Carderius Gemon Hathorn, 21, was found shot multiple times inside a vehicle in the 100 block of Cedars of Lebanon in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 4, 2024. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene around 2:30 in the afternoon. His death was one of several that summer contributing to a rise in the city’s homicides.

Hathorn, a 2021 graduate of Leake Central High School, had worked for FedEx and Amazon and hoped to one day own a farm. On October 14, 2024, an individual identified as Jonathan Fortenberry turned himself in to the Jackson Police Department and was charged with Hathorn’s murder.

If anyone knew Carderius or has information about what happened on September 4 in the Cedars of Lebanon area, please share what is known with investigators.