MONROE, N.C. — Editor's Note: This story discusses sexual violence. While specific acts are not discussed or described, reader discretion is advised. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, has been sentenced to ...

MONROE, N.C. — Editor's Note: This story discusses sexual violence. While specific acts are not discussed or described, reader discretion is advised. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, has been sentenced to ...

The trial for a Union County father accused of murdering his daughter began this week. The state is pursuing the death penalty against him. Channel 9 has followed the tragedy since 2019. Zaria Burgess ...

MONROE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to death for the 2019 murder of his teenage daughter, according to the local prosecutor’s office. The Union County District Attorney’s ...

Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, has been sentenced to death over the 22-hour-long torture and killing of his 15-year-old daughter, Zaria Burgess. The judgment came down on Friday, almost three years following ...

UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Jury selection began Monday in the capital murder trial of Joshua Lee Burgess. The Union County man is accused of the 2019 death of his 15-year-old daughter Zaria Joshalyn Burgess ...

MONROE, N.C. — Editor's Note: This story discusses sexual violence. While specific acts are not discussed or described, reader discretion is advised. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, has been sentenced to ...