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    Dexter Tremaine McRae Sentenced to LWOP in 2006 NC Rape/Murder

    Jury selection begins in 2006 rape, murder trial

    Jury selection began today in the trial of a Fayetteville man accused of raping and killing his estranged wife after finding another man in her home.

    Lawyers in the trial of Dexter Tremaine McRae began interviewing potential jurors about noon, according to court officials. Jury selection is expected to take a week or more.

    McRae, 33, of the 200 block of Russellville Court, is accused of breaking into the home of Sophia Danielle McRae, raping her and killing her in September 2006.

    If convicted, McRae could receive the death penalty.

    Superior Court Judge Greg Bell told potential jurors the trial could take four to five weeks.

    Dexter McRae was charged with first-degree murder after Fayetteville police found Sophia McRae, 24, dead in her home in the Arran Hills Mobile Home park off Bingham Drive on Sept. 21, 2006.

    Investigators said Dexter McRae raped and stabbed her to death while in a jealous rage.

    Dexter McRae, who was at the home when police arrived, told them that once he started stabbing her, he couldn't stop.

    The couple had been having problems since July 2006, according to court documents, and their three children were in the home at the time of their mother's death.

    Investigators previously said Dexter McRae drove by the home the night before the killing and saw a car parked outside.

    He then drove to his home 8 miles away to get two knives and a crowbar. He returned to where Sophia McRae was staying and entered the home through a room where the children were sleeping.

    Dexter McRae then hid in the doorway of a vacant bedroom for about two hours, until Sophia McRae's guest left.

    Once the guest was gone, Dexter McRae confronted his estranged wife and hit her in the face, investigators said. He then cut her across the neck and forced her to have sex with him.

    Afterward, Sophia McRae checked on the children and when she returned, she was stabbed in the neck, torso and back, investigators said.

    Family members said the couple had been married about five years but had been together longer than that.

    Dexter McRae had previously been charged with strangling his wife. Sophia McRae at one point had a restraining order on her estranged husband, according to court documents.

    http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/07/26/1016717?sac=Local

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    Opening statements set in McRae's murder trial

    Lawyers in the murder trial of Dexter McRae are scheduled to make their opening statements today.

    McRae, 33, of the 200 block of Russellville Court, is accused of killing his estranged wife in September 2006.

    Lawyers finished jury selection Wednesday, nearly a month after it began. Sixteen jurors were needed, including four alternates, before the trial could proceed.

    The trial resumes at 9:30 a.m. today with opening statements by prosecutors and McRae's lawyers. Jurors also are expected to hear the start of testimony.

    Investigators have said that Sophia Danielle McRae was stabbed to death. They have said McRae raped and killed her while in a jealous rage after finding another man in her home.

    If convicted, McRae could face the death penalty.

    McRae was charged with first-degree murder after Fayetteville police found the 24-year-old woman dead in her home in the Arran Hills Mobile Home Park off Bingham Drive on Sept. 21, 2006.

    McRae, who was at the home when police arrived, told them that once he started stabbing her, he couldn't stop.

    The couple had been having problems since July 2006, according to court documents. Their three children were in the home at the time of their mother's death.

    Investigators previously said McRae saw a car parked at the home and returned a short time later, breaking into the home and hiding in a vacant bedroom for hours until the guest left.

    When the guest was gone, McRae allegedly confronted his estranged wife, hitting and cutting her and forcing her to have sex with him.

    Afterward, Sophia McRae checked on the children, and when she returned, she was stabbed in the neck, torso and back, investigators said.

    Family members said the couple had been married about five years but had been together longer.

    Dexter McRae had previously been charged with strangling his wife. Sophia McRae at one point had a restraining order on her estranged husband, according to court documents.

    http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/08/25/1024911?sac=Local

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    *McRae was sentenced to LWOP on 09/27/10

    Jury convicts Fayetteville man of killing estranged wife

    A Cumberland County juror convicted a Fayetteville man Friday of raping and killing his estranged wife in 2006.

    Dexter Tremaine McRae, 34, was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and first-degree burglary. Family of both McRae and his victim, Sophia Danielle McRae, sat silently as the 12 jurors were polled following the initial reading of the verdict.

    Next week, the jury will decide between the punishments of life in prison without parole or the death penalty.

    McRae had admitted to killing 24-year-old Sophia McRae after discovering another man in her home in September 2006.

    His lawyers argued that their client acted in an irrational haze and did not intend to kill his wife.

    According to investigators, Dexter McRae stabbed his wife to death after first breaking into her home, waiting for her guest to leave and confronting and raping her.

    McRae's lawyer argued there was no evidence of anything other than consensual sex and denied assertions by prosecutors that the killing was premeditated. The defense said in closing arguments that McRae "snapped" and "lost all control."

    The jury deliberated for five hours Thursday and about an hour Friday before reaching a verdict about 10:30 a.m.

    The trial began July 26. Testimony lasted about three weeks; it took about a month to seat a jury.

    McRae was charged after Fayetteville police found Sophia McRae dead in her home in the Arran Hills Mobile Home Park off Bingham Drive on Sept. 21, 2006.

    McRae, who was at the home when police arrived, told them that once he started stabbing her, he couldn't stop.

    The couple had been having problems since July 2006, according to court documents. Their three children were in the home at the time of their mother's death.

    http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/09/17/1031605

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