Dena Michelle Thames, 37, was found shot multiple times on the side of Gaines Church Road near Highway 97 in Camden, South Carolina, on the evening of November 10, 2021. Her death was investigated as a homicide by the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

Investigators appealed to the public and followed numerous leads, interviewing several people. A blue Infiniti located at a scrapyard was tied to the crime by evidence that included surveillance footage, shell casings, and DNA. In January 2023 two Camden residents, Antonyio Gary Johnson, 20, and Dexter Maurice Thomas, 29, were arrested and charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and criminal conspiracy; Thomas faced additional accessory charges and Johnson had other unrelated charges pending. Both were held at the Kershaw County Detention Center.

Does anyone in the Camden area have information about unusual activity near Gaines Church Road on or around November 10, 2021?