In the pre-dawn hours of June 5, 2000, Corporal Dennis James Lyden, 44, of the Horry County Police Department stopped a vehicle on State Highway 544 in Horry County, South Carolina. During the stop Lyden was attacked, beaten with his own flashlight, and then fatally shot with his service weapon as he lay wounded. Lyden was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who had served five years with Horry County and previously four years with the Marion City Police Department; he was survived by his wife.

Two suspects were arrested within two days and charged with murder. In June 2001 a jury found James Nathaniel Bryant guilty of Lyden’s murder and sentenced him to death, while the second suspect was acquitted. Much about the case remained tied up in legal proceedings after that conviction.

Are there details from that night or the highway stretch that someone in Horry County remembers and can share with investigators or researchers?