Nearly a week after a horrific scene unfolded at 618 Dorset Drive in Cary, NC, many questions remain about how a homeowner ended up with a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound, and human remains discovered in an active burn pit.

For more background on this story, you can read our other posts here, here, and here.

We know that Town of Cary Police believe Ian Delauder (now deceased) was a suspect in the killing of 34 year old, Cecily Anne Walker of Raleigh, NC. Police say Walker was the victim of a homicide, but haven’t provided information about the time or cause of her death.

It’s unclear, the circumstances that led to unfolding events at Dorset Drive on March 19th, 2023. It might take time for investigators to piece together a comprehensive narrative.

We now know a little more about a third person, only described by police in press releases as an unharmed woman, is not considered a suspect. Sergeant Kenric Alexander (Public Information Officer for the Cary Police Department) tells us, “I can tell you that she is not a suspect in this case.” While the woman’s name was part of the initial incident report, The Pāpur is not releasing her name at this time for reasons just mentioned.

Another sizable piece of the story has fallen in to place. We asked police whether Ian Delauder had interaction with the Cary Fire Department (first to arrive on the scene) or the Cary Police Department prior to the self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sergeant Alexander told us, “In listening to radio traffic, it is believed that Mr. Delauder suffered his gunshot wound after the arrival of the fire department. We do not know the timing of his wound in relation to the arrival of police officers. He did not have an interaction with the police.”

The Pāpur has obtained the radio traffic that corresponds to Sergeant Alexander’s statements. While this audio only provides the radio traffic of fire and rescue, we plan to share police communications when it’s released. Police communication is currently being used as part of the investigation, according to Alexander.

These communications are delivered in 30 minute time blocks.

We encourage you to listen to the clips in their entirety, in order to form your own understanding. We’ve done our best to transcribe most of the relevant communications heard. We tried our best to make sure we transcribed the conversations as accurately as possible. Where we’re unable to understand certain words, we placed (inaudible) in that spot.

Much of the recording is dead air, so we’ve pointed you to the most relevant parts of the clips for you to find:

Part 1:

At, or around the 23:15 mark, someone from Fire and Rescue communicates from the scene, “…need to get PD out here. There might be a body in here.”

At, or around the 23:50 mark, “we’re gonna need a supervisor too.”

At, or around the 25:50 mark, “The homeowner’s just gone back inside the camper. I’ve lost track of him. I don’t know where he’s at.”

Continues, “He’s running (inaudible) camper for something right now…”

Continues with quick breakdown to Battalion Chief, “Chief, we came out here for an outside fire, for a burn pile, (inaudible) cardboard, it looks like there’s a body in the pile. We (inaudible) the homeowner, he’s gone back into the camper. I don’t know what’s going on. We got PD expedited.”

Part 2 (picks up where Part 1 ends):

At, or around the 28 minute mark, “subject with (inaudible) gunshot wound to the head…”

There’s a pause. Picks back up at, or around 28:50 with calls to dispatch EMS. Voice responds, “10-4”. Questions about when this happened and whether or not the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. Voice from dispatch mentions, “recent gunshot wound to the head (inaudible) suspicious activity.”

We will continue coverage of this story as details unfold.