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Billy BJ Pace Jr., 23, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was found dead in a wooded area on Ross Lane on December 21, 2016, after his father reported him missing three days earlier. His body had been concealed with leaves and branches, and an autopsy found he had been shot twice in the head; his death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators arrested 36-year-old girlfriend Jessica Lynn Summer Simo and 17-year-old Kristopher Michael Martin, the boyfriend of Simo’s daughter. Pace had reportedly been deceived into thinking Simo had terminal cancer and that he was helping her move to Virginia; instead he was lured to the location where he was killed. The weapon used was a Colt 1911 that belonged to Simo.

Kristopher Martin was tried as an adult, convicted of second-degree murder by a jury in September 2019 and sentenced to 20 years. In August 2020 Simo pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder and received a 10-year sentence. Did anyone in Clarksville know Pace, Simo, or Martin and have information about the days before December 21, 2016?