Couple Accused of Killing Their Baby Will Face a Jury in May

Robert Blaine Roper, 28, and Carol Michelle Keri Roper, 22, are accused of killing their newborn and then setting the infant’s body on fire in a ditch in August 2014.
A May 5, 2016 court date has been set in Moore County for the couple.
Both defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, one count of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of felony murder.
Both are being held in the Moore County Jail on $1 million bond apiece.