Joshua Wyatt, 29, and 36-year-old Carlos Benford disappeared after an April 2021 business meeting in Henry County, Georgia to discuss a potential performance venue. Families reported them missing when they failed to return. On April 13, 2021, firefighters and deputies found a burning pickup truck on Jackson Road near the Butts County line in a rural area of Griffin. After the blaze was extinguished, the bodies of the two men were recovered from the truck bed, concealed under trash and debris; the fire had destroyed the truck’s vehicle identification number.

Investigators subsequently focused on a residence on Dutchman Road in Griffin. Detectives found the house vacated but heavily cleaned, with evidence that bleach had been used and furniture and other items burned in the backyard. Blood evidence indicated Wyatt and Benford had been killed inside the home.

Several arrests followed, including Erik Eduardo Cabrealopez, Carmen Emilio Torres, Kristin Cordero-Rojas, and Alicia Rojo Sanchez; Cabrealopez was taken after a car chase in Atlanta. In September 2023, Eric Cabrera Lopez and Carmen Emilio Torres were tried and, after about two hours of deliberation, convicted on counts that included malice murder, armed robbery, and arson and were sentenced to life without parole. Did anyone in the area know Wyatt or Benford, or have information about their movements in April 2021?