Dustin Lee Smith, 31, of Seneca, was found dead on the shoulder of Ponderosa Drive near Ponderosa Park in Six-mile, South Carolina, on November 1, 2020. Responding Pickens County deputies initially considered the death suspicious; the Pickens County Coroner’s Office ruled it a homicide and an autopsy confirmed Smith had been fatally shot.

Investigators quickly identified 29-year-old David Michael Watkins as a suspect. Smith’s wife told police her husband had given Watkins, an acquaintance from their school days, a ride. Watkins was located in Johnson County, Tennessee, taken into custody without incident and extradited to South Carolina. He was charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and grand larceny. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office continued to investigate whether others were involved.

Smith was a father to six children. Does anyone who knew Dustin or was in the Six-mile area on November 1, 2020, have information that could help fill gaps in the timeline?