Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2019 Murder of Southampton County Mother Cynthia Carver

Man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman in Southampton Co. sentenced to life

COURTLAND, Va. (WAVY) -- A man convicted of killing a mother of two in Southampton County was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison. 44-year-old James Goodwyn, Jr. was found guilty of the first-degree murder of 36-year-old Cynthia Carver on April 8, 2025, just over six years after she was discovered missing in February of 2019. Guilty verdict from Southampton Co. jury in 2019 stabbing death Carver's body was discovered near a logging trai…

Man sentenced to life in prison for 2019 murder of Southampton County mother Cynthia Carver

James Goodwyn Jr. receives life sentence for the 2019 abduction and murder of Cynthia Carver in Southampton County, closing a long-standing case.