A 19-year-old man was shot and killed on Clifton Road in Knightdale on May 4, 2006, and nearly two decades later, no one has been arrested. The Wake County Sheriff's Office is renewing its call for information, describing the case of Dontez Antonio Eason as unsolved and urging anyone with knowledge of what happened to come forward.
According to a Wake County Sheriff's Office post highlighting Eason's story, he was shot and killed on Clifton Road in Knightdale, and he was 19 years old at the time. The post identifies his case as still unsolved, nearly 20 years after his death.
Details from the time of the shooting paint a grim scene. Neighbors on Clifton Road told WRAL they called 911 early that Thursday morning after hearing gunshots. Deputies arrived to find Eason's body in a wooded area near the road, and authorities searched the scene and collected several pieces of evidence as part of their investigation.
K-9 Units Joined the Search Near Clifton Road
Two K-9 units assisted deputies as they combed the wooded area near where Eason was found, the station's report notes. His body was then taken to the state Medical Examiner's Office in Chapel Hill. The outlet's account does not identify a suspect, a motive, or a weapon connected to the shooting.
Beyond the initial search, the public record on what investigators uncovered in the years since is thin. The sheriff's office post gives no indication of how the case has progressed since 2006, only that it remains unsolved today.
How To Submit A Tip
The sheriff's office is asking anyone with information about Eason's death to email [email protected]. Cold cases like Eason's sit alongside a broader catalog of unresolved homicides and missing persons cases tracked statewide by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, which maintains its own listings of unsolved crimes across the state.
For now, the Wake County Sheriff's Office is leaning on public memory to crack a case nearly two decades cold. Anyone who recalls details from that morning on Clifton Road, or who has information about what led to Eason's death, is asked to reach investigators at the email address above.
