On May 12, 2023, 19-year-old Quincy Mills of Hollister, North Carolina, was found dead in his vehicle on Evans Farm Road. The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office responded that evening and notified Mills’ family; investigators say the meeting that brought him to Evans Farm Road had been arranged through an Instagram account tied to one of the suspects and involved a narcotics transaction for marijuana.

Mills’ girlfriend grew concerned after he stopped answering calls and messages; his father discovered his body. Warrants on cell phones and Instagram accounts later produced information investigators say linked four people to the killing. Three adults — 21-year-old Eric Devon Hinton Jr., 19-year-old Devonte Montrell Sykes and 19-year-old Zakevion Jaques Hilliard — were arrested in June 2023 and a juvenile was located and arrested in July 2023. All four were charged with first-degree murder and held in custody.

What details about the meeting or the people involved might help explain how this transaction turned fatal? If anyone has information, contact the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office.