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Updated · Fox News · Aug 4
Leroy Loper Charged in 58-Year-Old Robin Doyle's Murder After North Carolina Disappearance
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Aug 4

Leroy Loper Charged in 58-Year-Old Robin Doyle's Murder After North Carolina Disappearance

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 4

Summary

  • 54-year-old Leroy Allen Loper was arrested after deputies found Robin Doyle, 58, dead Friday in a wooded area of northeastern Catawba County, North Carolina.
  • Loper faces felony murder, first-degree kidnapping and concealment of death charges after Doyle was reported missing July 28 and was last seen a day earlier by a family member.
  • The Catawba County Sheriff's Office said Loper is a registered sex offender with prior felony convictions for first-degree kidnapping and second-degree forcible sexual offense; he is being held without bond.
  • Sheriff Don Brown called the case "pure evil" and said the investigation remains active as Doyle's community mourns the gas station clerk remembered as a kind local fixture.

Insights

Why was a repeat violent offender roaming free just days before a local clerk vanished from her own home?
How did a convicted kidnapper use zip-ties to snatch a beloved clerk from her home without anyone noticing?