In the winter of 2014, the life of 23-year-old Danny Dwight Hill Jr. was cut short by a fatal gunshot wound to the head. On the evening of January 10th, Hill was discovered deceased in the 800 block of Eighth Street Southeast in Moultrie, Georgia. The Colquitt County Coroner's Office officially ruled his death a homicide, sparking a police investigation into the violent end of the young man known on the streets as 'White Boy.'
The investigation into Hill's death led authorities to identify a suspect, 31-year-old Bonny Lee Lewis. Following a manhunt, Lewis surrendered to the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office and was subsequently charged with one count of murder. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation took the lead in the case, though a weapon was not immediately recovered. The motive for the shooting was not publicly disclosed, but both Hill and Lewis had prior histories involving drug-related arrests.
The legal proceedings that followed were complex and did not result in a conviction for the murder of Danny Hill. In 2015, Bonny Lee Lewis and another man faced trial for Hill's death, but the case concluded in a mistrial. In a separate matter that same year, Lewis was sentenced in federal court to 60 months for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. There is no indication from available online sources that anyone was ever convicted in connection with Danny Dwight Hill Jr.'s death. Hill himself had a history with law enforcement, including a fatal shooting incident in February 2013 that was ultimately ruled to be self-defense.
