The mother of a teenager allegedly lured to his death – his final moments cruelly filmed – is sharing the heartbreaking details of her son’s deadly romance with the girlfriend he once called “a dream come true.”
According to investigators, that same girl has been accused of murder after she reportedly turned a heated argument into a fatal setup that cost the 16-year-old his life.
On June 24, 2025, around 11:30 p.m., 16-year-old Trey Dean Wright died after being shot multiple times in Florence County, South Carolina. Authorities say his final moments were cruelly captured on camera.
“When deputies arrived, the victim was discovered laying in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. EMS transported the victim to an area Hospital where he was later pronounced dead,” Florence County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) said in a statement.
Two carloads of teens
The next day, 19-year-old Devin Scott Raper of Conway, South Carolina, was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Investigators said that “Raper is alleged to have shot the victim following a verbal altercation.”
On June 30, authorities arrested a second suspect, 17-year-old Gianna Helene Kistenmacher of Myrtle Beach – Trey’s girlfriend, who Raper introduced him to during spring break.
The teen – the daughter of a Horry County police officer – was in one of two carloads of teens who left the Myrtle Beach area and drove more than an hour inland to rural Johnsonville, where Trey was left bleeding out on the road.
Investigators accused Kistenmacher of luring Trey to a remote road despite knowing Raper was armed and that the confrontation “would likely lead to death based on statements made in her presence.” She’s been charged with accessory before the fact of a felony.
‘Issues with each other’
Sheriff T.J. Joye described the case as a tragic fallout among teens: “This was an altercation between two people,” Joye told News 13. “It’s not like I’m just going to go to Johnsonville and shoot somebody. They had issues with each other, and it was over a female. The sad thing is you got a 16-year-old that lost his life. You’ve got a 19-year-old who is going to be in jail the rest of his life. Over what?”
Girlfriend stirred the pot
According to Trey’s mother Ashley Lindsey, her son’s cheerleader girlfriend was a “queen bee” who deliberately picked a fight with him on the night he was killed – dragging Raper, the alleged triggerman, into the confrontation to escalate tensions.
The confrontation, the Daily Mail reports, circled around Kistenmacher accusing Trey of cheating on her, even though he was reportedly with his cousins on First Neck Road at the time. The situation spiraled when Raper allegedly jumped onto the video call between the arguing couple and pointed a gun at the phone.
And Trey, who knew Raper was on his way, was expecting a “bare knuckle fight, just hands no weapons,” Lindsey said.
“How do you go from s**t talking to killing somebody?” she told the Daily Mail. “When I was growing up, if kids had a problem, they’d meet on a dirt road, fight with their hands, and go home. You didn’t pick up a gun. None of this makes sense.”
Rejects the love triangle theory
Struggling still to find a motive, Lindsey said she refuses to accept claims that a “love triangle” was at the heart of the deadly conflict.
“My son wasn’t about dumb stuff like a love triangle,” the grieving mother told the outlet. “He told me just two days before he was killed that being with Gianna felt like a dream come true.
“He really liked her, but he might have been clueless to whatever else was going on.”
Lindsey insists the truth is more complicated.
“I believe [Kistenmacher] just wanted them to fight, not for it to end this way,” the mom of two said. “It was all a childish act that turned real.”
Video ‘takes the guesswork out of it’
Maj. Mike Nunn of the FCSO confirmed that photos and videos taken on the night of Trey’s brutal death have become key evidence in the ongoing investigation.
“A lot of times the people involved record the event, so that takes a lot of the guesswork out of it.” Nunn told News 13. “Well, it’s kind of hard to deny what we see with our, with our eyes, and what’s posted on social media, audio, video, those types of things.”
In addition to Raper and Kistenmacher, seven more young people from Myrtle Beach were charged with Wright’s murder: Hunter Matthew Kendall, 18, Sydney Marissa Kearns, 17, and Corrinne Elizabeth Belviso, 18. Authorities have not released information about four others who have been charged, including some who are juveniles – and police expect one more will turn himself in, News 13 reports.
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