Man arrested, charged with double murder of Hope Mills

HOPE MILLS, NC (WNCN) — A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide in Hope Mills, police say.

Police said Rodney McCarary, 68, was arrested and charged with “two first-degree counts each.”
Murder, first-degree kidnapping, and concealment or failure to report a death.”

Two people who were reportedly lying in the grass behind a Hope Mills apartment building on Wednesday, May 18, were later confirmed dead, police said.

Police identified the victims as 48-year-old Julie Camacho Smith and 25-year-old Desmond Miles Brewington, a mother and son.

This happened on Hackberry Drive in Hope Mills, according to police.