The two men allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of an Applebee’s restaurant manager in Fayetteville last month will remain in jail until their trial.

“We feel like we have to be here,” Smith’s cousin Jessalyn Dorsey told Channel 2. “The family wants to send a statement to them that we miss our loved one and we’re gonna be here to make sure that justice is done.”

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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