A Family Loses 2 Brothers in 1 Day
Kevin and Cedric shared a home in Fitzgerald with their mother, Ann Kind. She tells A&E Crime + Investigation that the brothers “were very close.”
On the morning of Saturday, July 13, 2019, Kevin and Ann both went out, leaving Cedric, who was paralyzed from the waist down, alone at their house. Ann says she was at church when she learned that Kevin's body had been discovered.
Ann explains that her stepson went to inform Cedric about Kevin but discovered Cedric had also been killed. He called Ann, who was at the car wash, to share the news. "Of course I rushed there," she says. "I got in my house before police even arrived, and my child was still warm."
A few days after the murders, an agent from the GBI announced, "Both Kevin and Cedric died of gunshot wounds and that was their cause of death. No other injures were found associated on the body during autopsy."
The Investigation Goes Cold
The FBI stated in a November 2020 press release that law enforcement believed the murders were connected. The Bureau also stated that the killings are believed to be related to gang activity.
Due to ongoing issues with gang and gun violence, in 2024 Fitzgerald instated a curfew following a string of shootings and social media threats. However, "I really don't think it was gang-related," Ann says of her sons' case.
Bernard Baker, a classmate of Kevin's and friend of the Kind family, agrees with Ann’s assessment. "I don't feel like Kevin was ever in a gang,” he tells A&E Crime + Investigation. “He was too jolly, too much around his mom, too involved in church."
Kevin and Cedric's murders are not the only unsolved homicides in Fitzgerald. Of seven homicides that occurred between January 2019 and December 2025, only one has been cleared. The small town also reported 353 instances of aggravated assault during this period, 221 of which involved a firearm or handgun.
Captain Paul Tilley of the Fitzgerald Police Department tells A&E Crime + Investigation that the department cannot discuss the Kind case because the GBI is the investigating agency. The FBI and GBI declined to comment about the status of the investigation.
Friends and loved ones have continued to try to bring attention to the murders, but seven years later, the investigation has gone cold. No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the Kind brothers' murders. "I really feel like the case has been overlooked or just put on the back burner," Ann says.
Potential Investigative Steps to Resolve This Case
Alex Baber, director of Cold Case Consultants of America, tells A&E Crime + Investigation, "This is obviously a hit. There's a reason why not one but both brothers were murdered."
Baber says he would begin a review of this case by examining ballistics reports to determine whether the bullets that killed the Kind brothers were fired from the same weapon. He notes that the two crime scenes were in close proximity, making it possible for one assailant to have committed both murders.
Focusing on the weapons that were used might aid the investigation in another way. Forensic DNA expert Suzanna Ryan tells A&E Crime + Investigation that present-day advanced forensics have made it possible to get DNA profiles from fired gun casings: "In 2020 the lab might have said, 'No, we're not taking those.' But at my laboratory, we have almost a 50% success rate."
Baber also suggests that looking into the last people Kevin and Cedric interacted with could be a valuable avenue of investigation. The connection could be professional or personal, but "at the end of the day, I wouldn't be surprised if this was something personal,” Baber says. “There's a connective tissue between the two brothers and a third party, and it got personal."
Baber believes finding that link should be relatively straightforward. Because Kevin and Cedric lived in a small town, he says, "You've got to know who these brothers knew."
Is a Witness the Key to Solving These Murders?
The FBI continues to offer a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Kind brothers' murders.
Cold case expert Baber believes that someone in Fitzgerald may have useful information, but adds that they could be scared to come forward, even anonymously. If a person is close enough to the killer(s) to have knowledge of the crime, he says, the murderer(s) "are going to know who to look at as far as retaliation."
Baker, family friend to the Kinds, has wondered about the possibility of the killer(s) having ties to the family or community: "What if it's somebody that we know, we grew up with or lives down the street? Who else would know outside of Fitzgerald where these guys are, know their schedule?"
Kevin and Cedric's mother still pleads for any potential witnesses to finally speak out. "I wouldn't want no other mother to go through what I'm going through," Ann says. "This has been a hard seven years knowing that the murderers of my children are still out there.
"It's just been heartbreaking."
