On July 15, 2021, police conducting a welfare check at a Kansas City, Missouri home in the 3200 block of Woodland Avenue found three family members dead. Officers first discovered 25-year-old Jaelin Ransom seated on a stairway landing with a $100 bill placed over his eyes. On the second floor they found 63-year-old Shirley Muhammad and 23-year-old Tyla Ransom; each had been fatally stabbed and each had a $100 bill placed on their head. A bent, broken serrated kitchen knife and bloodied boxer shorts were recovered in the home.

Investigators focused on a family member, 38-year-old Rahman M. Muhammad, the brother of Jaelin and Tyla and son of Shirley. He was reported to have shown increasingly erratic, aggressive behavior; family said Shirley had expressed concern and that Rahman had a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. He reportedly sought treatment for wrist pain at a hospital the night of the killings, left without being treated, and officers observed fresh cuts on his hand and what appeared to be blood on his clothing.

Friends and family held a vigil for Jaelin, Tyla, and Shirley after the discovery. If anyone knew the family or has information about what happened that day, please share what is known.