Carter was reported missing two days after his last known sighting in Laurel, Mississippi, at a super 8 motel, last October, days after telling his mother, Tiffany Carter, and the police about being targeted by white men in the community, his mother said at the press conference. Shortly before his disappearance, Carter warned his mother that "three truckloads of white guys were trying to kill him" and that he feared for his safety.