Alexander Cody Presley, 34, was shot and killed on June 9, 2021, in Branchville, South Carolina, during an armed robbery that occurred while he was buying an all-terrain vehicle he had found for sale on Facebook. Presley, a self-employed tattoo artist from Cordova, had met the sellers with his fiancée, Kayla Cox, and her children. After paying $4,600 and loading the ATV onto his trailer, one of the sellers—reported to be a teenager—produced a firearm.

Presley pushed his fiancée’s 8-year-old son out of the line of fire and pleaded for his family to be spared before a struggle and the fatal shooting. Presley’s SUV was later found abandoned nearby. Authorities arrested 17-year-old Edward Stokes of Branchville and charged him as an adult with murder and armed robbery; a 13-year-old who was with Stokes was also taken into custody and charged with armed robbery and accessory before and after the fact, with the younger teen reportedly confessing and identifying Stokes as the shooter.

Does anyone have information about the transaction, the ATV, or the parties involved that could shed light on what happened that day?