Dominique Devonah Brand, Kidnapping, Carjacking and Murder, South Carolina 2021

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina – A federal grand jury in Columbia has returned a multiple-count indictment against Dominique Devonah Brand, 29, of Marion, South Carolina, in connection with a kidnapping and carjacking that resulted in a murder.

According to the indictment, on or about March 28, 2021, Brand entered the home of Mary Ann Elvington in Nichols, South Carolina, and kidnapped her. The indictment further alleges that Brand forced Elvington to drive him in her 2012 Buick Lacrosse to Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, and then back to Lakeview, South Carolina.

Brand is charged with kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death, and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death of a person in such a manner to constitute murder. If convicted, Brand could receive a sentence of up to life without the possibility of parole or death on all counts.

The case was investigated by a joint team consisting of the Horry County Police Department, Marion County Sherriff’s Office, Dillon County Sherriff’s Office, Myrtle Beach City Police Department, Lakeview Police Department, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Pee Dee Safe Streets Gang Task Force is also assisting in the investigation.

Brand is currently in custody on related state charges in Marion County and will be arraigned by a United States Magistrate Judge at the McMillan Federal Courthouse in Florence, South Carolina, in the coming weeks.

Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart stated that all charges in indictments are merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

“While the indictment in this specific case speaks for itself, brazen violence, particularly against the elderly, will always be met with a strong, unified effort by law enforcement to bring the victims justice,” said Acting U.S. Attorney DeHart. “We will never waver in our work to stop violent crime in South Carolina.”

Dominique Devonah Brand, 29, of Marion, South Carolina

Charges: Kidnapping resulting in death, carjacking resulting in death, and use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death of a person in such a manner to constitute murder

City and State: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Crime Date: March 28, 2021

Current Status: In custody on related state charges in Marion County

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