Nicholas Bettis, 21, was shot and killed on November 25, 2020, as he was leaving his mother’s home in Thomasville, Georgia. Authorities described the attack as an ambush that abruptly ended his life on the day before Thanksgiving, leaving family and the community grieving.

Investigators quickly identified a primary suspect, Jarquise Hayes, and a second person of possible interest, Cortez Levert Jones. Jones was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals while a search continued for Hayes. Agencies including the U.S. Marshals and the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office were involved in efforts to locate the main suspect.

In early January 2021 Hayes was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Bettis’s death. What else is known about Nicholas, his routine, or anyone who might have seen him that day?