Dedrick Grant Jr, 28, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was last seen on June 18, 2020, in the company of several friends while in Mississippi. His family reported him missing when he failed to return from that trip. On June 24, 2020, his body was found in a wooded area near the Lumberton, Mississippi, airport. An autopsy confirmed at least one gunshot wound, and investigators say the death occurred during a robbery that turned fatal.

A multi-agency investigation involving Louisiana and Mississippi authorities identified suspects. Rachel Danielle Dean, 35, and Michael David Benge, 38, both of Hattiesburg, were arrested and charged with capital murder and armed robbery. Benge was stopped in a traffic stop and found with a stolen handgun believed to be the murder weapon. A third person, Larry McCarty, was charged with Accessory After the Fact to Capital Murder. Dean was held without bond; Benge was initially held on a $100,000 bond on the stolen-weapon charge.

If anyone has information about Grant’s movements in Mississippi around June 18 or the people he was with, please share what is known.