Christopher Dorch, 19, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of January 17, 2009, in the parking lot of the Corner Stop convenience store on Solomon Blatt Avenue in Blackville, South Carolina. According to investigators, Dorch was walking through the lot after midnight when two men approached and fired several shots; his injuries proved fatal.

The State Law Enforcement Division led the inquiry and, after reviewing witness accounts and the store’s surveillance footage, identified two suspects from Allendale County. Tyrell Damon Odoms, 20 at the time, and Laparis S. Flowers, 18, were taken into custody and charged with Dorch’s murder.

Are there readers who remember that night or saw activity around the Corner Stop who can share information?