On the afternoon of Monday, February 24, 2020, the body of 18-year-old Omari Syncere Alexander, an African American male and a student at Bradwell Institute who lived in Hinesville, was found by a passing motorist near a private driveway on County Line Road in rural Long County near Rye Patch. The Long County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded and quickly determined his death was a homicide; an autopsy was ordered to establish the precise cause of death.

The investigation produced arrests over the following months. In March 2020, two Hinesville men, 27-year-old Byran Denzel Hopkins and 23-year-old Michael Anthony Williams, were charged with murder. In early June 2020, two more Hinesville residents were arrested: 23-year-old Stefphon I. Woods, charged as a party to the crime of felony murder and with a felony probation violation, and 23-year-old Victoria B. Davis, charged with making false statements and writings. The case remained under active investigation.

Does anyone who knew Omari or who was in the Rye Patch or County Line Road area that day have information that could help?