In the winter of 2022, the life of 21-year-old De-Erica Fisher was tragically cut short in a field in Longs, South Carolina. On the afternoon of Sunday, January 23rd, the young woman from Godwin, North Carolina, was found at the intersection of Highway 9 and Pine Needle Drive, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The Horry County Coroner's Office confirmed that Fisher died at the scene from her injuries, a devastating loss for her family, including her young daughter.
Responding to a
report of a shooting at approximately 1:30 p.m., Horry County Police officers arrived to a grim scene. As an officer walked along the edge of a canal and into the field, another gunshot was heard. There, they discovered Yunique Demsa Weathers, a 22-year-old woman from Fayetteville, North Carolina, holding a weapon. Officers instructed her to drop the gun, which she did after emptying its chamber. Fisher was found nearby, having already succumbed to her injuries.
Weathers was taken into custody at the scene and subsequently charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. She was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center that same evening and was held without bond.
In the wake of her death, De-Erica Fisher was remembered by loved ones as a beautiful soul with a radiant smile and dimples that would be sorely missed. Her obituary painted a picture of a young life full of connections, listing her parents, daughter, and numerous siblings as survivors. A funeral service was held in Raeford, North Carolina, followed by her burial in Dunn, North Carolina. Though her family and friends mourned their profound loss, a comment left on a memorial page in January 2024 suggested that some form of justice had been served in her case. However, specific details regarding the trial, verdict, and any subsequent sentencing for Yunique Demsa Weathers are not available in public online records.
