Jimmy Brianna Stamey was 22 when she was found dead on June 7, 2018. Born May 3, 1996, in Burke County, she was the daughter of Abraham William Stamey and Elisabeth Lisa Carol Stroupe Braswell and was a mother to a baby boy.

Her death was connected to a larger incident discovered June 8, 2018, at a home on Enola Road in Morganton. Authorities found Brianna deceased in a car outside the residence and two other victims, 57-year-old Pamela Renee Ward and 23-year-old Trae Montana Ward, inside the house. A 1-year-old child located in the home was unharmed.

Investigators identified 61-year-old Kenneth Douglas Powell as a person of interest; he had dated Renee Ward. Powell’s decomposed body was later found about a mile from his apartment with a gun nearby and ballistics testing was pending.

Did anyone in the Morganton area have information about Brianna, the Wards, or the events around Enola Road?