Nicholas Jones: Killed on Halloween, Two Charged

Case No. DHF-071 | Subject: Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, shot dead on Halloween night, Saturday 31 October 2026, in the 100 block of Harris Cove, Collierville, Tennessee; Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, was arrested on Monday 2 November 2026, and Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, was arrested on Thursday 5 November 2026, and both are charged with first-degree murder | Date: Saturday 31 October 2026 (killing); Monday 2 November 2026 (first arrest); Thursday 5 November 2026 (second arrest); Monday 9 November 2026 (arrests and charges publicly reported) | Location: 100 block of Harris Cove, Collierville, Tennessee, USA | Status: CHARGED

Posted: 10 November 2026

Status stamp: CHARGED

Image note for readers: All images in this file are original illustrations created for Dark History Files. They are atmospheric artwork, not photographs and not real evidence. No image in this file depicts Nicholas Jones, Jarius Mayes, Antoine Cunningham, any member of any family, any investigator, any official, or any real person, and no image depicts any act of violence, any death, any arrest, or any weapon.

 

Caption: Case card for DHF-071 — Nicholas Jones, Collierville, Tennessee. Status: CHARGED.

THE FILE CARD

Case File No.	DHF-071
Subject	Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, was shot on Halloween night, Saturday 31 October 2026, in the 100 block of Harris Cove in Collierville, Tennessee. He was taken to Regional One Health in Memphis, and the Collierville Police Department investigated his death as a homicide. Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, was arrested on Monday 2 November 2026, and Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, was arrested on Thursday 5 November 2026. Both are charged with first-degree murder and are held on a $500,000 bond each.
Date	Saturday 31 October 2026 (killing); Monday 2 November 2026 (first arrest); Tuesday 3 November 2026 (arrest warrant for the second suspect); Thursday 5 November 2026 (second arrest); Monday 9 November 2026 (arrests and charges publicly reported).
Location	100 block of Harris Cove, Collierville, Tennessee, USA.
Status	CHARGED
Investigating authorities	Collierville Police Department, with the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force, the Shelby County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Team, and elements of the Memphis Safe Task Force assisting in the second arrest.
Person charged	Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, charged with first-degree murder; Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, charged with first-degree murder. Both are charged, not convicted, and are presumed innocent. The police have said the suspects targeted a known victim, but they have not stated a motive or said what, if any, relationship existed between the men.
One-line summary	A 19-year-old from Holly Springs, Mississippi, was shot dead on Halloween night in Collierville, Tennessee; within five days, two men — one from Collierville, one from Memphis — were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, while the police say the investigation is still ongoing.

Why this file is stamped CHARGED: The stamp records only the position as it stands on 10 November 2026. The Collierville Police Department says Nicholas Jones, 19, was shot on the night of Saturday 31 October 2026 in the 100 block of Harris Cove, and the U.S. Marshals Service says its detectives investigated the shooting death. Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, was arrested on Monday 2 November 2026, and Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, was arrested on Thursday 5 November 2026 after a two-day search by the U.S. Marshals Service. Both are charged with first-degree murder and are held on a $500,000 bond each. A charge is not a conviction, and this file names them only as charged. No plea, no court date, no attorney detail and no trial date has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here, and the police have not stated a motive or said whether the men knew each other. If a plea, a court date, a further arrest, or a conviction follows, or if the police say more, this file will be updated, dated, and re-stamped if the facts require it — never quietly rewritten.

THE CASE

Halloween night

It was a Saturday night, Halloween night, and the streets of Collierville, Tennessee, were full of the ordinary business of 31 October: children out with their parents, porch lights on. At about 7:47 p.m., the Collierville Police Department responded to a shooting report in the 100 block of Harris Cove, a residential street in the town.

What the officers found is recorded in the public record in the plainest possible terms, and this file keeps it that way. Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, had been shot. He was taken to Regional One Health in Memphis. The Collierville Police Department investigated his death as a homicide, and the U.S. Marshals Service, in its release nine days later, described it the same way.

That is the whole of the public record of the night itself. The sources relied on here do not say what Jones was doing on Harris Cove, who else was there, how many shots were fired, or what happened before the police were called. They do not say where exactly on the block the shooting happened, or what time Jones died. A file that filled in any of those details would be inventing them, and this file does not invent.

