Natasha Stevens, 52, was one of three family members killed in a linked attack that unfolded on October 9, 2022. Officers from the Horry County Police Department were called about 4:40 p.m. to a home on the 4000 block of Highway 319 outside Conway, where Stevens was found dead; investigators determined she had been shot earlier that day.

About 7:00 p.m. the same day, Richland County law enforcement conducting a welfare check at a house on Greensprings Drive in Columbia found two more victims: Stevens’s cousins, 52-year-old Gloria DeWitt and her husband James Jim DeWitt II, who had both also been fatally shot. Families held a shared funeral service for the three.

Police quickly linked the killings and the next day executed a search warrant in Atlantic Beach, arresting 25-year-old Matthew Allen DeWitt, identified as the son of James and Gloria DeWitt and a relative of Stevens. He was charged with three counts of murder; arrest paperwork in Stevens’s death references a confession, witness statements, and forensic evidence alleging she was shot multiple times with malice and aforethought. A judge denied bond after his initial appearance and he remains in custody. As of June 2024, proceedings in the related indictments were awaiting court-ordered mental health evaluations.

If anyone knew Natasha Stevens or has information about the events of October 9, 2022, please share what can help investigators.