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Nicholas Hector Degros, 30, was shot dead outside his Beaufort, South Carolina home on the corner of Washington and Wilmington streets on the evening of January 9, 2015. He was shot twice in the back of the head and once more in what was described as an execution-style killing. He left five children behind.

Investigators focused on two people: Jasmine Nicole Femia, then 21, the mother of Degros’s 2-year-old son, and her 38-year-old boyfriend Anthony Clyde Ellison. Prosecutors say Femia orchestrated the plot to keep Degros from attending a Family Court hearing about visitation. Authorities allege Femia bought the gun, rented the car used in the crime and guided Ellison to Degros’s home; Ellison then ambushed and fatally shot Degros. A witness reported overhearing Femia say she planned to kill Degros, and Ellison initially confessed before later retracting his statement.

Convictions followed: Femia was found guilty of murder and conspiracy and sentenced to long prison terms, and Ellison pleaded and was sentenced for his role as the triggerman. Does anyone in Beaufort remember seeing signs of the custody fight or anything suspicious around Washington and Wilmington streets that night?