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On the evening of October 9, 2022, five men were shot inside a home on Bobo Drive in Inman, South Carolina. Thomas Wayne Ellis Anderson, 37, a Spartanburg native born February 6, 1985, was among those found dead; the other victims were identified as Adam Daniel Morley, 32; Mark Allen Hewitt, 59; Roman Christean Megael Rocha, 19; and James Derek Baldwin, 49. A fifth victim was taken to a hospital but later died. Deputies responded after a 911 call around 7:45 p.m.

Investigators focused on 24-year-old James Douglas Drayton, who had been staying at the house. Drayton fled the state in a vehicle belonging to one of the victims’ mothers and was arrested the next day in Burke County, Georgia, after an armed robbery and a police chase. During questioning he confessed and said he had been using methamphetamine and had not slept for four days. He was extradited to South Carolina and charged with five counts of murder and five counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime.

The prosecutor announced an intention to seek the death penalty. Does anyone have information about the Bobo Drive residence, the victims, or the night of October 9, 2022, that could help investigators or the families?