Nicole Harrington, 37, a mother of three, was found dead in an elevator at the Augusta Convention Center parking garage on the morning of June 18, 2020. She had been shot in the back of the head the previous evening and left for dead. The killing focused investigators on a married man with whom she was having an extramarital affair.

The suspect was identified as Jason Moose Cunningham, 48, a former Richmond County deputy who had resigned in 2018. According to the Augusta District Attorney’s Office, Harrington and Cunningham met on the evening of June 17, 2020; the meeting turned into a heated argument, and prosecutors say Cunningham shot her as she entered the elevator. Cunningham fled, was later located at a resort in Appling, and after an eight-hour standoff he surrendered and confessed. He was arrested and charged with malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

If anyone knew Nicole, her movements that evening, or has information about the relationship or the incident, please share what you know.