Willie Lloyd Phillips, 37, was found shot to death on the morning of February 25, 2020, on the side of Valley Road south of Arundel Road in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Investigators recovered several shell casings and a blood trail; the fatal shooting was believed to have occurred sometime between 11 p.m. on February 24 and 6 a.m. on February 25. Authorities treated the case as the county’s first homicide of 2020.

Several people reported seeing Phillips walking in the community the evening of February 24; deputies said multiple residents might have information crucial to the investigation. The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Department offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Did anyone in the Lauderdale County area see Willie Phillips that night or know anything that could help bring his killer to justice?