Murder in Paradise Thomas Jabin Berry

Murder in Paradise Discovery ID describes this episode as when pretty Nags Head tourist Janet Siclari turns up dead on the beach outside her hotel, the fun comes to an end. When a hurricane blows leads out of town, police wonder if the killer escaped too. Only time can help detectives catch the culprit.

Thomas Jabin Berry was caught when after violating probation his DNA was entered into the statewide system, where it was a much to this murder.

On Friday, 27 August 1993, the group checked out of their cottage in Southern Shores and checked into the Carolinian Hotel located in Nags Head, North Carolina for one final day and night of vacation.   Janet and Robert shared “the most expensive room” at the Carolinian.   The group spent the day together relaxing, swimming, and playing on the beach.   The group ate dinner together at a local restaurant.   Afterwards, they went to a comedy club.   Robert, fatigued from the day's activities, returned to the hotel room after leaving the comedy club.   Janet and her friends, however, continued on to a local bar.   Later that night, Janet left the bar and returned to the Carolinian Hotel.   Janet walked into her room and saw Robert already asleep.   Robert awoke briefly.   Janet stated to him “it's only me,” lit a cigarette, removed her sandals, and left the room.

On the morning of 28 August 1993, a sanitation worker found Janet lying on the beach in a “puddle of blood” near the steps leading to the deck of the Carolinian.   Janet had suffered small stab wounds on the side of her neck, a deep cut around her throat, lacerations on the side of her face and jaw, and cuts on her hands.   Authorities located a pair of gray socks and worn, size nine, Spaulding high-top tennis shoes (“Spaulding shoes”) near her body.   Janet's shorts and belt laid next to her throat soaked in blood.

In 1996, Thomas Jabin Berry (“defendant”) was incarcerated as a result of a probation revocation from an earlier offense.   During defendant's incarceration, authorities took a sample of defendant's blood and entered it into the State's Deoxyribonucleic Acid (“DNA”) data bank.   In April 1997, a computer search matched defendant's DNA with the DNA profile of the semen taken from Janet's body three years earlier.   Police subsequently arrested and charged defendant with the rape and murder of Janet.

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Janet Siclari’s Surfside Homicide

 
You can write to Thomas Jabin Berry at:

Thomas Jabin Berry 29703  
​Pamlico Correctional Institution
601 North Third Street
Bayboro, NC 28515

One Deadly Night Robert Taylor

One Deadly Night is described as Discovery ID as: the gruesome discovery of 24-year old Zilpha Lowery's body has folks in Marion, NC baffled. It's a frustrating case that sets police off on a wild ride through the victim's past until a decade old lead helps police catch a killer.   

This happened in the state of North Carolina. Robert Taylor  was arrested for this murder after  his accessory told the truth about what happened that night.

Zilpha disappeared in 1993, however he body was not found for years.





You can write to Robert Dean Taylor at:

Robert Taylor  1091022   
​Caledonia Correctional Institution
Box 137
Tillery, NC 27887

Skeletons in the Closet Reginald Carlton Weeks, Jr

Skeletons in the Closet Discovery ID describes the show as: when 18 year-old Brittany Loritts is murdered in her North Carolina home, investigators are at a loss as to who would commit such a crime. The case gets hot when investigators find that this family home is built on buried secrets.   

 Her Step Father, Reginald Carlton Weeks, Jr    entered an Alford plea to reduced charges of Second Degree Murder and Second Degree Rape. Weeks was sentenced to about 9 years with the rape charged being consolidated with the murder charge. He has since been released after serving only seven years. He was sent back to jail for a parole violation in 2016.

This is the perfect example of how there is no prison pipeline. He should have been sentenced to much longer in prison and/or been violated well before this time. Unfortunate for every person who loved Brittany.

Death on Lake Lynn Drive Drew Planten

Stephanie Bennett

Rebecca Huismann

Death on Lake Lynn Drive on Discovery ID is about  23-year-old Stephanie Bennett is brutally raped and murdered in her suburban Raleigh apartment. Investigators work the case for years but their leads go nowhere. A closer look at a peeping tom provides police the break they desperately need.    

Ultimately Drew Planten was charged with her murder, but committed suicide in prison. Had he lived he would have also been charged with  Rebecca Huismann's death.

Drew Planten