On November 13, 2021, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Lamar Douglas Jones was found dead in the backseat of a burning Ford sedan. Firefighters who had been clearing a separate one-car crash involving a Jaguar discovered the engulfed Ford; after the blaze was put out, Jones was found with multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators say three men were with Jones in the Ford when Jamarous D’Angelo Rogers shot him. The three then set the car on fire with gasoline and tequila in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence. The Jaguar later crashed into a tree while the men tried to flee; DNA from the Jaguar airbag linked Rogers to that vehicle, and the firearm used in the killing was recovered on the front passenger floorboard.

Rogers was arrested in December 2021 and charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Joseph English, 19, and his half-brother Jaylan Whiteside, 17, faced accessory after the fact charges. The legal process concluded in April 2024 with guilty pleas and prison sentences for all three, aided by testimony from English, Whiteside, and Rogers’ girlfriend.

Did anyone in the Spartanburg area hear or see anything that night that could shed more light on what led to the shooting?