On September 18, 2017 Kenneth Jenkins was reported missing by his family; they had not heard from him since September 16, 2017. On the evening of the sixteenth he took a friend to dinner and after dinner dropped the friend off. After dinner he said he had to give another friend a ride to Ridgeland which is in Jasper county. The next day his car was found burned with four bullet holes to the driver side door. Kenneth has never been located.