Taylor Samone Clark, 26, was killed in a shooting at the Relax Inn on U.S. Highway 301 in Claxton, Georgia, in the early morning hours of February 14, 2024. A native of Millen and then living in Statesboro, Clark was described as outgoing and creative, enjoying hair styling, singing, rapping and dancing, and close to her many siblings.

Police and the Evans County Sheriff’s Office found four people with gunshot wounds at about 7 a.m.; Clark and 27-year-old Shalonde A’Jessisa Stevens of Statesboro were pronounced dead at the scene and two others were wounded. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the inquiry and, three days later, 23-year-old Celeste Denise Adams of Waynesboro turned herself in and was charged in connection with the double homicide, along with aggravated assault counts and firearms charges. The victims’ bodies were sent to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsies.

If anyone knew Taylor, Shalonde, or was at the Relax Inn that morning and has information, please share what you know.