On the morning of Monday, January 27, 2025, officers responding to a call at about 8:02 a.m. entered an apartment in the 300 block of South Zetterower Avenue in Statesboro, Georgia, and found two people dead of apparent gunshot wounds. The deceased were identified as 22-year-old Dacaris Carr of Statesboro and 17-year-old Maneia Stephens of Goodwater, Alabama.

Detectives established that Carr and Stephens had a pre-existing relationship and processed the apartment for evidence while interviewing acquaintances. Investigators said the scene evidence indicated no other individuals were involved and that authorities were not seeking any outstanding suspects. Both bodies were taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Coastal Regional Crime Lab for autopsies to determine cause and manner of death.

Carr, known as Duke, was born May 20, 2002, in Heidelberg, Germany, attended Statesboro High School, and worked as a machine operator for Perdue Farms; friends described him as quiet, shy, and kind-hearted who enjoyed music, reading, and video games. Does anyone with knowledge of Carr, Stephens, or that apartment have information that could help clarify what happened?