A Johnston County man was found not guilty of murder in the death of his child’s aunt.
Investigators said 50-year-old Dorian Thomas of Smithfield shot 44-year-old Emily Christine Steinhoff during a custody exchange last spring.
Steinhoff, of Garner, took her sister to pick up her sister’s 14-month-old daughter on March 17, 2024, after the young girl spent a weekend with her dad in Smithfield…