On the night of September 10, 2019, 20-year-old Dajuan Reese was found shot to death inside his apartment at the Park Meadows complex in the 7900 block of Manchester Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Officers discovered Reese and 44-year-old Rance R. Burton both dead from gunshot wounds; Burton was located in a bedroom and Reese in the dining room.

Investigators say the killings grew out of a drug deal that turned into a robbery. Court records state Burton arrived at Reese’s apartment with another man later identified as Kevin D. Dean. Witnesses reported Reese answered the door and a confrontation followed in which shots were fired. A witness identified a photograph of Dean as the man last seen with Burton that night, and detectives linked a nickname 40 from Burton’s phone to Dean.

In February 2020 Kevin D. Dean, then 28, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, first-degree attempted robbery, and unlawful use of a weapon. Anyone with information about Reese, Burton, or that night is asked to come forward.