In August 2024, Carrie Hardin was fatally shot at her Merlin Court home in Fayetteville, Georgia following a domestic dispute with her husband, Kenneth Hardin Jr. According to reports, after the shooting her body was partially burned and buried in a shallow grave under yard debris in a wooded area behind the house.

The case moved when Kenneth Hardin Jr. allegedly confessed the killing to his father, saying it was self-defense and that he planned to leave town. The father called the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office; deputies found blood evidence and signs someone had tried to clean the scene. A cadaver dog located Hardin’s buried remains.

Kenneth Hardin Jr. fled Georgia and was later found at a motel in Covington, Louisiana, where he was arrested and returned to Georgia to face charges. Does anyone have information about Carrie’s life in Fayetteville or the neighborhood around Merlin Court that could help fill in what happened that night?