Jean Ann Jefferson Brown, a 66-year-old Black woman from Eutawville, South Carolina, was found shot to death at her home on Wesgar Avenue on June 15, 2022. Deputies discovered her body near the entryway after family members reported her and her cousin, 62-year-old Raymond Brown, missing following a morning doctor’s appointment; Raymond Brown’s body was found nearby, also shot and killed.

A one-year-old child who had been in the pair’s care that morning was missing, prompting an urgent search. Investigators located one of the victims’ vehicles in North Charleston and arrested 46-year-old Antonio Smalls of Moncks Corner. The toddler was found alive but abandoned inside a car at a gas station in St. George and was reunited with family.

Smalls was charged with two counts of murder, two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and one count of kidnapping; arrest warrants say he confessed. No motive or relationship between Smalls, the victims, or the child has been disclosed. Did anyone in the area know Jean Ann or Raymond, or have information about that day?