Another victim was Rowland Stuart Taylor, Barfield's boyfriend and a relative of

Dollie Edwards.[1] Fearing he had discovered she had been forging checks on his
account, Barfield mixed an arsenic-based rat poison into his beer and tea.[1] He
died on February 3, 1978, while she was "trying to nurse him back to health"; an
autopsy found arsenic in Taylor's system.[1] After her arrest, the body of Jennings
was exhumed and found to have traces of arsenic, a murder that Barfield denied
having committed.[1] Although she subsequently confessed to the murders of Bullard,
Dollie, and John Henry Lee, she was tried and convicted only for the murder of
Taylor.[1]

Singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd is the grandson of Jennings and his first wife. His
song "Velma" from his Wildflowers album gives a personal account of the murders and
investigation.[7]

North Carolina (/ˌkærəˈlaɪnə/ (About this soundlisten)) is a state in the

Southeastern region of the United States. North Carolina is the 28th largest and
9th-most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north,
the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and
Tennessee to the west. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest
city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 2,569,213 in
2018, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 23rd-most
populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after
New York City.[8] The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-
largest metropolitan area in the state, with an estimated population of 2,079,687
in 2019, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research
Triangle Park.

Earliest discoveries of human occupation in North Carolina date back to 10,000

years ago, found at the Hardaway Site. North Carolina was inhabited by Carolina
Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan speaking tribes of Native Americans prior to the
arrival of Europeans. North Carolina was established as a royal colony in 1729 and
was one of the Thirteen Colonies. North Carolina is named in honor of King Charles
I of England who first formed the English colony, Carolus being Latin for
"Charles". The Halifax Resolves resolution adopted by North Carolina on April 12,
1776, was the first formal call for independence from Great Britain among the
American Colonies during the American Revolution.[9]

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the United
States constitution. In the run-up to the American Civil War, North Carolina
declared its secession from the Union on May 20, 1861, becoming the tenth of eleven
states to join the Confederate States of America. Following the Civil War, the
state was restored to the Union on July 4, 1868.[10] On December 17, 1903, Orville
and Wilbur Wright successfully piloted the world's first controlled, sustained
flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina's
Outer Banks. North Carolina uses the slogan "First in Flight" on state license
plates to commemorate this achievement, alongside a newer alternative design
bearing the slogan "First in Freedom" in reference to the Mecklenburg Declaration
and Halifax Resolves.Raleigh (/ˈrɑːli/; RAH-lee)[7] is the capital of the state of
North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-
most populous city in North Carolina, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and
the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City
of Oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city.
[8] The city covers a land area of 147.6 square miles (382 km2). The U.S. Census
Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in 2020.[4] It is one of the
fastest-growing cities in the country.[9][10] The city of Raleigh is named after
Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Colony in present-day Dare County.