Brandi Alexis Scott, 30, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound on October 26, 2024, in the 100 block of Elizabeth Street near Whiteville, North Carolina. Emergency responders attempted lifesaving measures, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives identified 71-year-old Fredrick Smith, believed to be Scott’s boyfriend, as the suspect; he was arrested and charged with murder and is being held in the Columbus County Detention Center without bond. Scott lived in Chadbourn and is survived by three children — Saniyah King, Derrick Robinson Jr., and Braydon Scott — plus her mother, Tracy Sabrina Jenkins, and several siblings. Her funeral service was held November 3, 2024, at Mount Tabor Baptist Church in Cerro Gordo.

What information can readers share about Brandi’s last known movements or the area around Elizabeth Street on October 26?