Chester Alphonso Stavis, 31 and known as Rock to friends, was reported missing by his family after he failed to return home in mid-November 2018. He was last seen leaving his home on Albert Spears Drive; his family reported him missing on November 19 after he had not been heard from for four days. His body was found face down in a shallow waterway near Dicks and Rast streets on November 21, and an autopsy determined he died of a gunshot wound to the chest; the death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators initially identified a person of interest, but public tips led to arrests announced in early February 2019. Two men, 21-year-old Parrish Raquan Pollard of Rembert and 34-year-old Madison Jared Scriven of Gable, were charged with murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and kidnapping; Pollard also faced a weapons charge. A 17-year-old, Mary Green of Sumter, was arrested on charges of accessory after the fact to murder and conspiracy and was not believed to have fired the shot. Anyone with information about Chester Stavis, his movements in November 2018, or the people involved is asked to come forward.