CHARLOTTE, NC. (WTAJ) — U.S. Marshals are searching for a man accused of murdering his wife, saying he has ties to Pennsylvania and may be using a dating app to hide.
Donald Ray Hodges, 50, who is also known as Tyrone Evans and Unique Hodges, is wanted in North Carolina after allegedly murdering his wife in May 2022.
Marshals are asking for the public’s help to find Hodges. He reportedly has ties to Pennsylvania and may be using dating apps to meet up with men and women in an attempt to have shelter to hide from authorities.
On May 4, 2022, the Conover Police Department, North Carolina, responded to a shooting in Conover and found Brenda Bender with gunshot wounds. Bender was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said they came into contact with Hodges in a Charlotte hotel that morning, hours before Bender was discovered. He appeared to be under the influence of hallucinogenic narcotics and was vandalizing the lobby area of a hotel. He was transported to a local hospital but left before receiving any treatment.