On January 29, 2023, 21-year-old Jutavion Stanley Lil Jay Brownridge was fatally shot inside his home in the Pea Ridge area of Washington County, North Carolina. Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:30 a.m. and found Brownridge with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified 30-year-old Raven A. Williams of Edenton as the primary suspect and issued a first-degree murder warrant. Authorities reported she may have fled in a white 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis, license plate KCW-5656, and described her as armed and dangerous. Williams was later apprehended in Greenville in connection with the killing.

Brownridge was remembered by family as a gentle soul. He is survived by his parents, Joe and Debbie Brownridge, his siblings, and a special friend named Keda. A Service of Remembrance was held on February 5, 2023, at Horton’s Funeral Home and Cremations Chapel, with interment at Beaver Hill Cemetery.

If anyone has information about events leading up to that night or knew Jutavion, please share what you can.