On August 27, 2018, first responders in Gifford, South Carolina, responded to a house fire that revealed a double homicide. Inside the burned home were the bodies of two men, later identified as 39-year-old Cornelius Barnwell and 29-year-old Jerrelle Campbell. The Hampton County Coroner’s Office ruled both deaths as caused by gunshot wounds, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division assisted local authorities in processing the scene.

Barnwell, known to family as Scooby, was a father of four and remembered as friendly and funny. No suspect names, arrests, or motives have been made public, and investigators have not released information about who might be responsible. If anyone knew Cornelius Barnwell, his movements that day, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.