Superbike Motorsports

This is the former Superbike Motorsports store where serial killer Todd Kohlhepp murdered four people.

It is located at 6842 Parris Bridge Road in Chesnee, South Carolina.

The business closed following the shootings, and the property has remained vacant ever since.

On November 6, 2003, Kohlhepp entered the store and shot the owner, Scott Ponder (30), his mother, Beverly Guy (52), and two employees, Brian Lucas (29) and Chris Sherbert (26). Ponder's wife, Melissa, was seven weeks pregnant at the time of the murders.

The case remained unsolved until November 3, 2016, when Kohlhepp was arrested for kidnapping Kala Brown.

Following his arrest, he admitted to murdering three people on his property in Woodruff between 2015 and 2016. He also confessed to the 2003 quadruple homicide at Superbike Motorsports.

Kohlhepp stated that he had purchased a Suzuki motorcycle from the dealership in 2003 but lacked the experience to ride it.

According to Kohlhepp, the owner and employees mocked him when he attempted to return the bike.

A few days later, the motorcycle was stolen.

Kohlhepp believed the dealership was behind the theft because the bike was taken from the same location where staff had delivered it. He further claimed that one of the employees had hinted at their involvement.

Kohlhepp told detectives that he "let it slide" for a while but eventually "got mad about it."

On the day of the shootings, he returned to the store and feigned interest in purchasing another motorcycle. Once the other customers left, he produced a Beretta 92S 9mm and opened fire.

After shooting the four victims, he walked through the shop and "finished the job" by firing a bullet into each of their foreheads.

Investigators had never made this detail public.

Kohlhepp's accurate description of the shooting, including the specific ammunition used, corroborated his confession.

Following the attack, he disassembled the gun and disposed of it in a dumpster near his apartment building.

In May 2017, Kohlhepp pleaded guilty to the four murders and was sentenced to life in prison.

In the wake of her husband's death, Melissa Ponder moved back to Arizona to be closer to her family. In 2007, she sold the property for $119,000 at an auction.

Melissa's second husband, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Lt. Chad Brackman, was killed on November 10, 2021, after being struck by a vehicle while working traffic control in Scottsdale, Arizona.