What the record establishes is the shape of the night: a 19-year-old from Mississippi, shot on a residential street in Collierville on Halloween night, dead before the night was over, and an investigation that began the same evening and did not stop for nine days.

The victim

Nicholas Jones was 19, and he was from Holly Springs, Mississippi. That is, in the public record relied on here, almost everything known about him.

There is no school, no job, no family statement, and no account of his life in any source this file relies on. No relative has spoken publicly in the reporting read for this file. That silence is not unusual ten days into a murder investigation. A 19-year-old's life is not a paragraph in a police release, and this file will not pretend that a paragraph is all there was.

Holly Springs is in Mississippi, and Collierville is in Tennessee. Jones crossed a state line to be on Harris Cove that night, or he was visiting, or passing through — the sources do not say which, and this file does not guess. What the sources do say, from the police, is that the people who shot him knew him. That single fact is the hinge of the whole case, and it is the only thing the police have said about why this happened.

Targeted, the police say

The one characterisation the police have given this killing is a short one. Reporting on the arrests, N' Cuffs — drawing on the authorities — stated that an investigation revealed the suspects targeted the known victim.

That sentence carries a great deal and proves very little. "Targeted" means, on the face of it, that this was not a random shooting: the police believe Jones was the person the shooters came for. "The known victim" means the police believe the shooters knew who he was. Neither word says why, or how the shooters knew him, or what had passed between them before Halloween night.

No motive has been stated by the police in any statement relied on here. No relationship between Jones and either of the two charged men has been described. No account has been given of what happened on Harris Cove before the shooting, or whether the men had met that night by arrangement or by chance. The police have said the investigation is ongoing, and the U.S. Marshals release confines itself to the arrest it is announcing.

This file records the word "targeted" as the police's word, attributed to them, and goes no further. A motive is the question every reader will ask first, and it is the question the public record does not yet answer. Any account of why a 19-year-old was shot dead on Harris Cove on Halloween night would, at this stage, be speculation, and this file carries none of it.

The first arrest

For the first two days after the killing, there was no arrest in the public record. The sources relied on here report nothing about the investigation between the night of 31 October and Monday 2 November — not because nothing was happening, but because nothing had been announced.

On Monday 2 November 2026, the Collierville suspect was taken into custody. He is Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville. He was charged with first-degree murder and remanded on a $500,000 bond.

That is the full public record of the first arrest. The police have not said, in any statement relied on here, where Mayes was arrested, what evidence connects him to the shooting, or what part he is alleged to have played. They have not said whether he has an attorney, entered a plea, or appeared before a court. A charge of first-degree murder in Tennessee is the most serious homicide charge the state brings. Beyond that, the record is silent — and the silence, ten days in, is the ordinary consequence of a case that is still being worked.

The manhunt

The second arrest took longer, and it took a federal manhunt. On Tuesday 3 November 2026, an arrest warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, and the Collierville Police Department asked the U.S. Marshals Service for help. The Marshals' Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force took up the search.

After a two-day search, on Thursday 5 November, the Marshals learned Cunningham was at a residence in the 3200 block of Cosmic Circle in Memphis. With the Shelby County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Team and elements of the Memphis Safe Task Force assisting, Cunningham surrendered and was taken into custody.

The U.S. Marshals Service announced the arrest on Monday 9 November, in a release giving the sequence in full: the Halloween-night shooting, the warrant on 3 November, the request for federal help, the two-day search, and the surrender at the Cosmic Circle address. Marshal Tyreece Miller, of the Western District of Tennessee, said in the release: "The U.S. Marshals Service prides itself on finding fugitives wanted for the most serious crimes. We are glad to assist the Collierville Police Department in keeping their community safe."

That is the one direct quotation in this file, quoted because it comes from an official release read in full. It is the fullest account of the second arrest in the public record. Cunningham, like Mayes, is charged with first-degree murder and held on a $500,000 bond. Like Mayes, he is charged, not convicted, and he is presumed innocent.

