In the early morning of Saturday, June 17, 2023, 43-year-old Joshua Corey Jones of Eatonton was found unresponsive between two apartment buildings in the 300 block of Evans Avenue in Milledgeville, Georgia. Police responded to a 911 call about 8:19 a.m. and determined Jones had died of a gunshot wound. The location was in the Graham Homes/Boddie projects and the death was investigated as a homicide.

Two days later, on Monday, June 19, 2023, investigators executed a search warrant at a residence on the 1100 block of Highland Avenue and arrested 30-year-old Tavish Nigel Goddard of Milledgeville. Goddard was charged with malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Prosecutors said Jones had met with Goddard in what began as a drug deal and that Goddard, suspecting Jones was a law enforcement informant, shot him in the face with a 9mm pistol.

Did anyone in the Milledgeville area have information about Jones, his movements that morning, or the events leading up to that meeting?