Jeremy resided in a mobile home on Miller Street in North Augusta, South Carolina. He lived with his mother, stepfather and 10-month-old sister at the time. His mother came home at 1:00 a.m. on November 22, after working a late shift. She went to sleep, then woke up at 7:00 a.m. to make coffee for her husband. On her way back to bed, she stopped in Jeremy's room. She didn't actually see him, but the blankets on his bed were pulled up and she assumed he was asleep. A neighbor saw Jeremy standing by the mailbox outside of his family's home at 8:45 a.m. He had his dog and his bicycle with him. His mother was awakened at 10:00 a.m. by the cries of her daughter. Jeremy’s dog, which usually went everywhere Jeremy went, was in the house, but there was no sign of Jeremy. Child serial killer William Ernest Downs was questioned in Jeremy's case. He denies knowledge of his case, and he would have been a teenager at the time Jeremy disappeared. Authorities are uncertain whether he was involved. Downs was executed by lethal injection in 2006.