On December 9, 2018, deputies in Holly Hill, South Carolina, found a damaged 2004 Chevrolet Impala on Brelands Road with two unresponsive men inside. The victims were identified as 34-year-old Ricky Antoine Taylor and 29-year-old Black male Michael Laprince Pinckney. The scene was initially reported as a traffic crash, but investigators determined both men had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and reclassified the incident as a homicide.

Detectives pursued both physical and digital leads. Investigators reported that a video posted to social media by one of the victims captured a person later identified as one of the suspects at the scene. Using that footage and additional leads, deputies identified two suspects and in late January 2019 arrested Matthew Brown, 23, and Connell Sheppard, 38, both of Holly Hill. Each was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Pinckney and Taylor.

Are there readers who knew Michael Laprince Pinckney or have information about that night on Brelands Road?