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On a Sunday evening in March 2015, 38-year-old Ryan ONeill Tatum was shot dead in Anderson, South Carolina after dropping off a woman he’d been dating for about five months and another woman at the Brookside apartments. The woman who had been with Tatum says she’d been drinking heavily and was passed out in the back seat when her brother, Raeford Eaddy Wideman, came out of the residence, saw a man with his sister and — according to authorities — shot Tatum. Emergency responders found Tatum dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Authorities identified Wideman as the primary suspect, arrested him and charged him with murder. At a bond hearing the families faced each other; Tatum’s family described him as a loving father of three who was trying to ensure his date got home safely, while the woman said her brother did not act with malicious intent. A judge denied bond and Wideman remained in custody.

In November 2017, a jury found Raeford Wideman guilty of murder and a judge sentenced him to 30 years in prison. Does anyone have information about Tatum’s movements that night or about witnesses who were nearby at Brookside apartments?