Kendall Marquavian Triplett, 23, was found inside a vehicle in a driveway on Clyde Avenue in Philadelphia, Mississippi, on Thursday, December 7, 2023. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head; police say the vehicle and his body had been at the scene for several hours before being discovered just after 2:00 p.m. His death was investigated as a homicide.

The day after the body was found, police named a person of interest and arrested 24-year-old Roderick J. Talley of Philadelphia. Talley was charged with first-degree murder and held at the Winston-Choctaw County Detention Center. Family and friends remembered Triplett as a shining light in his community. Funeral services were held Saturday, December 23, 2023, at Jerusalem Temple Church in Philadelphia, with burial in Conehatta.

If anyone has information about what happened to Kendall Triplett or saw anything on Clyde Avenue that afternoon, please share what is known.