Kenneth Eric Jenkins Jr., 22 and a resident of St. Helena Island, was last seen the evening of September 16, 2017. That night he treated a friend to dinner, dropped them off, and told family he was going to give another friend a ride to Ridgeland in Jasper County. Family reported him missing to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office on September 18, 2017 after they could not reach him—a departure from his usual habit of being consistently reachable by phone or social media.

The day after the missing-person report, Kenneth’s car was found abandoned and burned. Investigators noted four bullet holes in the driver’s side door, a detail that led them to suspect foul play. He had recently left the Army and was due to start a construction job the day he was reported missing. Kenneth is described as 6 feet 1 inch, 165 pounds, with a high top haircut and tattoos: an outline of South Carolina on his chest with the words God Bless, and his mother Donna’s name on his arm.

Law enforcement continued the investigation with interviews and searches of areas of interest, but no public breakthrough has been reported. Does anyone have information about Kenneth’s movements in Jasper County on September 16, 2017, or saw his vehicle before it was found burned?