In a Statesboro, Georgia motel room, a grim discovery was made on the evening of February 29, 2024. Jamaryce Taquan Ahmadge Mincey, a 23-year-old male, was found deceased alongside another man, Christopher Joyce, at the Days Inn. The two men had been shot, and their bodies were discovered by hotel management during a welfare check around 8:30 p.m. Although both victims were armed, investigators determined there had been no exchange of gunfire.
The ensuing investigation by the Statesboro
Police Department quickly identified a suspect. According to two other men who were present in the room at the time of the shooting, Kentaevious Raeshon Davis, then 20 years old, was the gunman. Surveillance footage from outside the motel room showed Davis and two other individuals leaving the room, while Mincey and Joyce remained inside.
Just a day after the discovery, on March 1, 2024, arrest warrants were issued for Davis, charging him with two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault. A multi-agency effort involving the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force led to his arrest on March 6 at a residence in Tattnall County. A subsequent search of the residence uncovered further evidence related to the case. A woman was also charged with obstruction for driving the three men from the scene after the shooting.
The trial of Kentaevious Davis commenced in November 2025. Prosecutors laid out a narrative suggesting that the men were together in the motel room doing drugs when, without any apparent argument, Davis shot Mincey once in the head and shot Joyce multiple times. The defense argued that Davis had no motive to kill the two men and questioned the credibility of the two witnesses who identified him as the shooter. Toxicology reports revealed the presence of 'bath salts' in the systems of both Mincey and Joyce. After a three-day trial, the jury deliberated for just an hour before finding Davis guilty on all eight counts against him, including malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
