In Florence County, S.C., Kadeem McFadden, 26, from Lake City, faces two murder charges for the 2025 killings of Calvin Danielle Sowells (shot Aug. 26 near a Timmonsville convenience store) and Kobe Godfrey (shot Christmas Eve on Bozy Road in Scranton). He was captured in Sumter County on Jan. 29, 2026, after five months on the run, denied bond at a hearing where victims’ mothers and Godfrey’s grandmother urged the judge to keep him jailed, citing his threat to society.
Co-Defendant Status
Sumon (or Simon) McAllister, 29, of Florence, was arrested the same day as an accessory after the fact to felony murder; bond denied, with allegations she aided McFadden by renting cars while he evaded capture.
Background
McFadden was released from jail Aug. 20, 2025, after prior arrests for meth/cocaine trafficking, weapons possession, and 30 counts of dogfighting; Ja’Tayvion De’Shon Maurice Dickey, 21, is also charged in Sowells’ death.
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