Jonathan Monk sentenced to death for murders of Pasquotank Correctional employees - The Coastland Times

Jonathan Monk sentenced to death for murders of Pasquotank Correctional employees - The Coastland Times

On March 26, 2025, a Pasquotank County jury recommended four sentences of death for Jonathan Michael Monk in the October 12, 2017 murders of Pasquotank Correctional Institution (PCI) employees Veronica Darden, Justin Smith, Geoffrey Howe and Wendy Shannon during a failed escape attempt. Under North Carolina law, a jury in a capital murder trial “recommends” either a sentence of death, or life without the possibility of parole, based on their rev…