On June 19, 2018, 17-year-old Heaven Hines, a Black female, was found dead inside a home on Knollbrook Drive in Huntsville, Alabama. Two other people were also killed at the scene: Hines’s 42-year-old mother, Iris Bynum, and a 16-year-old friend, Xzariah Rice. A concerned relative discovered the bodies and the Huntsville Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators quickly focused on a suspect with a personal connection to one of the victims. Authorities identified 43-year-old Rodney Shawn Geddes as the primary suspect; he had been living at the residence until a recent separation and was reported to be the ex-boyfriend of Iris Bynum. Geddes was located walking along Interstate 24 in Franklin County, Tennessee, later the same evening and taken into custody. He was indicted on three counts of capital murder and extradited to Huntsville to face those charges. Friends and family remembered Heaven Hines for her bright smile and close bond with her mother.

If anyone knew Heaven, Iris, or Xzariah or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.