On the evening of January 11, 2025, 18-year-old Desiah Rose Dalrymple was found fatally shot in an upstairs bedroom of a home on Foxtail Drive in Hartwell, Georgia. Emergency responders were called after a 911 caller reported a gunshot inside the residence; deputies discovered Dalrymple with a gunshot wound and Hart County EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. She was known to friends and family as DRD and D-Rose, had been born September 15, 2006, in Flemington, New Jersey, and was planning to attend Colorado Christian University. She was an active member of Greater Heights In Christ Church and loved animals.

Initial Hart County Sheriff’s Office reports say several other people were in the house at the time and her death is not being treated as a suicide. Investigators from the Hart County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 20-year-old Jamir Zechariah A'Treal Rucker on January 14, 2025; he is identified as Desiah’s boyfriend and faces multiple charges including Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony. No motive has been publicly disclosed.

If anyone knew Desiah or has information about what happened that night, please contact the Hart County Sheriff’s Office.