Kevin Christopher Millner, 32, was found dead inside his locked vehicle in the Holiday Inn Express parking lot at 4305 Big Tree Way near Wendover Avenue in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 2, 2014. A passerby discovered his body at about 1:15 p.m. that day. The State Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound, and police say robbery was the apparent motive.

In the days after the discovery, arrests were made. On September 17, 2014, Montray Deboris Price, 21, of Greensboro was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond. On September 22, 2014, Craig Deonte Hairston, 25, and Colby Wade Watkins, 29, both from Danville, were also charged with first-degree murder and felony conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon; both were detained on unrelated charges in other jurisdictions and authorities sought their extradition to Greensboro. Police say the suspects had planned to rob Millner, and investigators continued gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses.