Jamaris Pridgen, a 20-year-old African American man from Harrells, North Carolina, was found dead on May 29, 2018. His body was recovered from a shallow grave in woods off Wilbur Pridgen Road, about six miles from where his abandoned vehicle — reported as a black Honda Accord in family accounts and elsewhere described as a Honda Civic — was located. Investigators found signs of foul play in the vehicle, including blood in the driver’s area and the trunk; the car had been cleaned and smelled of gasoline.

Family members say Pridgen last contacted his mother on May 29, 2018, reporting that the truck he was driving had been shot at by someone he knew. His stepfather received an anonymous tip that led to locating the vehicle and notifying authorities. The medical and investigative findings reported that Pridgen had been shot in the chest and buried in a shallow grave.

Authorities identified 47-year-old Lajona Demarrias Carr of Ivanhoe as a suspect. Carr was seen on the Wilbur Pridgen Road property between May 30 and June 1 and gave conflicting accounts to family members about seeing Pridgen; he was later convicted of first-degree murder, robbery with a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Does anyone have information about Jamaris’s movements or contacts in the days before May 29, 2018?