ALL RIGHT, LOUIS, THANK YOU. A COLD CASE SOLVED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY ON OCTOBER 28TH OF 2014. TAMMY HOLLAND WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH INSIDE HER HOME IN TRINITY. TODAY, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED DEPUTIES ARRESTED ROY LEE WHITE. HE IS CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. HE TOLD DETECTIVES THAT HIS WIFE, FLORENCE KEENE, KILLED HOLLAND AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. HOLLAND WORKED AT ELIZABETH PIZZA IN THOMASVILLE. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SPOKE TO ONE OF HER COWORKERS. TAMMY HOLLAND’S COWORKERS ARE REMEMBERING HER AS SOMEONE LOVED BY ALL THOSE SHE MET. AND AS PART OF THEIR FAMILY, WHO IS HAPPY, ALWAYS HAPPY. SMILE AND WANT TO COME IN. GOOD MORNING, BOSS. GET IN. JUST GET A WORKING DOORSTOP. ALTHOUGH THE PURCHASE OF ELIZABETH PIZZA IN THOMASVILLE SAYS TAMMY HOLLAND WAS THE KIND OF PERSON TO ALWAYS BE THERE FOR HER COWORKERS. AND SHE GOT ALONG WITH EVERYONE. I COULD THINK HE WAS ONE OF THE GOOD PERSON IN THE WORLD. THE VERY GOOD PERSON THAT I WOULD WORK WITH. HOLLAND WAS KILLED IN 2014 AND TRINITY ON THURSDAY. THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ANNOUNCED ROY WHITE HAD BEEN ARRESTE AND TOLD DEPUTIES HIS WIFE, FLORENCE CAIN, KILLED HOLLAND. THE PURCHASE SAYS THE STAFF STILL FEELS THE LOSS. ALL THESE YEARS LATER, WE STILL REMEMBER HER IS THE WAY SHE WAS AND WE NEVER GOING TO FORGET HER. YOU KNOW, SHE’S GOING TO BE A LIFETIME DEAL. YOU KNOW, HE SAYS HE DOESN’T WANT TO JUDGE WHITE OR QUEEN. INSTEAD, HIS THOUGHTS ARE WITH HOLLAND’S FAMILY. WE KEEP THEM IN A PRAY AND WE LOVED THE WAY SHE WAS WORKING HERE AND IN THE SEA, IN. AND WE KEEP IN AWE, YOU KNOW, AND I PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY. AND RALEIGH WHITE HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH HOLLAND’S DEATH, HAS BEEN ISSUED $60,000 BOND IN THOMASVILLE.
'She was always happy, always happy smiling'; Randolph County Sheriff's Office makes arrest in cold case murder
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Updated: 6:12 PM EST Feb 9, 2023
A cold case has been solved in Randolph County.On Oct. 28th, 2014, Tammy Holland was found stabbed to death inside her home in Trinity.On Thursday, the sheriff’s office announced deputies arrested Roy Lee White. He’s charged with accessory after the fact of first-degree murder.He told detectives that his wife, Florence Keene, killed Holland. At the time of her death, Holland worked at Elizabeth’s Pizza in Thomasville. Tammy Holland’s coworkers remember her as a person loved by all those she met and as part of their family. "She was always happy, always happy, smiling when she came in," said owner Aldo Dipurto Dipurto says Tammy Holland was the kind of person to always be there for her coworkers, and she got along with everyone. "Tammy was one of the good people in the world, a very good person to work with," said Dipurto Dipurto says the staff still feels the loss all these years later. "We still remember her," he says. "We remember the way she was, and we're never going to forget her, you know? She's gonna be a lifetime deal."Dipurto says right now, he doesn’t want to judge White or Keene. Instead, his thoughts are with Holland’s family."We keep Tammy in prayer," he says. "We love the way she was when working here. We keep her in our hearts, and I pray for her family."Roy Lee White, who’s charged in connection with Holland’s death, has been issued a $60,000 bond.
THOMASVILLE, N.C. — A cold case has been solved in Randolph County.
On Oct. 28th, 2014, Tammy Holland was found stabbed to death inside her home in Trinity.
On Thursday, the sheriff’s office announced deputies arrested Roy Lee White. He’s charged with accessory after the fact of first-degree murder.
He told detectives that his wife, Florence Keene, killed Holland. At the time of her death, Holland worked at Elizabeth’s Pizza in Thomasville. Tammy Holland’s coworkers remember her as a person loved by all those she met and as part of their family.
"She was always happy, always happy, smiling when she came in," said owner Aldo Dipurto
Dipurto says Tammy Holland was the kind of person to always be there for her coworkers, and she got along with everyone.
"Tammy was one of the good people in the world, a very good person to work with," said Dipurto
Dipurto says the staff still feels the loss all these years later.
"We still remember her," he says. "We remember the way she was, and we're never going to forget her, you know? She's gonna be a lifetime deal."
Dipurto says right now, he doesn’t want to judge White or Keene. Instead, his thoughts are with Holland’s family.
"We keep Tammy in prayer," he says. "We love the way she was when working here. We keep her in our hearts, and I pray for her family."
Roy Lee White, who’s charged in connection with Holland’s death, has been issued a $60,000 bond.
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