On May 5, 2025, 24-year-old Emily Grace Keene, a white female from Callaway, Virginia, was found deceased in the driver's seat of her vehicle on Holley Ridge Road in Henry, Virginia. An unresponsive female was reported at 11:52 a.m., and upon arrival, deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office discovered Ms. Keene with apparent gunshot wounds. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Roanoke later ruled her death a homicide.
Remembered by her family and friends as a vibrant, kind, and loving individual, Emily was a self-taught musician and a licensed esthetician.
The investigation into her death led to the arrest of two men on May 7, 2025. Corion Devontae Manns, 22, of Henry, and Isaiah Kahlil Witcher, 25, of Bassett, were both charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Both men are being held without bond. The investigation revealed that Isaiah Kahlil Witcher was in a romantic relationship with Emily Grace Keene at the time of her death.
According to arrest warrants, both suspects admitted to being in the car with Keene and Manns when the incident occurred but provided conflicting accounts, each accusing the other of being the shooter. An arrest warrant for Witcher stated that he claimed Manns shot Keene. After the shooting, Manns reportedly went to a family member's house, where investigators later located a firearm. Court documents indicated that electronic data placed both suspects and Keene at the crime scene. A third individual told investigators they had picked up Manns and Witcher from the scene, and that the two had a conversation in the car, allegedly asking each other, 'Are you good?' with Manns reportedly saying, 'We F'd up.' Both suspects have prior criminal records, including convictions for assault and battery.
