Frances Mae Davis was fatally shot in a Myrtle Beach Mall parking lot in January 2016, the day before her 79th birthday. She had been waiting in her car while her daughter shopped; when the daughter returned about 15 minutes later she found Davis slumped in the front passenger seat, unconscious, with her purse and cell phone missing.

The investigation stalled for more than four years with no suspects publicly identified and the case was later described as administratively closed by the Horry County Police Department. Davis’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the mall, alleging inadequate security and that mall management knew of prior violent crimes in the area.

In February 2020 authorities announced an arrest: Dominique Hemingway, 26, of Tabor City, North Carolina, was charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and armed robbery. Officials said a community tip linked Hemingway to the case while he was in custody on other robbery charges in the Myrtle Beach area.