On August 2, 2021, Randy Grant Perkins, 56, was found dead in his home on Heddy Road in Greenwood, South Carolina, alongside 30-year-old Megan Lee Gale Dinkins and her 10-year-old daughter, Shey Nicole Dinkins. An 8-year-old boy in the house escaped after being shot and wounded and alerted a neighbor, prompting the discovery.

Authorities identified 36-year-old relative Jeffery David Powell as the lone suspect. Powell had been living with the family; investigators say he shot Megan Dinkins and her children while they slept, then waited and shot Perkins multiple times in the back of the head as Perkins returned from an overnight shift with his lunchbox over his shoulder. Powell allegedly used the victims’ cell phones to transfer money to himself to pay for an Uber and a flight to Jacksonville, Florida, where he was arrested at a hotel shortly after the bodies were found. The motive reported was Powell’s fear of being evicted from the home.

If anyone knew the family, had contact with Powell, or observed movements around Heddy Road on or before August 2, 2021, please come forward with information.