance Friday on the first-degree murder charge.
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