Julie Camacho Smith, 48, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, was found dead on May 17, 2022, alongside her 25-year-old son, Desmond Miles Brewington, behind an apartment building on Hackberry Drive. A neighbor discovered both bodies lying in the grass; both victims had been shot to death. Authorities described the incident as a double homicide.

Multiple agencies — the Hope Mills Police Department, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit — handled the investigation and asked the public about any suspicious activity in the area the night of the killings. On May 21, 2022, Rodney McCrary, a 68-year-old resident of the same complex, was arrested and charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, and concealing or failing to report a death. Motive has not been stated.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything on Hackberry Drive the night of May 17, 2022 that could help investigators?