In the winter of 1999, a 22-year-old man from Atlanta named Elshawndrea 'Shawn' Jones was visiting friends on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. On the evening of February 18th, he was with his 18-year-old friend, Toby Bing. The two were last seen together around 6:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Wild Horse Road. They were in Bing's white 1994 Toyota pickup truck. Earlier that day, Bing had received a phone call from someone requesting that he drive to Bluffton, a nearby town.
After that evening, neither Jones nor Bing were ever seen or heard from again.
Six days after the two men vanished, Bing's Toyota pickup truck was found abandoned in Savannah, Georgia, with no trace of either of them. The investigation into their disappearances soon led authorities to the Bluffton home of a man named Sean Rico Sullivan. At Sullivan's residence, investigators discovered a significant amount of blood, which DNA testing later confirmed belonged to Toby Bing. This grim discovery led investigators to believe that both men had been victims of foul play. It is believed that Jones and Bing were murdered at the residence and their bodies were disposed of.
Although a large amount of Bing's blood was found, there was no physical evidence at the scene to indicate what happened to Jones. Despite the lack of direct evidence in his case, authorities believe he met the same fate as his friend. In the years that followed, Sean Rico Sullivan and an associate, Kenneth Campbell, were convicted on federal drug trafficking charges. Testimony during the trial indicated that Sullivan and Campbell had lured both Jones and Bing to the Bluffton residence and murdered them. While Sullivan was charged with Bing's murder, those charges were later dismissed in favor of the federal prosecution. He was never formally charged in connection with Jones's disappearance. The bodies of Elshawndrea Jones and Toby Bing have never been recovered, leaving their families with unanswered questions and a profound sense of loss. The case is a somber reminder of the lasting pain and uncertainty that surrounds unsolved disappearances and is considered a suspected homicide.Last Seen: Feb 18, 1999
