Sister demands justice after Ocean Springs man killed buying an ATV in Holmes Co.

Published: Jun. 5, 2021

HOLMES COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Family members are trying to put together the pieces after a 26-year-old Ocean Springs man was killed purchasing an ATV in Holmes County. His sister said he was known for purchasing and fixing 4-wheelers, so this tragedy came as a surprise.

Morgan Craig said her brother Kyle Craig was very familiar with four-wheelers, and anything else that came to repairs.

“He always had a hustle,” said Morgan. “Teachers have come forward and said he always fixed pencil sharpeners and stuff around the classroom. His hands were made to fix stuff.”

Morgan said ever since he was 16-years-old, Kyle would buy and sell 4-wheelers all the time, and he used Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist as his source of communication.

He had spoken to a seller he knew about in Holmes County, and he arrived around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Morgan said that was the last time she heard from her brother.

“It said that his phone was off,” said Morgan. “When I saw that his phone was dead, I just knew. Kyle would buy a charger for $500, that was just the kind of person he was.”

When the family didn’t hear from him Thursday morning, they all got in their cars and made the four hour trek to his last location found on their 360 app, which is an app that tracks your location.

“The 360 app is linked to everyone’s phone in the family,” said Morgan. “I jumped in the car so fast, me and my babies didn’t stop. I didn’t even brush my hair.”

The location brought her to Long Branch Road near a truck stop in Holmes County.

“His exact pin brought me to his exact location,” said Morgan. “I could go out to the road because I had my kids, but my fiancé went out there and that’s where he was found. His dad arrived before the police and walked up to see his son.”

According to Holmes County Sheriff’s Department, Montavious Landfair is wanted in the death of Kyle Craig. Holmes County authorities have arrested one man in connection to the murder.

The sheriff said Kyle’s Gray Ram 2500 pickup truck was missing, but a trailer attached to it was found on I-55. According to Morgan, it was full of bullet holes and all the belonging he had in there were stolen.

“So many people have come forward and said this is what they do,” said Morgan. “They set people up and they rob them.”

https://www.wbtv.com/2021/06/10/sc-man-killed-while-buying-atv-he-found-facebook-marketplace-deputies-say/

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SC man killed while buying ATV he found on Facebook Marketplace, deputies say

June 10, 2021

BRANCHVILLE, S.C. (WIS) - A 17-year-old is charged with murder in the death of a man killed during a Facebook Marketplace transaction in rural Orangeburg County, officials said.

It happened around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Saddle Ridge Road in Branchville.

The wife of the victim called 911 saying her husband was shot during an armed robbery as they were trying to buy an ATV.

Her husband, 34-year-old Alexander Presley, died at the scene.

She told deputies she and her husband took their two children to meet up with someone selling the four wheeler Wednesday afternoon.

When they got there, they met 17-year-old Edward Stokes, who also had a younger child with him, deputies said.

After Presley gave Stokes money for the ATV, they loaded it onto a trailer attached to the couple’s vehicle.

That’s when the victim’s wife told deputies she “had a feeling something bad was about to happen.”

She said Stokes attacked her husband, grabbed him by the back of the neck and shot him.

The woman told deputies Stokes then pointed the gun at her before getting into her and her husband’s SUV and driving away.

Deputies said the couple’s children did get out of the vehicle before the suspect and the younger male drove away in it.

Investigators found the stolen SUV about seven miles away on Classic Road, just off Bowman Branch Highway.

Around this time is when deputies said Presley died at the scene as first responders were trying to save his life.

As some law enforcement left to look for the suspects, others stayed with the woman, her husband and her children.

Several neighbors near where the stolen vehicle was dumped told deputies they saw the suspects walking in the area.

Around 3:30 p.m., deputies tracked down Stokes walking on Kilbourne Road, between the crime scene and where the SUV was left.

The SUV, trailer and four wheeler were recovered, officials said. Deputies said Presley had given Stokes $4,600 in cash for the ATV, as well.

Stokes faces charges of murder and two counts of armed robbery. He is charged as an adult.

The younger male who was with Stokes also faces charges, but not as an adult, so his name will not be released.

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/06/06/sister-demands-justice-after-ocean-springs-man-killed-buying-an-atv-holmes-co/

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https://www.wmbfnews.com/2021/06/10/sc-man-killed-while-buying-atv-he-found-facebook-marketplace-deputies-say/

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MBI arrests 18-year-old in Holmes Co. school bomb threat investigation

Landfair has been charged with one count under MS Code 97-37-21 (False Reporting of Explosives) and was booked into Holmes County Jail.

https://www.wlbt.com/2019/02/04/mbi-arrests-year-old-holmes-co-school-bomb-threat-investigation/

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