Ellen Grandberry, 53, was found dead on December 16, 2024, in Southwest Memphis. She and her childhood friend Sharon Wilson were discovered inside a bullet-riddled car on Manson Road. Grandberry was an African American master hairstylist who owned the One In A Million Hair Salon and was a mother to three boys; friends remembered her as creative and giving.

A search tied to a separate probe of a car theft ring at a residence on Grosvenor Avenue turned up stolen vehicles, drugs, and multiple firearms. Ballistics testing linked some of those weapons to the killings, connecting the murders to the other criminal activity and producing a significant lead.

Within days two suspects were arrested: Desmond Emery, 21, and Jonathan Rush, 22. Both were charged with first-degree murder; Rush, a convicted felon, was also charged with being in possession of a firearm. Does anyone in the area have information about Grandberry, Wilson, or the events on Manson Road that could help the ongoing inquiry?