The manhunt shows how the investigation widened. What began as a Collierville police response on a residential street became, within five days, a case involving the Collierville Police Department, a federal fugitive task force, a county sheriff's fugitive team, and a Memphis safe-streets task force — four agencies across two cities, working on the death of one 19-year-old. A warrant in three days, a federal search in five, a surrender on the fifth day: whatever else is unknown about this case, the investigation moved fast.

The charges

Both men are charged with first-degree murder and held on a $500,000 bond. Both are charged, not convicted, and both are presumed innocent until a court finds otherwise.

Those three sentences are the whole of the legal record in this file. A charge is an accusation: the state's claim that a person committed a crime, tested in court by evidence, by a plea, or by a trial. Nothing in the public record relied on here says what evidence the state holds, what either man is alleged to have done, or whether either man has entered a plea, or when either man is next due in court. No attorney has been named for either man, and no court date has been reported.

That is not a criticism of the police or the prosecutors. Ten days after a killing, the ordinary course is for the court record to fill in slowly — first appearances, bond hearings, preliminary hearings, indictments — and for the reporting to follow it. This file was written before any of that has been publicly reported, and it says so plainly rather than guessing at it.

What the police have not said

It is worth setting down everything the police have not said, because the gaps are the shape of this case.

They have not said what the motive may have been, or whether Nicholas Jones knew Jarius Mayes or Antoine Cunningham, or how, beyond the statement that the victim was known to the suspects. They have not said what evidence connects either man to the shooting, what part each is alleged to have played, or whether anyone else was involved. They have not said what happened on Harris Cove before the shooting, what Jones was doing there, or who else was present. They have not said when either man will appear in court, what plea either will enter, or who represents them.

There is one further question the public record does not settle, and it is the one this file treats with the most caution. Local television graphics published on Monday 9 November — WREG News Channel 3's graphic reading "TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED, ONE STILL ON THE RUN" — and a community update published the same day, reporting on a police press conference, both stated that the police were still searching for a third suspect. But the U.S. Marshals release and the N' Cuffs report do not mention a third suspect, and no name, description, or warrant has been published for any third person. This file records that the third-suspect reports exist, attributes them to the outlets that published them, and does not state that a third suspect exists — because the official record does not say so. If the police confirm it, this file will be updated.

None of those gaps is unusual ten days into a murder investigation that has produced two arrests and a federal manhunt, and none of them is a criticism of the police. An investigation that has made two arrests in five days is moving, and the gaps are the ordinary consequence of a case that is still being worked. But a file that pretends the gaps are not there would be a worse record than a file that lists them.

What is still open

The most immediate open fact is the court process itself. Two men are charged with first-degree murder and held on $500,000 bond each. What happens next — first appearances, pleas, custody decisions, next dates, trial — has not been reported, because it has not happened yet in the public record. Until it is reported, the legal half of this file stays open. Both men are charged, not convicted, and both are presumed innocent.

The second open fact is the motive, and with it the relationship, if any, between Nicholas Jones and the two men charged with his murder. The police have said the victim was known to the suspects. They have not said how, or why. Until they do, any account of why a 19-year-old was shot dead in Collierville on Halloween night is speculation, and this file carries none of it.

The third open fact is whether anyone else was involved. Two men are charged. Local reporting on 9 November suggested a third suspect was still being sought, but the official record does not confirm that. Until the police say more, the question stays open.

The fourth open fact is the simplest one. A 19-year-old from Holly Springs, Mississippi, was shot dead on a residential street in Collierville on Halloween night. Nine days later, two men were charged with his murder. Until the charges are tested in court, and until the police say more about what happened on Harris Cove, the file stays open, and the stamp stays CHARGED.

