Marcus Lester Fisher, 39, of Dunn, North Carolina, was found dead on August 17, 2017, in the backyard of a home at 2028 Bailey Road in Coats. Deputies from the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance around 12:30 a.m. and discovered Fisher’s body and two men at the scene. An autopsy by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Raleigh determined the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the chest.

The investigation produced arrests. Michael Todd Denning, 37, of Coats, was charged with first-degree murder and concealing and failing to report a death. Robin Chalmers Brown, 33, of Lillington, was charged with concealing and failing to report a death and accessory after the fact. Paige Nicole Carter, 26, of Dunn, was charged with concealing and failing to report a death in a related discovery and with accessory after the fact and felony conspiracy in connection with Fisher’s death. Bond amounts were set for the suspects.

Authorities also found another body identified as 27-year-old Ashley Castillo about 20 miles away; how that discovery relates to Fisher’s death remains unclear. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night around Bailey Road that could help clarify what happened to Marcus Fisher?