Steven Harris IV was 20 and a sophomore at Southern University when he was reported missing by his family on July 17, 2024. A criminal justice student and a member of the Human Jukebox marching band, Harris was due in court the next day for a custody hearing for his young son and did not appear.

On July 23 his body was found in a rural area of Wilkinson County, Mississippi. An autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds and investigators estimated his body had been at the scene for nearly a week. Authorities say he was lured from his home in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, across state lines to where he was killed, and that the motive was connected to the custody dispute.

Three people—Allyah Martin, 21; Derek Terrell Hollins Jr., 21; and Calajia Jack, 20—were arrested and face conspiracy to commit first-degree murder charges in Louisiana and first-degree murder charges in Mississippi; Hollins was also charged with possession of a machine gun. A trial has been scheduled in West Feliciana Parish. Did anyone who knew Steven notice anything unusual around mid-July 2024?