Marcus Graves was 16 and a junior at Battery Creek High School when his life ended in Beaufort, South Carolina. Described by his mother as a practical joker who loved children, music and his pet bearded dragon, he was reported as a runaway on Halloween night, 2019. The next morning, November 1, local fishermen found an unresponsive male in the marshy water near the Gray’s Hill boat landing; Beaufort County EMS and the Sheriff’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.

An autopsy at the Medical University of South Carolina showed Marcus had been shot before his body was placed in the water, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. The Sheriff’s Office was investigating the killing but had not announced any arrests. The family has mourned publicly and the community held prayer vigils while authorities asked anyone with information to come forward to help bring them justice.

Does anyone have information about Marcus’s last known movements or who he may have been with around Halloween 2019?