Ales L. Carr was 30 when she was found outside the emergency room at Centerpoint Hospital in Independence, Missouri, on June 21, 2021. She had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead shortly after being discovered.

Hospital surveillance footage showed a man identified as Ryan A. Gillispie carrying Carr from a white Ford Econoline van, placing her near the hospital doors, and then leaving in the van. Investigators located a large amount of blood in the driveway of a residence in Independence, which they treated as the primary crime scene. The van was later found abandoned near Cooley Lake in Excelsior Springs with substantial blood evidence, tooth fragments, and personal papers belonging to Carr.

Authorities say Carr had been with 37-year-old Ryan A. Gillispie at a Kansas City home the day before her death and that the two had argued. Police reports describe shots fired, a broken window, and an eyewitness who heard gunshots after fleeing the scene. Gillispie was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; he reportedly told acquaintances he had accidentally shot Carr while trying to prevent her from taking his van and that he drove her to the hospital.

Did anyone in the area know Ales Carr or see the van around Cooley Lake or Centerpoint Hospital on June 21, 2021?