On April 20, 2024, officers from the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a welfare check in the 400 block of Fussell Street and found two people inside a home with gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene: 53-year-old Jamelle Monque Best and 44-year-old Elainna Michelle Ebersole. The case has been classified as a homicide and the department’s Investigative Services Bureau and Crime Scene Unit are handling the investigation.

Elainna Michelle Ebersole was born February 20, 1980, in Galion, Ohio, and lived in Goldsboro at the time of her death. Authorities have not released information about suspects or arrests and the investigation remains active. If anyone has information that could assist the investigation, contact the Goldsboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division or Crime Stoppers.