I looked on myspace (and here) and couldn't find anything so far. bastard(s) killed the woman and her dog
The details remind me a bit of the Horowitz case (well, the victim's living situation at least...)
story developing:
http://wral.com/news/local/story/2086533/
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=5784688 << link has next to no info