A 51-year-old Richmond barber known to family as Reggie, Reginald Terrance Holmes was found dead in Caroline County on May 26, 2024. A citizen called 911 that morning and deputies located his body in woods alongside Sparta Road in the Milford area. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Holmes died from several gunshot wounds.

The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with assistance from the FBI, Richmond Police, U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and Virginia State Police. Investigators recovered what they described as significant evidence at the scene and executed a search warrant two days after the discovery at the home of 32-year-old Johnathan O’Bryan Ellis of Richmond, seizing a gun and ammunition. Ellis was initially charged with being a felon in possession and held without bond; by mid-July he was formally charged with Holmes’s murder and authorities said the investigation was ongoing.

If anyone knew Reginald Holmes, his movements, or has information about the area near Sparta Road on May 26, please come forward.