Cletis Edward Baker Jr., 44, was found dead on September 18, 2019, dumped on the side of Damascus Church Road in rural Westville, Kershaw County, South Carolina. Investigators determined he had been killed elsewhere and his body moved; the homicide was traced to a residence on Doc Humphries Road in Camden, described in reports as a location linked to drug activity. Officials said an extensive cleanup had been attempted at that scene.

The probe produced multiple arrests. Four Camden men — Joseph Michael Edwards, 35; Ronny Mac English, 53; Jackson Perry Jacobs, 27; and Christopher Gary Beasley, 19 — were charged with accessory after the fact to murder, and 56-year-old Renee Maksin Shannon of Camden was later charged with accessory before the fact. Authorities identified Corey Duane Perrine, 25, of Lexington, as the suspected shooter; prosecutors alleged the killing was a contract hit ordered by inmate Daniel Shannon in retaliation for stolen drugs. During Perrine’s trial, co-defendant Joseph Edwards testified he led Perrine to the house where Baker was sleeping and that Perrine shot Baker six times, the last at close range between the eyes.

Before his death, Baker had also been named a person of interest in the disappearance of Bill Black, missing since August 2018. Did anyone in the Camden area know Baker’s routines or the Doc Humphries Road residence that could shed more light on what happened?