Ralph Heard was 32 when he was shot and killed in Macon, Georgia. He and 23-year-old Arika Lottie Dottie Jarrell were found dead inside a car on Fairburn Avenue on the morning of May 30, 2014; investigators determined both had been fatally shot the day before, May 29, in what was described as an armed robbery and ambush. A third victim, 25-year-old Terrance Vanderick Dent Jr., was also killed in the incident.

The probe uncovered links to gang activity and a contraband operation inside the local jail, which led to several arrests. In February 2019 Vincent Lewis pleaded guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter plus racketeering and violating the state’s Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act and received a 40-year sentence. Quintavious Isaih Everett and Rayshaun Reanaldo Lucas also pleaded guilty to charges tied to the jail contraband ring and gang activity; each received 20-year sentences with the first 10 years to be served in custody. Lewis Monroe Cheney II was charged in connection with the killings and his case remained pending in Bibb County Superior Court at that time.

Are there details readers remember about Fairburn Avenue in 2014 or anyone who might have information about the ambush or the contraband ring?