New arrest made in connection to NC woman’s murder after dismembered body found in lake, deputies say

GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Another person has been arrested in connection to a homicide investigation out of Guilford County, according to a Guilford County Sheriff’s Office news release.

On Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, around 1:16 p.m., Guilford County Sheriff’s Office detectives were told that Amber Marie Schimmelpfenning’s missing Chevrolet Avalanche was at a home on the 4800 block of Oakdale Drive in Winston-Salem.

GCSO detectives responded with the Winston-Salem Police Department and began investigating.

The Avalanche was located at the home, along with Amber’s remains. Parts of the body had been dismembered, and those body parts were not at the scene, deputies say.

On Sunday, September 21, 2025, around 5:40 p.m., GCSO deputies responded to Lake
Higgins in Summerfield after human remains were discovered in the lake.

Following a search of the area, dismembered body parts, presumed to belong to Amber, were
found in the lake.

Identification of the retrieved body parts is pending results from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Raleigh.

After working with the Guilford County District Attorney’s Office, the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office and the WSPD, two additional suspects were identified in connection with Amber’s death.

WSPD Detectives obtained arrest warrants for Leslie Andrew Greene, 50, and Sunshine Hall, 44, for the following charges:

• felony accessory after the fact to first-degree murder
• felony concealment/failure to report an unnatural death

On Thursday, Greene was arrested by GCSO Deputies and taken to the Guilford County Detention Center in High Point, where he was served his warrant.

Greene received a $500,000 secured bond. He was taken to the Forsyth County Detention Center on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Hall was arrested by the Greensboro Police Department and taken to the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro, where she was served her warrant.

She remains in custody under no bond because she was on a pretrial release.

Ricky Lam is currently being held in the Guilford County Detention Center in Greensboro under no bond.