According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 5:50 a.m., officers responded to a reported assault at a residence in the area of Walker Avenue and Marsdale Drive.
According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 5:50 a.m., officers responded to a reported assault at a residence in the area of Walker Avenue and Marsdale Drive.
HIGH POINT â Itâs been two months to the day since Rodney and Deneka Boothâs 25-year-old son, Robert, was gunned down outside a south High Point condominium complex, but the parents find themselves asking the same question they asked two months ago:
Who killed our son? Moreover, they fear they may be asking the same question two years from now.
âItâs very frustrating,â Deneka says. âPeople wonât talk to the police, because they donât want their names out there â theyâre afraid they could get hurt. (The police are) waiting for someone to rat, but it could be years before someone feels safe enough to come forward and say something. I donât want to give up hope, but the longer it goes, the more I wonder if theyâll ever make an arrest.â
HIGH POINT â The mother of 25-year-old Robert Booth doesnât want her son to become just another crime statistic.
Booth was a beloved pastor admired by his family and friends in the community. His mother, Deneka Booth, said she and her relatives have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support since her son was shot and killed May 25 outside his condominium on Ardale Drive in south High Point. The father of a 2-year-old son earned his certificate of pastoral installation as a minister five days before he was killed.
Though High Point Police Department investigators still are sorting out a motive for Boothâs homicide, his mother believes her son was killed by elements that didnât want him reaching out to turn around the lives of people living on the criminal margins of society.