TIMELINE

• Saturday 31 October 2026, about 7:47 p.m.: Collierville Police Department officers respond to a shooting report in the 100 block of Harris Cove. Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, has been shot. He is taken to Regional One Health in Memphis, and the Collierville Police Department investigates his death as a homicide. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026); U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• Saturday 31 October – Monday 2 November 2026: No arrest is reported in the sources relied on here. The investigation is under way. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).
• Monday 2 November 2026: Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, is taken into custody. He is charged with first-degree murder and remanded on a $500,000 bond. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).
• Tuesday 3 November 2026: An arrest warrant for first-degree murder is issued for Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis. The Collierville Police Department requests assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• Thursday 5 November 2026: After a two-day search, the U.S. Marshals Service develops information that Cunningham is at a residence in the 3200 block of Cosmic Circle in Memphis. With the assistance of the Shelby County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Team and elements of the Memphis Safe Task Force, Cunningham surrenders and is taken into custody. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• Monday 9 November 2026: The U.S. Marshals Service announces Cunningham's arrest in a press release. The Collierville Police Department posts an "Investigation Alert / Suspect in Custody" update. WREG News Channel 3 reports two suspects arrested and one still on the run; Action News 5 reports two charged in the Collierville Halloween deadly shooting; a community update reports a police press conference and states that police are still searching for a third suspect. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Collierville Police Department Facebook post, 9 November 2026 (via search results); WREG News Channel 3 Instagram, 9 November 2026 (via search results); Action News 5 Instagram, 9 November 2026 (via search results); Jason Lederfine community update, 9 November 2026 (via search results).
• As of Tuesday 10 November 2026: Two men are charged with first-degree murder and held on a $500,000 bond each. No plea, court date, attorney detail or trial date has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here. No motive has been stated. Whether a third suspect is being sought is not confirmed in the official record relied on here. The investigation is ongoing. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026; N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).

EVIDENCE & LEADS

• The shooting (Saturday 31 October 2026, about 7:47 p.m.): Collierville Police Department officers responded to a shooting report in the 100 block of Harris Cove. Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, had been shot. He was taken to Regional One Health in Memphis, and his death was investigated as a homicide. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026); U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• Who he was: Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi. No further biographical detail about him has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here, and this file invents none. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026; N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).
• Targeted, the police say: an investigation revealed that the suspects targeted the known victim. No motive and no relationship between Jones and the charged men has been stated by the police in any source relied on here. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).
• The first arrest (Monday 2 November 2026): Jarius Mayes, 18, of Collierville, was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder, remanded on a $500,000 bond. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026).
• The warrant (Tuesday 3 November 2026): an arrest warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis. The Collierville Police Department requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• The manhunt (Thursday 5 November 2026): after a two-day search, the U.S. Marshals Service developed information that Cunningham was at a residence in the 3200 block of Cosmic Circle in Memphis. With the assistance of the Shelby County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Team and elements of the Memphis Safe Task Force, Cunningham surrendered and was taken into custody. Marshal Tyreece Miller, Western District of Tennessee, said: "The U.S. Marshals Service prides itself on finding fugitives wanted for the most serious crimes. We are glad to assist the Collierville Police Department in keeping their community safe." — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
• The charges: both men are charged with first-degree murder and held on a $500,000 bond each. Both are charged, not convicted, and are presumed innocent. — N' Cuffs (read in full, 10 November 2026); U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026.
• The 9 November announcements: the U.S. Marshals Service announced Cunningham's arrest in a press release; the Collierville Police Department posted an "Investigation Alert / Suspect in Custody" update on its Facebook page; WREG News Channel 3 and Action News 5 published graphics reporting two charged. — U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Collierville Police Department Facebook post, 9 November 2026 (via search results); WREG News Channel 3 Instagram, 9 November 2026 (via search results); Action News 5 Instagram, 9 November 2026 (via search results).
• The third-suspect reports (not confirmed in the official record): WREG News Channel 3's 9 November graphic stated that one suspect was still on the run, and a community update the same day, reporting on a police press conference, stated that police were still searching for a third suspect. The U.S. Marshals release and the N' Cuffs report do not mention a third suspect, and no name, description or warrant for a third person has been published in any source relied on here. This file records the reports and does not state that a third suspect exists. — WREG News Channel 3 Instagram, 9 November 2026 (via search results); Jason Lederfine community update, 9 November 2026 (via search results).
• What is NOT evidence in this file: any account of a motive (not stated by the police); any account of whether Jones knew Mayes or Cunningham, or how (not stated beyond "the known victim"); any account of what evidence links either man to the shooting (not released); any account of what happened on Harris Cove before the shooting, or who else was present (not reported); any confirmed account of a third suspect (reported by local graphics, not confirmed in the official record — see above); any account of a plea, court date, attorney or trial (not reported); any claim from social-media comments about who is responsible, or about the relationship between the men named here (NOT used — see the fact log).

