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In the early morning hours of April 8, 2017, 43-year-old Marlon Butler was shot and killed in his Columbia, South Carolina, home on Candwenn Court. Butler and his teenage son had returned to find the front door forcibly kicked in; an intruder remained inside. As they moved through the house the intruder, identified in later reporting as 23-year-old Bouvia Sales, began shooting. Butler was fatally wounded and his son fled; Sales reportedly fired at the son as he ran.

Columbia Police investigators tied DNA from the scene to Sales and say he confessed the killing to at least three other people. In June 2017 Sales was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, first-degree burglary, and possession of a firearm during a violent crime.

Were there neighbors or the public who saw anything unusual near Candwenn Court that morning or who can add detail about the timeline that night?