Connie Graham Charged in 2015 Sara Graham Murder as 2 Sons Face Cover-Up Counts
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 30
Connie Graham Charged in 2015 Sara Graham Murder as 2 Sons Face Cover-Up Counts
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 30
Summary
More than 11 years after Sara Nicole Graham vanished on her way to work, North Carolina authorities charged her stepmother Connie Graham with first-degree murder and arrested two sons on alleged cover-up charges.
Connie Graham also faces evidence-destruction and conspiracy counts, while Bobby Matthew McLellan and Luke Locklear were charged with conspiracy and evidence tampering; McLellan also faces accessory-after-the-fact charges.
A Robeson County judge declared Sara Graham legally dead earlier in June after she had been missing more than seven years, allowing prosecutors to proceed with the case as a homicide even though her body has not been found.
Connie Graham was denied bond, and the two men are held on $1 million secured bonds as investigators withhold the evidence behind the arrests while the case moves through court.
The FBI is still offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the recovery of Sara Graham's body, underscoring that the 2015 case remains unresolved despite the arrests.