Earnest Lee Felton, 54, was found dead inside his Fayette, Mississippi, home on May 30, 2018. Authorities determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound and opened a homicide investigation. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation assisted the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in processing the scene and gathering evidence.

Officials released few details about the circumstances or any possible motive, and in the days and weeks after the shooting no arrests were announced. The case remains an unsolved homicide with no publicly identified suspects. If anyone knew Earnest, lived in Fayette in 2018, or has information about what happened on or around May 30, 2018, please come forward.