Nathan David Smith, 48, was found dead in a burn pile behind a mobile home in McCormick, South Carolina, on July 10, 2018, alongside another victim, Ruth Huetter. Investigators classified the deaths as homicides after determining Smith had been shot multiple times, including a fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Court records identify Smith’s son, 29-year-old Jesse Smith, as the primary person of interest. According to those records, Jesse confessed to shooting his father at a McCormick residence and to placing both Nathan Smith’s and Ruth Huetter’s remains in a backyard burn pile. A grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesse Smith with murder and two counts of destruction of human remains; bond was denied and the court asked prosecutors to consider additional charges in Huetter’s death.

Are there readers who knew Nathan Smith or Ruth Huetter, or who recall activity near that mobile home in McCormick in July 2018?