Man pleads guilty in 2018 murder of Durham woman stabbed 147 times

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Michael Anthony Particular person pleaded responsible on Wednesday to second-degree homicide within the 2018 homicide of Alicia Elder.

Particular person, 55, was arrested after Elder, 50, was discovered lifeless on a Durham baseball subject in January 2018 after being stabbed 147 instances.

Police initially responded to the decision of Elder being discovered lifeless simply after 9 p.m. at Hillside Park off of S. Roxboro Avenue.

Elder had 31 stab wounds in her head and neck, 20 on her torso, six round her upper-left extremity, and 4 on her proper higher extremity, her post-mortem report revealed. These wounds add to the 61 stab wounds additionally discovered throughout her physique, a earlier report mentioned.

Investigators mentioned the stabbing assault was not random, however haven’t launched how Particular person and Elder knew one another.

Particular person has been sentenced to a minimal of 25 years in jail and a most of 31 years.