Elliott Herring, 29, was found dead on August 19, 2019, on the side of the road in Kansas City, Missouri, near the southbound exit ramp of U.S. Highway 71 at Red Bridge Road. First responders arrived after a report of a pedestrian accident; Herring was discovered near a silver Mitsubishi Galant and had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the back of the head. Investigators reclassified the case as a homicide after determining the circumstances were suspicious.

Prosecutors later alleged Herring had stopped his Chrysler Sebring to assist a stranded motorist. Court records say Douglas V. Griffin was driving the Mitsubishi when it broke down; Griffin gave conflicting statements, at one point saying an unidentified associate shot Herring after the victim refused a ride. The Sebring was reportedly stolen and later recovered abandoned a few blocks from Griffin’s residence. In August 2021 the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office charged Griffin with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; he was already in custody on separate homicide-related charges at that time.

Did anyone in the area see Herring’s vehicle or the Mitsubishi Galant around that off-ramp on the night of August 19, 2019?