Timothy J. Dumas, a 44-year-old Army veteran, was found dead on December 2, 2020, near a training area at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His body was discovered alongside Master Sgt. William LaVigne II, 37. Both men had sustained gunshot wounds; Dumas suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and head and the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide, stating he was shot by an unknown person.

Their bodies were located near Manchester Road and Dumas’s dark-colored 2015 Dodge Ram pickup was later found abandoned at another location. The FBI and the Army Criminal Investigation Command joined the inquiry and asked the public for information. Court records show both men had unrelated court dates scheduled for December 2020 and January 2021; Dumas faced breaking and entering, communicating threats, and impersonating a law enforcement officer from an April 2020 incident.

A key unresolved question is who shot Dumas and LaVigne and why they were together at that location; anyone with information about the scene, the pickup, or their movements that day is asked to come forward.