State v. Moss

MITCHELL, Justice.

The State’s evidence tended to show the following. On Saturday, 14 January 1989, hunters discovered the body of the victim Pauline Sanderson in a wooded area off Highway 1003 in Duplin County. The hunters immediately called the sheriff.

Sheriff’s deputies arrived shortly thereafter and found the victim’s body in a clearing. The body was lying against a tree with a navy blue sweater tied around the neck and to the tree. The deputies observed a red jacket; a toboggan hat, an open pocketbook and items apparently from the pocketbook strewn near the body. The victim’s body was…