Published: Jun 05, 2011 02:00 AM
Modified: Jun 03, 2011 05:42 PM
Robert John Daidone of Morrisville was awaiting trial for multiple felony charges and under orders to seek mental health treatment when police charged him with first-degree murder, state records show.
Daidone, 22, of 204 Great Ridge Court, is charged in the killing of Allison Deborah Jurich, a 34-year-old North Raleigh woman.
Jurich was killed Thursday, but her body was not discovered until May 28 at her home, according to the warrant for Daidone's arrest.
Police have not said how Daidone and the woman knew each another.
"It was not a random act," said Laura Hourigan, a Raleigh police spokeswoman.
Authorities gave few other details other than that Daidone was arrested at the Chatham County jail, where he was being held on another charge.
Daidone was already scheduled to be in court July 20 in connection with the theft of a relative's 2007 Toyota Prius on May 19, the attempted breaking and entering of one Cary home and the successful breaking and entering of another Cary home on the same day that Jurich was killed.
Daidone's criminal record shows convictions for possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, second-degree burglary and breaking and entering.
He also is charged with attempted breaking and entering for an incident May 28 in Chatham County.
Last year, police in Cary charged Daidone with two counts each of burglary by forced entry and larceny following the invasions of two homes on Jan. 1.
The victim of the second burglary, which occurred at a home on Lewiston Court, contacted police after finding a man inside his house about 9 p.m. Officers said the victim heard a noise on the lower level of his house and went to investigate. Police found Daidone a short distance from the burglary scene, hiding in a patch of shrubbery.
Daidone confessed to burglarizing another home the same day on nearby Kindred Way, police reported.
In 2007, Daidone was convicted in a Wake County court of financial card fraud and for probation violation.
He was ordered to seek mental health and substance abuse treatment, and enroll in TROSA, a long-term residential substance abuse recovery program in Durham, state records show.
One year later he was convicted again in Wake County for felony marijuana possession. In addition to being sentenced to two years of probation, Daidone was ordered by a Wake County judge to enroll in a drug treatment facility and continue psychiatric treatment, court records show.
Daidone's family could not be reached for comment.
News researcher Brooke Cain and staff writer Andrea Weigl contributed to this report.