On April 5, 2020, in the Jackson Glenn subdivision of Jackson, Georgia, 31-year-old William Ryan Ray was fatally shot on a Sunday afternoon near a community pool and tennis courts. Children were reportedly nearby when gunfire erupted, and the shooting prompted an immediate multi-day manhunt for the primary suspect, 20-year-old Cody Bryce Matthews.

Law enforcement considered Matthews armed and dangerous and briefly feared a 21-year-old woman, Autumn Keara Finlay, was being held with him; an alert described her as in extreme danger. Investigators later came to suspect she was assisting Matthews, and a warrant was issued charging her with aiding and abetting a fugitive. Three days after the shooting Matthews was found hiding in a Williamson, Georgia, residence and arrested without incident; Finlay was located and found safe.

Matthews was charged with murder and aggravated assault and booked into the Butts County jail. The motive for Ray’s killing has not been disclosed. Does anyone have information about Ray, the scene that day, or knowledge that could help investigators reconstruct what happened?