Sobs punctured the quiet of a Wake County courtroom Tuesday as Trevor Huffman told the driver who killed his fiancée that he forgave him.
Jack “J.T.” Etheridge, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to reckless and careless driving in the November 2025 death of Natalia Duque-Wilckens.
Duque-Wilckens, 41, was 70 days away from marrying her fiancé when Etheridge hit her with his truck at the intersection of Pogue Street and Clark Avenue, The News & Observer previously reported. Duque-Wilckens, a native of Chile, was an assistant professor in the university’s department of biological sciences; her research focused on how mast cells in the brain impact animal behavior…