Danielle Locklear
"Everything deserves the chance to live.”
Danielle was born on July 10th, 1998, in Fayetteville, NC to Rowna Fowler and William D. Dawson.
In 2014, Danielle was a 15-year-old freshman at South View High School in Hope Mills, North Carolina. The previous summer, she opted to leave South Carolina to move in with her grandparents at the Fox Meadow-Brookridge apartments in Hope Mills.
She began mentoring young children at a youth summer camp operated by an Autryville church, which is how she met 17-year-old Je'Michael Malloy.
Je'Michael was quiet and introverted. He was a senior at Cape Fear Highschool. Danielle would light up whenever he was around. Dominic Lock was Je'Michael's best friend. Dominic would do what ever Je'Michael would tell him to do.
Danielle felt like she wasn't getting enough attention from Je'Michael, that he was spending too much time with Dominic, and she broke up with him around Christmas of 2013. A few months later however, they were back together.
At around 9:45 p.m. on March 11th, 2014, Danielle asked her grandfather if she could go to her friend's house down the street to return a book. He told her that it was fine, but to hurry back. When hours passed and she hadn't returned, Danielle's grandparents tried her cellphone in futility. The grandparents then called Rowna and told her that Danielle was missing. Rowna immediately got in her car and drove the two miles to the grandparents' house. Then the police was called and Danielle was reported missing.
Some people speculated that Danielle might have ran away. Danielle's aunt Chena decided to do some sleuthing on her own. The next day she went to a rumored secret place near the grandparents' home and the last place that kids in the town said was that Danielle was seen the night of her disappearance.
Rockfish Creek gave Chena the chills as she walked down the dirt trails. She stopped cold in her tracks when she saw the word "Help" scraped into the ground with a stick. Chena wondered if it was a sick joke or a cry for help, but whatever it was made her hair stand on end. As she was leaving the trail she noticed a sock on the ground. On closer inspection she thought that it belonged to Danielle.
Volunteer search crews scoured the area, billboards and missing person flyers were put up around town. Despite all of this, Danielle was no where to be found. So the FBI was called in.
Je'Michael was at every search, hugging Danielle's mom and showing the family support. He was also sharing his own theory of what happened to Danielle. He told Chena that Danielle had was suicidal and wanted to drown herself in cold water.
Where was Je'Michael's best friend Dominic through all of this? No where in sight.
Three weeks after Danielle's disappearance, as a off duty officer drove over a bridge not far from Danielle's school, he noticed something in the creek that didn't look right to him. So he called in to the police station asking if there was an officer that could bring binoculars to his location. He wanted to make sure the something that he saw in the creek wasn't a body. Sadly, on closer inspection, it was a body.
Danielle's body was pulled from the creek. She had been bound with nylon rope tied to cinder blocks and a single sock had plunged deep into her mouth. The sock was a match to the one that Chena had found the day after Danielle had went missing. The autopsy came to the conclusion that Danielle's cause of death was asphyxiation.
Danielle's body had been found not far from where Je'Michael lived. The next day, the police executed a search warrant for Je'Michael's house at 7946 N.C. Highway 210 South. They found rope that matched the one that bound Danielle. They also found cinder blocks, neatly stacked against the garage, which matched the ones that had been tied to Danielle. Danielle's phone was found a short distance away. It had been thrown on a highway median. Her phone had a voicemail on it in Je'Michael's voice that said, " If you come around me, i will kill you."
On April 19th, 2014, Je'Michael coldly told investigators that he had broken up with Danielle by the creek the night of her disappearance. He claimed that Danielle, who was not pregnant at the time of her death, told him that she was pregnant and an argument ensued. When Danielle turned away Je'Michael walked up behind her and strangled her to death. He then ran 70 yards to the car where Dominic was waiting.
In his own interrogation, Dominic said that he was shocked when Je'Michael came back alone. Je'Michael yelled at Dominic "She's dead!" Dominic asked, "What are you talking about?" Je'Michael then ran back to where he had left Danielle with Dominic following right behind. When Dominic saw Danielle, she was lying on the ground on her stomach. He said that he was still in shock when Je'Michael asked him to help get rid of the body.
Dominic helped Je'Michael move Danielle's body up the creek bed. Je'Michael threw her in the car and they went back to his place. Je'Michael then grabbed the cinder blocks and the rope. At some point, they took Danielle's boots of, grabbed one of her socks and shoved it down her throat. They then tied her up and threw her in the river.
Je'Michael showed no emotion during the retelling of Danielle's murder. He only started to cry when he talked about how he ruined his future career in the military.
Je'Michael plead guilty to murder in the second degree and Dominic accessory to murder. Before his sentencing, Je'Michael stood up and addressed Danielle's family.
"I know there is nothing I can do or say that is going to bring her back," he said. "But, I do want to apologize for the actions I made. I know sorry does not cut it, but I want to say I am truly sorry."
