On May 10, 2021, Andrea Burnette, 35, and Terence Holmes, 31, were found inside Burnette’s residence in the 700 block of Fifth Avenue in the Guyandotte area of Huntington, West Virginia, each with gunshot wounds to the head. Detectives say the investigation involved the Huntington Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, West Virginia State Police and the FBI, and led to charges against two men: Marcellas Mitchell, 29, of Garden City, Michigan, and Dakota Keaton, 25, of Huntington.

Authorities allege Mitchell had lived with Burnette for two months and became angry over alleged thefts of money and drugs that interfered with his drug trafficking. Investigators say Mitchell recruited Keaton, offering $2,000 and an 8-ball of drugs to help kill Burnette. A witness testified that Keaton confessed involvement. Surveillance video shown at preliminary hearings reportedly captured two unidentifiable people entering Burnette’s home around 12:30 a.m., and witness testimony placed Mitchell and Keaton in the residence with guns; detectives believe Mitchell was the primary shooter.

Keaton later pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and was awaiting sentencing in November; Mitchell pleaded not guilty and had further hearings scheduled. Does anyone have information about Burnette’s movements in Guyandotte the night before the killings or about activity around Fifth Avenue that morning?