Charles Buddy Deas, 32, and his wife Andrea Andie Deas were found dead inside their Marigold Street home in Edgefield County, South Carolina after a house fire on the evening of October 9, 2016. Firefighters arriving at the blaze located both bodies in the bedroom where the fire began and several of the couple’s dogs were found dead in the living room.

Autopsies showed both Charles and Andrea Deas died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest and had been shot from behind before the fire was set. Investigators recovered the barrel of a .22 rifle in the remains of the mattress. Law enforcement identified Aiken County resident Dameion Edwin Thomas as a person of interest after he was seen driving the victims’ vehicle and using their debit card in the hours after the deaths; gunshot residue was reportedly found on his clothing and on the vehicle’s steering wheel, and a relative testified Thomas admitted killing two people.

Prosecutors said the killings occurred shortly after lunchtime on October 9, with the vehicle driven for several hours before the suspect allegedly returned and set the fire to conceal the crime. Does anyone have information about the Deas family, their movements that day, or the neighborhood on Marigold Street?