Je'Michael was quiet and introverted. He was a senior at Cape Fear Highschool. Danielle would light up whenever he was around. Dominic Lock was Je'Michael's best friend. Dominic would do what ever Je'Michael would tell him to do.
Danielle felt like she wasn't getting enough attention from Je'Michael, that he was spending too much time with Dominic, and she broke up with him around Christmas of 2013. A few months later however, they were back together.
At around 9:45 p.m. on March 11th, 2014, Danielle asked her grandfather if she could go to her friend's house down the street to return a book. He told her that it was fine, but to hurry back. When hours passed and she hadn't returned, Danielle's grandparents tried her cellphone in futility. The grandparents then called Rowna and told her that Danielle was missing. Rowna immediately got in her car and drove the two miles to the grandparents' house. Then the police was called and Danielle was reported missing.
Some people speculated that Danielle might have ran away. Danielle's aunt Chena decided to do some sleuthing on her own. The next day she went to a rumored secret place near the grandparents' home and the last place that kids in the town said was that Danielle was seen the night of her disappearance.
Rockfish Creek gave Chena the chills as she walked down the dirt trails. She stopped cold in her tracks when she saw the word "Help" scraped into the ground with a stick. Chena wondered if it was a sick joke or a cry for help, but whatever it was made her hair stand on end. As she was leaving the trail she noticed a sock on the ground. On closer inspection she thought that it belonged to Danielle.
Volunteer search crews scoured the area, billboards and missing person flyers were put up around town. Despite all of this, Danielle was no where to be found. So the FBI was called in.
Je'Michael was at every search, hugging Danielle's mom and showing the family support. He was also sharing his own theory of what happened to Danielle. He told Chena that Danielle had was suicidal and wanted to drown herself in cold water.
Where was Je'Michael's best friend Dominic through all of this? No where in sight.
Three weeks after Danielle's disappearance, as a off duty officer drove over a bridge not far from Danielle's school, he noticed something in the creek that didn't look right to him. So he called in to the police station asking if there was an officer that could bring binoculars to his location. He wanted to make sure the something that he saw in the creek wasn't a body. Sadly, on closer inspection, it was a body.
Danielle's body was pulled from the creek. She had been bound with nylon rope tied to cinder blocks and a single sock had plunged deep into her mouth. The sock was a match to the one that Chena had found the day after Danielle had went missing. The autopsy came to the conclusion that Danielle's cause of death was asphyxiation.
Danielle's body had been found not far from where Je'Michael lived. The next day, the police executed a search warrant for Je'Michael's house at 7946 N.C. Highway 210 South. They found rope that matched the one that bound Danielle. They also found cinder blocks, neatly stacked against the garage, which matched the ones that had been tied to Danielle. Danielle's phone was found a short distance away. It had been thrown on a highway median. Her phone had a voicemail on it in Je'Michael's voice that said, " If you come around me, i will kill you."
On April 19th, 2014, Je'Michael coldly told investigators that he had broken up with Danielle by the creek the night of her disappearance. He claimed that Danielle, who was not pregnant at the time of her death, told him that she was pregnant and an argument ensued. When Danielle turned away Je'Michael walked up behind her and strangled her to death. He then ran 70 yards to the car where Dominic was waiting.
In his own interrogation, Dominic said that he was shocked when Je'Michael came back alone. Je'Michael yelled at Dominic "She's dead!" Dominic asked, "What are you talking about?" Je'Michael then ran back to where he had left Danielle with Dominic following right behind. When Dominic saw Danielle, she was lying on the ground on her stomach. He said that he was still in shock when Je'Michael asked him to help get rid of the body.
Dominic helped Je'Michael move Danielle's body up the creek bed. Je'Michael threw her in the car and they went back to his place. Je'Michael then grabbed the cinder blocks and the rope. At some point, they took Danielle's boots of, grabbed one of her socks and shoved it down her throat. They then tied her up and threw her in the river.
Je'Michael showed no emotion during the retelling of Danielle's murder. He only started to cry when he talked about how he ruined his future career in the military.
Je'Michael plead guilty to murder in the second degree and Dominic accessory to murder. Before his sentencing, Je'Michael stood up and addressed Danielle's family.
"I know there is nothing I can do or say that is going to bring her back," he said. "But, I do want to apologize for the actions I made. I know sorry does not cut it, but I want to say I am truly sorry."
Je'Michael received a sentence for 25 to 31 years in prison. Dominic received a 6 to 8 year prison sentence.
Danielle's aunt hopes that Je'Michael rots in hell.
When asked how she gets over something like the murder of her daughter, Rowna said that you don't. You just have to learn to live with it.
And most of all for the 350 attendees, there were plenty of shared memories of the girl described by her pastor, Dr. Linda Baldwin, as “simply an angel.”
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