Billy Ray Covington was 26 when he was found dead in a ditch in Calhoun County, Mississippi, on July 11, 2015. He had multiple gunshot wounds and was a resident of Big Creek. Authorities say the killing followed an argument between Covington and Frankie Terrell Jones that began inside a vehicle and escalated to a physical fight outside. An eyewitness testified seeing Jones shoot Covington in the back of the head as Covington was walking away, then hearing additional gunshots.

Frankie Terrell Jones was arrested on July 24, 2015, and was indicted for first-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. A jury in Calhoun County found Jones guilty on both counts in January 2017; he was sentenced as a habitual offender to life in prison for the murder and to a concurrent ten-year term on the weapons charge.

Did anyone in Big Creek or Calhoun County see or hear anything that summer that could add detail to what happened before the shooting?