On a quiet Sunday in October 2016, 25-year-old Andrea Andie Deas and her 32-year-old husband Charles Buddy Deas were found dead in their Marigold Street home in Edgefield, South Carolina. First responders arrived for a house fire, but investigators discovered both victims had suffered multiple gunshot wounds before the fire was set. Their four dogs were also found deceased in the home.

Investigators focused on a man known to the couple, Dameion Edwin Thomas. Law enforcement reported finding the barrel of a .22 caliber rifle in the charred bedroom, matching the caliber of the projectiles recovered from the victims, and gunshot residue on the steering wheel of the Deas vehicle, which Thomas had last driven. A relative later testified that Thomas had confessed to killing two people.

The case raises questions about the motive and the doorways into the home on the night of the killings. Did anyone in Edgefield see or hear anything unusual around the Deas residence that October night?