ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. – Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Sandy Parsons, the adoptive father of Erica Parsons, according to the District Attorney. Earlier this month, Parsons was formally ...

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. -- The Office of Chief Medical Examiner released new details regarding the death of Erica Parsons, a Rowan County teenager whose disappearance garnered national headlines. On ...

SALISBURY, N.C. -- The adoptive parents of Erica Parsons have both been charged with first-degree murder for the death of the girl who was first reported missing five years ago from her home in ...

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina district attorney says he will seek the death penalty against the adoptive father of a teenager who was missing for years before her body was found in South ...

SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — The adoptive mother of a North Carolina teen who was missing for years before her body was found in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges.

A year after the search for Erica Parsons began, her biological mother, Carolyn Parsons, has moved back to Rowan County. She’s staying with a friend, looking for work and pressuring investigators to ...