Robert Lee Covington Jr, 37, was found dead inside a home on Patricia Street in Bennettsville, South Carolina, after deputies from the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting on the afternoon of December 14, 2021. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound and the scene was secured as a homicide investigation began.

The Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division worked the case, and Crime Stoppers offered a reward for information. Arrests came months later: Adrian Ingram of Bennettsville was arrested May 24, 2022, on charges including murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, and criminal conspiracy. On June 2, 2022, Larry Debarge Fields of Cheraw was taken into custody and charged with murder, weapon possession during a violent crime, criminal conspiracy, burglary, and grand larceny.

A third suspect, Johnnie Ray Marshall Jr, also known as Razor, was arrested in East Hartford, Connecticut, on June 8, 2022, as a fugitive and was awaiting extradition to face similar charges including murder, burglary, and grand larceny. Did anyone in Bennettsville have information about Robert’s movements or who might have known his whereabouts in December 2021?