Destiney Hope Kight, an 18-year-old from Wrightsville, Georgia, was killed on April 23, 2021. Deputies found Kight and her boyfriend, Charles Jaylon Garrett, dead outside a house on Paul Lord Road that the couple had been preparing to move into. Early reports described apparent gunshot wounds; later coverage said both had been shot multiple times.

Investigators identified 22-year-old Daniel Payton Brinson of Harrison as a suspect and charged him with two counts of malice murder; reporting noted he had been arrested previously on unrelated charges in Cobb County. Kight’s mother said Brinson had been around the family for years, which made the killings feel especially personal. Authorities did not publicly explain a motive in the initial accounts.

Subsequent reporting named Dakota Wayne Scott of Swainsboro as a second person arrested and charged in September 2022 with two counts of felony murder and tampering with evidence. Later court reports indicated Brinson, Scott, and John Patrick Suggs had been indicted in Johnson County on multiple counts including malice and felony murder, with Brinson and Scott entering not guilty pleas; no trial verdict or conviction was reported in the materials reviewed.

If anyone knew Destiney, Charles, or their plans in Wrightsville, or has information about the April 23, 2021 killings, please come forward.