A passing deputy on patrol found the front door open at a Noble Oak Drive home in Arlington, Tennessee, on the morning of December 16, 2020. Inside an upstairs bedroom, 54-year-old local businessman Samuel Hare was found fatally shot. Investigators determined the death was a homicide and reported that Hare’s vehicle and other personal items were taken from the house.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office led the inquiry. In April 2021 a grand jury returned indictments charging four people—Demerion Golden, 24; Donquez Dabney, 23; Brooke Lurry, 21; and Frederick Ware, 24—with first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated burglary, and employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony. A fifth person, Donna Bailey, 39, was indicted on felony accessory after the fact charges; she was identified as the mother of one of the charged defendants. The case was assigned to the District Attorney’s Crime Strategies & Narcotics Prosecution Unit.

Hare was remembered by those who knew him as kindhearted and funny. Does anyone in Arlington remember noticing suspicious activity around Noble Oak Drive in December 2020 or have information that could help this investigation?