James D. Maxwell, 61, was found dead in his small living quarters behind the Southlawn Cemetery office on Whiskey Road in Aiken, South Carolina, on September 24, 2018. A fellow cemetery worker, concerned after not hearing from him, discovered him unresponsive and called 911. Investigators from the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office and the coroner initially treated the death as suspicious and then reclassified it as a homicide after the coroner determined Maxwell died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Maxwell was a cemetery employee and a veteran described by acquaintances as easy-going and quiet. Authorities appealed to the public in the days after the discovery for help identifying a suspect or suspects, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains open and under investigation. If anyone has information about Maxwell’s death or noticed anything unusual at Southlawn Cemetery around September 24, 2018, please come forward.