Robert George Buck Fox Jr., 45, was found dead in the roadway on the 700 block of East 17th Street in Sedalia, Missouri, in the early morning hours of February 22, 2020, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. An autopsy confirmed the cause of death and launched a homicide investigation that traced movements from Sedalia into the Kansas City area.

Investigators concluded the killing grew out of a dispute over a debt owed to a Kansas City–based drug cartel. Two men, Daniel Fernandez and Joseph D. Rankin, reportedly traveled to Sedalia to collect the debt or mete out punishment. Witnesses say Fox had been inside a vehicle with the two suspects and another witness when an altercation broke out; Fox was shot, exited the vehicle, and collapsed in the street as the assailants fled.

Cellphone data and surveillance tied the suspect vehicle to Kansas City. Daniel Fernandez was arrested in Overland Park and pleaded guilty in May 2021 to voluntary manslaughter and third-degree kidnapping, receiving an eight-year term plus a consecutive one-year term. Joseph D. Rankin was later arrested, described by witnesses as threatening others with an ax before the shooting, and in June 2023 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Does anyone have information about the events in Sedalia that night or the individuals involved?