The girlfriend of a man charged in the stabbing death of a woman and her daughter is wanted as an accessory.

Valerie Mayo McGee, 33, is wanted for two counts of accessory after the fact of first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon, Deputy Chief Adam Bondarek of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department said today.

She is the girlfriend of Tony Maurice Gorham, 28, who is charged in the Friday stabbing deaths of Maxine McCrary, 92, and her daughter, Nancy Burgess, 65.

Bondarek said detectives have tried to meet with McGee for the murder investigation but she has not cooperated and can’t be located.

She is considered a wanted fugitive who may be driving a red 2001 pickup. Bondarek declined to elaborate on the charges.

Gorham, a convicted felon with a long criminal history, was charged in the murders Saturday morning.

The murders occurred after he apparently asked one of the victims to use her phone as she talked to a relative.

The victim told the relative a neighbor needed to use the phone and said she would call back.

Soon after that, McCrary and Burgess were stabbed to death and robbed of personal items.

When the victims didn’t call back police were called for a welfare check and officers walked into what police described as a brutal murder scene at McCrary’s home at 311 Highway 158.

Police received the call shortly before 11:15 Friday night and investigators worked until the morning following leads that led to the arrest of Gorham. He was found at an apartment on Oakridge Drive around 4:30 Saturday morning.