Antwan Maurice Pittman: arrested and charged with Taraha Nicholson's murder 
Antwan Pittman, charged with murder, makes first appearance in an Edgecombe County courtroom in Tarboro on Wednesday. His court-appointed attorney, Tom Sallenger, is at right. 
Taraha Shenice Nicholson: remains found March 7, 2009, on Marriott Road in Edgecombe County. Nicholson, 29, had been reported missing on Feb. 22, 2009.
Diana Nicholson, the mother of homicide victim Taraha Shenice Nicholson, is comforted during a news conference at the Edgecombe County Sheriff's office in Tarboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)Man charged in one of a string of slayings in rural N.C.
The Associated Press© September 1, 2009
By Alysia Patterson / TARBORO, N.C.
A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the slaying of a woman who was among six found dead in rural North Carolina since 2005, authorities said Tuesday.
Three other women are still missing. Authorities haven't said if or how the cases may be linked, though all six dead women came from similar backgrounds and had numerous arrests on charges related to drugs and prostitution.
Edgecombe County Sheriff James Knight said Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Taraha Shenice Nicholson. Her body was discovered north of Rocky Mount in March. Pittman did not yet have an attorney.
Wright would not comment on a possible link between Pittman and the other five women, saying only that the investigation is ongoing.
Pittman is a registered sex offender, convicted in November 1994 of taking indecent liberties with a 2-year-old. Correction Department spokesman Keith Acree said Pittman received probation for his three-year sentence, but the probation was revoked. He went to prison in January 1996 and was released in April 1997.
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Pittman's mother, Gloria Pittman, told TV station WRAL that her son is not capable of murder. "I truly believe he did not do what they're saying he did," she said.
Pittman's mother, Gloria Pittman, told TV station WRAL that her son is not capable of murder. "I truly believe he did not do what they're saying he did," she said.
LOTS OF QUESTIONS ON THIS CRIME...WHEN, WHERE, HOW, WHY?
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