Simeon James Frazier Sr., 59, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside his Lyman, South Carolina, home on the morning of June 6, 2019. He was taken to Spartanburg Medical Center and pronounced dead. Frazier served as president of the Apostolic Prophetic Training Bible Institute, traveled as a preacher, and was remembered by family as a husband, father of three sons, and grandfather of six.

Investigators quickly focused on a 30-year-old stepson, Andrico Rashad Stewart, who was living at the home. A witness at the scene identified Stewart as the shooter; Stewart fled in a van that was later recovered by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. The handgun believed to have been used was not immediately found. Stewart was charged with murder, use of a weapon during a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm; his record included prior charges for resisting arrest, grand larceny, assault, and weapons offenses. The motive had not been established, and the family described profound loss.

Anyone with information about Frazier’s killing or Stewart’s whereabouts at the time is asked to come forward.