Gary Wayne Bisbee Jr., 23, was shot to death inside a home on North Sterling Drive in Proctorville during the night of May 25 or the early morning of May 26, 2016. Known as Bud, Bisbee was a Lumberton resident who worked in sales for Little Debbie Cakes and was the father of a young daughter. Deputies found him unresponsive on a bed near the front entrance; he had multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head and others to the side and arm.

The incident began when a woman, Zonna Chanae Locklear, was found beside a highway and reported a kidnapping and car theft, prompting investigators to return to the Proctorville home. Cell-phone records and other evidence later tied Zonna to Comanche Brooks Locklear, a former friend of Bisbee’s. Court filings say Zonna lured Bisbee and signaled Comanche to enter; testimony described Comanche shooting Bisbee, taking his gun, and the two staging a false story about intruders. Zonna and Comanche were arrested and charged; additional arrests followed on accessory charges.

The prosecution portrayed the killing as deliberate and occurring during an armed robbery; the defense argued the shooting was not premeditated.

Did anyone in the area know Bisbee, Zonna, or Comanche and have details that could clarify what led to this confrontation?