Woman, two juveniles killed in stabbing at house in Fayetteville, man charged with murder

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Fayetteville Police Department has charged a man with murder after three people were found dead from stab wounds.

Officers responded just before 9 a.m. to a home in the 200 block of Bellarthur Lane about a report of a stabbing.

The call came from someone in the home.

When officers arrived, they found three people dead from stab wounds. Two of the victims were juveniles and the third victim was an elderly woman, FPD said.

One man was taken into custody at the scene. On Friday night, FPD identified him as Mackendy Darbouze, 26.

Darbouze was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and taken to the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond.

A preliminary investigation revealed that everyone knew each other in the case. Police identified the adult victim as 77-year-old Beatrice Desir. Because of their ages, the minors killed were not identified.

"This is a tragic incident that affects our entire community and the well-being of our first responders," an FPD spokesman said in a release.

Shayla Creighton lives down the street from where police found the bodies.

Two juveniles and an elderly woman were found stabbed to death Friday morning after police responded to a call to a house on Bellarthur Lane.

"It's really devastating to know that it was three (people) that lives have been taken," she said. "They were new to the neighborhood, and all we do is just usually just say 'hello.'"

Creighton came home Friday morning to see crime scene tape up in the neighborhood.

"My heart just fell to the ground, so I just immediately started to pray for them because I wouldn't want to be in that situation," said Creighton. "Their lives is taken away from them so abruptly."

The spokesperson added that FPD's victim advocate and the Phoenix Center are working closely with the affected family and providing peer support for first responders.

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Police said it was an isolated incident and there was no ongoing public threat.

Anyone with additional information on the case is asked to call Detective B. Campbell at (910) 813-8012.

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