Man charged with killing mother in Greensboro arrested in Raleigh

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man charged in the killing of his mother in Greensboro was arrested Monday in Raleigh.

Greensboro Police said officers went to a home in the 1600 block of Sunrise Valley Drive just before 3 p.m. for a welfare check after Nhoan Kopa, 52, who did not show up for work.

They found Kopa in an upstairs bathroom, bleeding from a traumatic wound. She died at the scene.

Detectives developed the victim's son, Jut Kopa, 27, as the suspect and charged him with one count of first-degree murder.

Later Monday, he was found in Raleigh and arrested without incident. Officers took him back to Greensboro and placed in the Guilford County Jail without bond.

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