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Life Sentence for Stabbing Death | Wilmington News
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A jury sentenced 43-year-old James Arthur Johnson to life without parole for the brutal stabbing death of Dakota Capes on July 4, 2024. Johnson, who met a woman near the Carolina Beach boardwalk and later joined her and Capes at her apartment, allegedly brandished a knife and attacked Capes—leaving over 60 stab wounds. Security footage showed Johnson fleeing the scene and attempting to break into a car nearby, covered in blood. DNA, knife evidence, and his own palm print linked him directly to the crime. Though he initially denied involvement, he later claimed self-defense and intoxication—but the jury rejected his story, convicting him of first-degree murder after just four days of deliberation.
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