Jairo Eleazer Martinez, a 32-year-old resident of Graniteville, South Carolina and a native of Mexico, was found dead inside a rental house on Ascauga Lake Road after a landlord requested a wellness check on the morning of January 4, 2022. Deputies from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office discovered Martinez on the floor near the door with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The Aiken County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead and ruled the death a homicide.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office opened an immediate investigation and asked the public for information in the early stages. Few details about events leading up to the shooting have been released.

If anyone knew Martinez, lived nearby, or has information about his last days or movements around January 4, 2022, please come forward to assist the investigation.