Ernestina ’Pebbles LaDime’ Doe was 24 when she was found shot to death inside a car parked in a driveway in Allendale, South Carolina, on August 4, 2019. A passerby discovered the body, and the killing left friends and family mourning and speaking on social media about her warmth and the support she gave to others. Early reports misgendered her, and her family expressed frustration with the pace of the investigation.

State and federal investigators, including the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the FBI, later handled the case. In February 2023 a federal indictment was unsealed charging two men in connection with the killing: one charged with murder, a hate crime and related firearm and obstruction counts, and another charged with obstruction offenses for allegedly giving false statements and concealing contacts with Doe on the day she died. What details remain unclear or unanswered about Pebbles LaDime’s last hours that might help the case?