Caption: Illustration of a suburban street at dusk — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of any place connected to this case, and not evidence.

STILL UNKNOWN

• What was the motive? The police have not stated a motive for the killing, in any statement relied on here.
• Did Nicholas Jones know Jarius Mayes or Antoine Cunningham? The police have said the suspects targeted a known victim. They have not said how the men knew each other, or what, if any, relationship existed between them.
• What evidence links either man to the shooting? The police have not released the specifics of the investigation, and no court record has been published in the sources relied on here.
• What happened on Harris Cove before the shooting? The sources relied on here do not say what Jones was doing there, who else was present, or what happened in the minutes before the police were called.
• Is there a third suspect? Local television graphics and a community update on 9 November 2026 stated that one suspect was still on the run and that police were still searching for a third suspect. The U.S. Marshals release and the N' Cuffs report do not mention a third suspect, and no name, description or warrant has been published for any third person. The question is not settled in the official record relied on here.
• When will the two men appear in court? No plea, court date, attorney detail or trial date has been publicly reported for either man in the sources relied on here.
• What will happen to the charges against Jarius Mayes and Antoine Cunningham? Both are charged with first-degree murder. Both are charged, not convicted, and are presumed innocent. No plea, attorney detail or trial date has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here.

What would change this file: if the police state a motive, or say how Jones knew the two men charged; if the police release the evidence behind the charges, or confirm or rule out a third suspect; if a plea, court date, attorney detail or trial date is reported for either man; if the charge against either man is dropped, or a conviction follows; or if any further official statement is made about the case, this file will be updated with the date, the source, and the new stamp if the facts require it — never quietly rewritten. Until then, the stamp stays CHARGED.

If you have information: The Collierville Police Department is investigating the death of Nicholas Jones. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Division at 901-457-2520. The department also runs an anonymous text tip line: text 847411 with "CPDTIP". Do not name people as suspects on social media — two men have been charged, they are presumed innocent, and the investigation is ongoing.

