PRESS RELEASE
October 24, 2016

4h SUSPECT IN TIMMONSVILLE HOMICIDE IN CUSTODY



SUBJECT:    Edwin Evander Small, age 29, of 550 Darlington Street, Florence, SC was arrested by Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office on October 22, 2016 and charged with Attempted Murder (S.C. Code Ann. 16-3-029 ), Kidnapping (S.C. Code Ann. 16-3-910) and Accessory Before the Fact of a Felony (S.C. Code Ann. 16-1-040, 050).  See FCSO Booking Website for additional information.    

NARRATIVE:    Investigators with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office arrested Edwin Evander Small on October 22, 2016.  Small was the 4th suspect wanted in connection with the murder of Bobby Junior Evans who was reported missing by family members on October 3, 2016 (see FCSO Press Release dated October 3, 2016).  Evans’ body was discovered on October 10, 2016 near Victor White Road, Timmonsville, SC.  Briheem Anthony Williams was arrested by FCSO Investigators on October 13, 2016 and charged with Evans’ murder.  The investigation led Investigators to subsequently seek and obtain arrest warrants against four other suspects for allegedly conspiring with and encouraging Williams to murder Evans.  Three of the four suspects, Kevin Deshawn Rogers, Antonio Levern McAllister and Ronnie Rondell Jackson, Jr. were taken into custody on October 18, 2016 (see FCSO Press Release dated October 20, 2016).  Small is the 4th suspect charged with Attempted Murder, Kidnapping and Accessory Before the Fact of a Felony.  

Small is being held at the Florence County Detention Center at this time without bond.   

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Major Michael M. Nunn
General Counsel/P.I.O.