Unsolved Crimes
Jerrieme Washington Jr
January 01, 2024
STATUS: ARRESTED
UPDATE (as of May 16, 2025): The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office has made two arrests in connection with the January 2024 murder of 14-year-old Jerrieme Jermaine Washington.On January 1st, at approximately 10:40 PM, gunfire from a drive-by shooting erupted from the roadway on Castle Rock Road in Burton. Gunfire from that shooting struck the victim’s home and a vehicle parked in the driveway. Tragically, the victim of this shooting was struck multiple times by the gunfire while he sat in his living room playing video games.
The victim was Jerrieme Washington Jr., a 14-year-old Battery Creek High School student known for his passion of soccer and being involved in the high school band as a member of the drumline. Life saving measures were attempted but were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
WTOC 11: Burton Community mourns loss of 14-year-old boy shot, killed
Candido Timmy "Monty" Montanez Jr.
July 10, 2023
STATUS: OPENThe pursuit of crucial information by both his family and the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office continues.
Malcolm Xavier Donaldson
March 23, 2022
STATUS: OPEN
Marlon Charles Lyons Jr
October 15, 2021
STATUS: OPENEdward Sean Aiken
July 18, 2018
STATUS: OPEN
Four years after Sean Aiken’s death, his mother still asking for answers
by: Andrew Davis
Posted: Apr 28, 2023 / 06:28 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 29, 2023 / 11:23 AM EDT
SEABROOK, S.C. (WSAV) — More than four years after the crime, a Beaufort County mother is still begging for someone to track down her son’s killer.
That was D’Andra Green talking to News 3 back in 2018 about finding her son Sean Aiken’s body in a ditch along Seabrook Center Road.
Emotions that are still just as strong 4 years later.
“When I went to him and touched his hand and it was ice cold. That was the moment when I realized someone murdered my son,” said an emotional Green.
The 28-year-old Aiken was killed on July 18, 2018.
Investigators say he was at a house party when an armed suspect came in.
Aiken ran but didn’t get very far.
Shot and killed, his body was found close to home, but on the ground, in the weeds.
“What they did to my son was wrong,” a defiant Green said. “I feel like it took a coward to shoot someone who couldn’t defend themselves back.”
Green says she still mourns every day for Sean.
She joined multiple grief groups, tried meditation, and did anything that may help.
But still, when she is in town, she can’t bring herself to spend time at his grave.
“Even now I will go there and tell them I’m sorry I will come back when I am stronger. But I haven’t gotten there yet.”
That’s why she came back more than four years later, asking News 3 for help. Looking for strength from someone else, someone who may know something or has seen something that night, anything that may help her answer two questions: Who did it? And, why?
“People keep on thinking that if you talk you are a snitch,” said Green. “No, because this keeps happening in Beaufort. It is not just my son getting killed, it’s murders all the time there. It’s like the wild wild west in Beaufort because no one wants to tell on the people running around taking people’s lives. It is not going to stop until someone takes the people off the street who are doing these horrendous things.”
“I need the truth. I have to learn to forgive. That’s the hardest thing I have been going through. I know I have to forgive the person that did this. I am going to have to forgive them. For my sanity, for my peace. But they still deserve to be in prison for what they did to my boy.”
“I won’t let his memory go away I won’t let his face go away. There he is too. I can’t give up. I truly believe he deserves justice”
Beaufort County Sheriff’s are insistent this is not a cold case. They also say while Sean was gay, that did not have anything to do with his murder.
BCSO Nixle Alert on July 18, 2018: https://local.nixle.com/alert/6691932/
WSAV: Four years after Sean Aiken's death, his mother still asking for answers
Marquis Tyquan Singleton
July 07, 2016
STATUS: OPENOn July 7, 2016, around 10:30 pm, Marquis Tyquan Singleton sustained multiple gunshot wounds from unknown subjects, and he was found in his vehicle in a ditch on Sam Doyle Drive, St. Helena Island. Singleton succumbed to his injuries at Beaufort Memorial Hospital.
No witnesses to the shooting have been identified nor have any suspects been developed through the investigation. A motive for Singleton’s murder remains unclear as he had few known enemies.
Rashard Michael Spikes
August 04, 2015
STATUS: OPENOn Aug. 4, 2015 around 9 p.m., Rhashard Spikes (24-years-old), who was a Beaufort County Animal Services Employee, drove out of the Hilton Head Gardens apartment complex onto Southwood Park Drive and almost collided with another vehicle.
According to passengers in Spikes’ vehicle, after almost hitting the other car, Spikes and the male driver of the other vehicle exchanged words for a moment, then Spikes drove off. As Spikes drove onto William Hilton Parkway, the other vehicle turned around and sped to catch up to him. According to Spikes’s passengers, the other vehicle caught up caught up to Spikes and one of his passengers shot at Spikes' vehicle then sped off.
Spikes was severely wounded and was driven to a nearby convenience store by his passengers. Paramedics responded to the convenience store parking lot and transported Spikes to the Hilton Head Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators received information on possible persons of interest in this case, but the threshold of probable cause to file criminal charges has not been met.
Herman Marton Gaston Jr
May 05, 2015
STATUS: OPENShortly after 11 p.m. May 5, 2015, 34-year-old Hermon Gaston left his University Park apartment in Bluffton to drive to a nearby gas station in his white Dodge Charger.
Several witnesses heard a loud “bang” and screeching tires only to find that Gaston crashed his vehicle into another parked car.
Beaufort County Sheriff Office deputies and emergency medical personnel arrived and it was apparent that Herman had been shot. Paramedics could not revive him, and he died at the scene. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but people observed a black sedan in the University Park area around the time of the incident.
A friend and neighbor of Gaston, Zachary Lashway, told news reporters he was shocked that this happened in his neighborhood. He says he doesn't believe someone would target Gaston, who he said is married with children. "Well, everyone that knows him, loved him," said Lashway. "He was a real cool dude. He has 3 kids, he has a wife. It's really shocking to have someone that you know actually die."
The subjects responsible for Gaston’s shooting death have not been identified.
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Antonio Brewer
March 20, 2015
STATUS: OPEN
On March 20, 2015, 34-year-old Antonio Brewer and his girlfriend prepared to go to work. Antonio placed 2-year-old child into his vehicle in the parking lot of Port Royal Apartments, Grober Hill Road, Port Royal.
Brewer left the child with his girlfriend in his vehicle and went back to the apartment for a moment.
When Brewer returned and got into the driver’s seat, a gray car pulled up next to his vehicle. The driver of the gray exited and began firing multiple shots from a handgun at Brewer, his girlfriend and the child.
Antonio attempted to escape the area by putting his car into reverse and backing away from the shooting subject, but his car backed into a fence and came to rest. Brewer was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds, while his girlfriend and the child suffered non-fatal wounds.
According to witnesses, the male driver (shooter) and his male passenger fled the scene in the gray vehicle, which was described as a Honda or Toyota.
To date, this case is unsolved. However, investigators learned that Brewer may have been targeted to prevent his appearance in court as a witness in a murder case.
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Unsolved Cases: https://bcso.net/antonio-brewer/
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