Hallie Mae Sapp Robertson, 42, was found dead the morning of August 17, 2023, on a gravel road just across the Tallahatchie County line behind the Oakland 1 Stop convenience store. An autopsy confirmed a single gunshot wound to the head and her death was ruled a homicide. Robertson worked as a rural carrier associate for the United States Postal Service in Batesville.

The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Department began the investigation after a 911 caller who reported being assaulted directed deputies to the Highway 32 location where Robertson was discovered. Deputies found a 9mm shell casing and a cellphone near her body, and learned the suspect had fled in Robertson’s vehicle. Her 2017 Ford Escape was later located abandoned on Spruce Street in Oakland with the driver’s side window shattered.

Within hours, 41-year-old Bobby Arnez Taylor of Oakland, who was reported to have been in a relationship with Robertson, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and felony taking of a motor vehicle. Evidence recovered from the vehicle and a residence where Taylor was staying was reported to link him to the crime; he was taken into custody in Tallahatchie County and bond was set at $750,000.

If anyone knew Hallie Robertson, her routine, or saw her Ford Escape in the hours before August 17, please share what was seen or contact investigators.