Arshuntay DesMona Brown was 28 when she was found fatally shot at a home on Bethel Road in Starkville, Mississippi. First responders discovered she had sustained a single gunshot wound on June 11, 2021. The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department opened a homicide investigation at the scene.

Sedrick Beckum, 52, identified in reports as Brown’s boyfriend, was at the residence when deputies arrived. He was initially arrested on unrelated animal cruelty charges tied to the condition of dogs at the property and released on bond. After forensic evidence processed by the State Crime Lab linked him to the killing, Beckum was arrested on December 16, 2021, and charged with second-degree murder; he was held in the county jail on bond set at $1 million.

What information do readers have about Arshuntay Brown, her life in Starkville, or the events leading up to June 11, 2021?