On the morning of September 18, 2024, a resident of Pelzer, South Carolina, found a blood-soaked Mazda CX-7 parked in their front yard on Highway 8 and called deputies. Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputies arriving shortly before 8:00 a.m. discovered the body of 41-year-old Mindy Lee McDonald in the passenger seat; an autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound as the cause of death.

McDonald, originally from Shelby, Ohio, was a Woodmont High School graduate who attended Greenville Technical College. Her obituary described her as a beloved mother and grandmother; she is survived by six children and two grandchildren. Investigators identified 40-year-old Phillip Charles Reeves as a suspect, and he was arrested and charged with murder and with possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a certain crime; he remains in the Greenville County Detention Center without bond as the case awaits court proceedings.

Did anyone in Pelzer or along Highway 8 see the Mazda CX-7 or either person around the early morning of September 18?