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Renee Roberson

Storyteller. Journalist. True Crime Addict.

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    True Crime Wednesday: Who Killed Lue Cree Overcash Westmoreland?

    October 13, 2021 / No Comments

    This article originally appeared in the October 2021 issue of Lake Norman CURRENTS. When 20-year-old Lue Cree Overcash Westmoreland retired for the evening at the home of her husband’s family on Jan. 19, 1937, no one expected the young bride of only two months would be murdered by the next morning. Lue Cree’s husband, Herman Westmoreland, lived in an apartment…

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  • Lifestyle

    Celebrate the Joy of Reading with Library Card Sign-Up Month

    September 10, 2021 / No Comments

    If you enjoy reading, there’s no doubt you probably have a library card. From the time both my kids could walk, we spent many hours each week at the library, especially in the summers. One summer my daughter even volunteered as a library intern and loved it. We are fortunate to belong to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, which allows us access…

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    True Crime Wednesday: The N.C. Murders of Viktor Gunnarsson and Catherine Miller

    September 8, 2021 / No Comments

    North Carolina isn’t exactly the place where one would expect to find a man suspected of being involved with the assassination of the Prime Minister of Sweden hiding out. Nor would they expect the man would be murdered as the result of a love triangle and not his troubles abroad. But that’s what happened to Viktor Gunnarsson in December 1993.…

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  • Lifestyle,  writing inspiration

    Always Learning

    September 2, 2021 / No Comments

    This letter appears in the August 2021 issue of Lake Norman CURRENTS. I love to learn about new things. Some of my favorite ways to consume new information is through podcasts, documentaries, and books. Sometime in this past year I realized I had gotten into a bit of a rut when it came to my personal education choices. I was…

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  • True Crime

    True Crime Wednesday: The Murder of Foy Dixon Cooper

    June 30, 2021 / No Comments

    Author David Aaron Moore shared the story of Foy Dixon Cooper in his book Charlotte: Murder, Mystery and Mayhem. At around 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 1959, a group of young boys gathered in the Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte to play and chase squirrels and chipmunks like they often did. Playing in a cemetery could involve quite a bit…

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  • Lifestyle,  Travel

    Time to Get Away

    June 28, 2021 / No Comments

    This letter appears in the June 2021 issue of Lake Norman CURRENTS. For so many years, my weekends have been filled with “to-do’s.” I must go to the grocery store. I have to get to my kids’ sporting events. I absolutely must clean the house. A Target run is essential. All those things I couldn’t quite get to during the…

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  • Book Review

    The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

    May 7, 2021 / No Comments

    Synopsis: Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name—and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to…

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    True Crime Wednesday: William Dathan Holbert

    May 5, 2021 / No Comments

    He was known to his friends as “Wild Bill Cortez” on the small islands of Bocas del Toro, a Caribbean enclave in Panama popular with tourists and expats. But what no one knew was that “Wild Bill” was actually a fugitive from North Carolina who had found the perfect paradise to fund a lifestyle he felt he deserved. In reality,…

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  • Lifestyle

    Observations from a Mom

    May 3, 2021 / No Comments

    This letter appears in the May 2021 issue of Lake Norman CURRENTS. My mother and I have always had a complicated relationship, and I think that’s true for a lot of mothers and daughters. But as I’ve grown older and become a mom myself, there are so many things I would like to tell my mother. I understand that you…

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  • True Crime

    True Crime Wednesday: The Murder of Christina Maria Matos

    April 28, 2021 / No Comments

    Christina Maria Matos was just trying to help out a friend, but the generosity she was so well known for likely caused her death. Matos had just turned 20 and was living in an apartment in Raleigh, N.C. and working as a server in a couple of different restaurants. Last semester she had taken courses at nearby Wake Tech Community…

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I don’t wear pink a lot, but had to have this pr I don’t wear pink a lot, but had to have this print blouse I found at @ninasboutiquelkn last year. I also love a good pink sunset! #nationalpinkday
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Dad got up early and took Ruby to Starbucks for he Dad got up early and took Ruby to Starbucks for her very first puppucino. I’m sure none of us will be allowed to head to the garage without her from here on out. #doxiiesofinstagram
I’m getting over Covid, am hormonal if I’m to I’m getting over Covid, am hormonal if I’m to be honest, have a full weekend of work ahead of me, and Ruby’s face is my current mood. Bless my family (and these dogs because it’s been quite a ride). Happy Friday!
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