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Charles Daniel Chuck Smith, 37, of Lowgap, North Carolina, was reported missing by family on April 26, 2014. His body was found May 21, 2014, buried in a shallow grave and covered in cement inside an outbuilding on River Rat Lane in the Lowgap community. An autopsy determined Smith died from a gunshot wound.
Investigators say four people were arrested for concealing and failing to report a death: Robin Deanne Barnett, 29; Brian Keith Johnson, 50; Melody Denise Johnson, 46; and Ashtin Nichole Matthews, 24. Brian Johnson, Melody Johnson, and Ashtin Matthews were additionally charged as accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. The suspected killer, Billy Wayne Johnson, 31, of Lowgap, died in a car crash on March 28, 2014. Brian and Melody Johnson lived at the River Rat Lane address where the body was recovered.
What does anyone in the Lowgap area remember about Smith in the weeks before his disappearance or activity at the River Rat Lane property?