Marcellus T. Flores was 22 when he was shot and killed outside his home on Daisy Lane in South Augusta, Georgia, in March 2019. He was found lying face down on his front porch. Flores, remembered by his family as a kind, non-confrontational “big teddy bear,” graduated from Cross Creek High School and worked as a certified automotive technician.

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has said the investigation has been hampered by a poorly lit scene and a lack of eyewitnesses or video surveillance, leaving officials without clear leads. Flores’s mother, Hope Ciccio, says she discovered her son had recently exchanged messages with a phone number he hadn’t used before and that he sent his location to that number shortly before he was killed. Authorities also revealed that weeks after the homicide another man was arrested carrying the same type of weapon believed to have been used, but no one has been officially named as a suspect and no arrests have been announced in the case.

The family continues to seek answers. If anyone has information about Marcellus Flores, his last movements, or the unknown phone contact, please come forward.