Erica Victoria McNeill, 42, of Lillington, North Carolina, was found shot to death on the evening of October 23, 2025. Deputies responded to a 6:07 p.m. 911 call at a home on Amrie Lane and discovered McNeill in a vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound; local notices later confirmed her identity and age.

Investigators say the initial 911 report came from McNeill’s former boyfriend, Rodney Jermaine Pipkin, who told dispatchers she had shot herself. Detectives determined the wound was not self-inflicted and the case was reclassified as a homicide. Pipkin, 42, of Lillington, was arrested the same day and charged with second-degree murder; he was booked into the Harnett County Detention Center and held without bond while the investigation continued.

Funeral and memorial postings in the days after October 23 affirmed McNeill’s name, age, and date of death. Authorities had not released a motive or identified any additional suspects. Did anyone in the area know Erica McNeill or have information that could help investigators?