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SOURCES

• U.S. Marshals Service, 9 November 2026 — "Halloween Murder Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force" (https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/halloween-murder-suspect-arrested-us-marshals-task-force, read in full, 10 November 2026): Antoine Cunningham, 21, of Memphis, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service for first-degree murder in connection to a homicide on Halloween in Collierville, Tennessee; on 31 October 2026, Collierville Police Department detectives investigated the shooting death of Nicholas Jones, 19, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, on Harris Cove; their investigation determined that Cunningham was one of the suspects responsible for this crime; on 3 November 2026, an arrest warrant for first-degree murder was issued for Cunningham's arrest; the Collierville Police Department requested assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Two Rivers Violent Fugitive Task Force; after a two-day search, on 5 November, the Marshals developed information that Cunningham was at a residence in the 3200 block of Cosmic Circle in Memphis; with the assistance of the Shelby County Sheriff's Fugitive Apprehension Team and elements of the Memphis Safe Task Force, Cunningham surrendered and was taken into custody; Marshal Tyreece Miller, Western District of Tennessee, said the Marshals Service prides itself on finding fugitives wanted for the most serious crimes and was glad to assist the Collierville Police Department in keeping their community safe.
• N' Cuffs — "Two arrested in shooting death of Mississippi resident in Collierville" (https://ncuffs.com/two-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-mississippi-resident-in-collierville/, read in full, 10 November 2026): an 18-year-old from Collierville and a 21-year-old from Memphis have been charged in a Halloween homicide; the incident took place on Saturday, 31 October 2026, in the 100 block of Harris Cove; officers with the Collierville Police Department responded around 7:47 p.m. to a shooting report at the above location; the victim, a 19-year-old resident of Holly Springs, Mississippi, was taken to Regional One Health; an investigation revealed that the suspects targeted the known victim; the Collierville suspect was taken into custody on Monday, November 2, and the Memphis suspect was taken into custody on Thursday, November 5; both suspects have been arrested for murder in the first degree and remanded on a $500,000 bond; no further details were available at this time.
• Talk-N West TN, 9 November 2026 — "Halloween murder suspect arrested by U.S. Marshals" (https://talknwesttn.com/halloween-murder-suspect-arrested-by-u-s-marshals/, read in search results, 10 November 2026): republication of the U.S. Marshals Service release of 9 November 2026, with the same facts (Cunningham, 21, arrested for first-degree murder; shooting death of Nicholas Jones, 19, on Harris Cove on 31 October 2026; warrant 3 November; two-day search; surrender 5 November at Cosmic Circle, Memphis). Corroboration only for the release text.
• CRWE World, 9 November 2026 — "Halloween Murder Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force" (https://crweworld.com/usa/trendingnow/news/3949470/halloween-murder-suspect-arrested-by-us-marshals-task-force, read in search results, 10 November 2026): republication of the U.S. Marshals Service release of 9 November 2026, with the same facts. Corroboration only for the release text; source line credits usmarshals.gov.
• WREG News Channel 3, 9 November 2026 — Instagram graphic (https://www.instagram.com/p/DfiEgHemea1/, via search results, 10 November 2026): "COLLIERVILLE HOMICIDE — TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED, ONE STILL ON THE RUN, VICTIM IDENTIFIED BY POLICE". Used only for the third-suspect report, attributed as a local television graphic; the underlying arrests are confirmed by the U.S. Marshals release and N' Cuffs.
• Action News 5 (WMC), 9 November 2026 — Instagram graphic (https://www.instagram.com/p/DfiIBs4l4QD/, via search results, 10 November 2026): "Two charged in Collierville Halloween deadly shooting, police say". Used only as corroboration that the charges were reported on 9 November 2026; the charges themselves are confirmed by N' Cuffs and the U.S. Marshals release.
• Collierville Police Department, 9 November 2026 — Facebook post (https://www.facebook.com/colliervillepd/posts/pfbid02mTZ3zua88sEnasEaC1kW7sNJzShndByQFPGTmQYz5hk2L7pwTgcVm5iNyZQ1JEpul, via search results, 10 November 2026): "Investigation Alert / Suspect in Custody" update. Used only to record that the department published a custody update on 9 November 2026.
• Jason Lederfine community update, 9 November 2026 — Facebook graphic (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02DHG9FWuXE42VuTQEhhn6rLoXc6kc4agiRvtXBSBxGQhdyhQFeBcAdn2ACdT1E5tAl&id=61562586674316, via search results, 10 November 2026): "COLLIERVILLE HOMICIDE UPDATE — TWO SUSPECTS CHARGED", listing Antoine Cunningham, 21, arrested 5 November, and Jarius Mayes, 18, arrested 2 November, both facing first-degree murder charges, and stating police are still searching for a third suspect and that a press conference was held on 9 November. Used only for the third-suspect report and the press-conference date, attributed as a community update; the arrests and charges are confirmed by the U.S. Marshals release and N' Cuffs.
• Collierville Police Department tip channels — Collierville Police Department Facebook post, 15 September 2026 (via search results, 10 November 2026): "call the Detective Division at (901) 457-2520, or text 847411 with 'CPDTIP' followed by information to remain anonymous", corroborated by the Collierville phone directory listing Criminal Investigations at 901-457-2520 (https://collierville.tennesseephonedirectory.us/, via search results, 10 November 2026). Used only for the information box.
• Social scan, 10 November 2026: social.search (Instagram/Threads/Facebook, engagement-ranked, since 7 November 2026) and news-vertical searches returned the Collierville Halloween homicide as the freshest charged case of the day — U.S. Marshals press release and Collierville Police Department update both published 9 November 2026; WREG News Channel 3 (69K followers), Action News 5 (98K followers), CrimeWatchMemphis, the Collierville Police Department page (37K followers) and local news pages all posted on the charges on 9 November 2026. The trending call for this pick rests on that news record plus that social record, stated honestly here. No claim in this file rests on a social-media post alone. No search-volume numbers are stated anywhere in the draft, because no tool returned any.
• No competitor article text or image is reproduced in this file. Facts are stated in Dark History Files' own words, with official material attributed to its source. No source beyond those listed above was relied on for facts in the draft. No search-volume numbers are stated, because no tool returned any.

Caption: Illustration of an empty courtroom — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of any place connected to this case, and not evidence.

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