On the morning of February 26, 2020, deputies from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office responded to Herdklotz Park in Greenville, South Carolina, after a 911 call and found 58-year-old Mark Rush Jermon on the soccer fields. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene; the coroner ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators used K9 units to follow a person who fled the scene and later identified 49-year-old Ryan Dusha Kedar as the primary suspect. Jermon and Kedar were known to one another, but no motive has been provided. Kedar’s SUV was found abandoned near Paris Mountain State Park, triggering an extensive search.

In August 2020 Kedar’s body was located in a wooded area off Huckleberry Ridge and Lake Circle Drive; the coroner estimated he had been dead for several months. A firearm found near his remains was recovered for testing to determine whether it was connected to Jermon’s killing. If anyone has information about either man or the events at Herdklotz Park, please share what is known.