Audie Robert Patterson, 25, of Guntown, was found dead on the side of Country Oaks Lane near Highway 45 Alternate in West Point, Mississippi, on September 24, 2023. A passerby discovered the body and alerted authorities around 3:30 p.m. Investigators from the Clay County Sheriff’s Department determined Patterson died of multiple gunshot wounds and say a struggle may have occurred before his death.

Police believe Patterson was likely in a vehicle with at least one other person prior to being shot and left on the roadside. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office have been working to reconstruct his movements in the days and hours before the killing and are urging anyone who traveled along Highway 45 and saw anything unusual to contact investigators or Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers.

Can anyone who was in the area that afternoon or who knew Audie help fill in his last known movements?