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Family of man slain in 2013 awaits answers in the Greensboro case. ‘I need to know,' his mother says.

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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.

Family of man slain in 2013 awaits answers in the Greensboro case. ‘I need to know,' his mother says.

• By Jamie Biggs
• Jul 28, 2020
• Jul 28, 2020
• 0

Dawn Hughes stands at the grave of her son, Anthony Dochtermann, at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

Khadejeh Nikouyeh

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By Jamie Biggs

GREENSBORO — On his last birthday, Anthony Dochtermann turned 25 and checked zip-lining off his bucket list on July 26, 2013.

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Frankie Moon holds a green smoke bomb at Anthony Dochtermann’s grave at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Dawn Hughes stands at the grave of her son, Anthony Dochtermann, at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Cannon Alvarez holds a box turtle at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Family and friends let go of balloons at Anthony Dochtermann’s grave at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Cannon Alvarez zip-lines at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Family and friends gather to celebrate their relative, Anthony Dochtermann's, birthday at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Maria Pendola ziplines at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Dawn Hughes zip-lines to celebrate her son, Anthony Dochtermann’s, birthday at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Frankie Moon, (from left) Danielle Moon and Cannon Alvarez take a break from zip-lining at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Danielle Moon holds a smoke bomb at Anthony Dochtermann's grave at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Dawn Hughes watches her family zipline at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro on Sunday.

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Cannon Alvarez, (from left) Maria Pendola and Frankie Moon share a laugh at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Brooklynn Dixon holds a green smoke bomb by Anthony Dochtermann's grave at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Heather Taylor ziplines at Richland Creek Zipline Canopy in Asheboro, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Dawn Hughes touches her son's, Anthony Dochtermann, headstone at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Dawn Hughes touches the headstone at the grave of her son, Anthony Dochtermann, at Liberty Road Baptist Church in Randleman, N.C., on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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Anthony Dochtermann was shot and killed on Nov. 2, 2013, after a night out with friends.

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