On a late June day in 2020, gunfire on Happy Hollow Road in Cleveland, Georgia, ended the life of 41-year-old Mitchell Dale Smallwood. Deputies from the White County Sheriff’s Office found Smallwood, a white male born in Gainesville, fatally shot; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist with the homicide probe.

Smallwood was remembered by friends and family as a devoted father who loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He worked with and maintained a close friendship of 27 years with a man described as his best friend. Authorities arrested 66-year-old Rita Sanders-Luse of Cleveland and charged her with his murder; specific motive and the exact nature of their relationship were not released.

Does anyone who knew Mitchell or who was in the Happy Hollow Road area that day have information that could help clarify what happened?