Johnnie Cooper, 20, was found dead on September 11, 2014, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His body was discovered submerged in a creek near the softball fields at Timberton Park. An autopsy determined he had been shot six times and ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators focused on V'Nell Miskell after testimony from Miskell’s brother, Vernell, who said Miskell admitted killing Cooper. Vernell testified that Miskell and Cooper had been at the park the evening before the body was found, that Miskell shot Cooper while Cooper was counting money, and that Miskell continued to shoot as Cooper tried to flee into a ditch. Vernell also said he found a nine-millimeter firearm in his brother’s clothing and later sold it. Phone records show the last call from Cooper’s phone was with a man named Jeremy Waters, who said he had met Cooper at Timberton Park around 10:00 p.m. on September 10, 2014, to buy marijuana and saw Cooper’s BMW parked beside a silver or white Ford SUV and Cooper with friends in the dugout area.

V'Nell L. Miskell was convicted of first-degree murder and, as a habitual offender, received life in prison without the possibility of parole or early release. Did anyone who knew Johnnie or was at Timberton Park that night notice anything unusual or see Cooper’s BMW after September 10, 2014?