Fayetteville police update 2010 cold case investigation

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fayetteville Police Chief Kem Braden was joined by others to update the public on a unresolved homicide investigation that dates back to 2010.

Officials spoke about a former Fort Bragg soldier who was arrested in Texas and charged with killing a Fayetteville man.

Joshua Aaron Richardson, 41, is facing first-degree murder charges. Investigators said while he was stationed at Fort Bragg he stabbed Terrance Omar Plummer Jr. multiple times inside a home on Rhew Street.

The murder took place on May 31, 2010, but no arrests were made until February, 2023.

Fayetteville Police Department said forensic evidence collected at the home in 2010 helped identify Richardson as the suspected killer.

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