On January 13, 2020, two people were found shot to death inside a home on Taft Watson Road in Centenary, South Carolina. Forty-two-year-old Andrew Legette had been shot twice while sleeping on a couch. Forty-five-year-old Maisha Burch was found in the hallway, beaten and shot five times. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened the investigation and asked the public for help.

Investigators focused on Isaac Hemingway, a man from Horry County who was the father of five of Burch’s children. Reports in the case describe a contentious relationship and financial pressure on Hemingway, including a pre-existing bench warrant for unpaid child support to another woman and the prospect of owing thousands more annually for the children with Burch. Authorities accused him of killing Legette and Burch to avoid that obligation.

Hemingway denied going to the door the night of the killings, saying he had dropped his children off at the home and found the lights off; interrogation video was shown at trial. The jury convicted Hemingway of the murders at a trial in February 2023. Did anyone in Centenary know the victims or see activity around Taft Watson Road on the night of January 13, 2020?