On January 15, 2023, at about 11:09 a.m., Fayetteville police found 18-year-old Stephon Darius Links lying in the backyard of a home on the 5300 block of Docia Circle in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Stephon, known as June Bug, was born May 22, 2004, in Jamaica, New York, to Tamika Victoria Holmes and Jermaine Links and had moved to Fayetteville, where he continued his schooling.

Described as fond of basketball, video games, music and swimming, he was a playful presence among family and friends and was dearly loved by his mother and grandmother. Police renewed a request for tips in August 2023 and ask anyone with information to contact Detective M. Waters at 910-635-4978 or Crime Stoppers at 910-483-8477, including anonymous submissions through the Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crime Stoppers website.

Did anyone in the Fayetteville area know Stephon or see anything that morning that could help investigators?