Carlos Benford, 36, and his friend Joshua Wyatt, 29, traveled from Henry County, Georgia, in April 2021 for what they believed was a business meeting about a performance venue. Both men were reported missing on April 11. On April 13 firefighters responding to a vehicle fire in a rural area of Griffin in Spalding County found a Chevrolet pickup truck ablaze off Jackson Road. In the bed of the truck, concealed under trash and debris, were the bodies of Benford and Wyatt; the fire had destroyed the truck’s vehicle identification number.

Investigators traced the case to a residence on Dutchman Road in Griffin. The house had been recently vacated; backyard furnishings and items from inside were piled and burned, and the interior smelled strongly of bleach. Crime scene work located the room where Benford and Wyatt had been shot multiple times.

An arrest in Atlanta after a car chase produced one charged suspect and led to additional arrests and charges for others in connection with the killings, including allegations of murder, armed robbery, arson and tampering with evidence. Did anyone in the Griffin or Henry County area recognize the pickup, the Dutchman Road property, or have information about the April 2021 trip?