WMBF News reports that HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The family of a Horry County teen killed in 2024 is speaking out after the suspect was newly charged as an adult.
18-year-old Nashiyah Vereen was booked into jail at the J.
Reuben Long Detention Center on June 26 on an adult murder charge.
Vereen was 16 years old when Horry County police arrested her in the November 7, 2024, shooting death of 19-year-old Daquan Wright at a home on Fowler Road in the Conway area.
15th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson told WMBF that Vereen had been in custody since her arrest, serving time at a juvenile facility and a facility in Charleston.
In April 2026, a judge ruled that Vereen should be tried as an adult, prompting her return to J.