On the night of March 11, 2019, Rita F. Moore-Edmond, 44, was at her Raytown, Missouri, apartment with her teenage son and her new boyfriend, Rodney Brundige, 49. Earlier that evening Moore-Edmond had called police after a disturbance caused by her ex-boyfriend, Clifton L. Jack. Officers spoke with Jack by phone, advised him not to return, and told Moore-Edmond how to pursue a protection order, which she planned to seek the next day.

In the early hours of March 12, Jack returned armed with a rifle and forced entry through a sliding glass door. The teenager awoke to breaking glass, then heard a gunshot and saw Jack shooting Brundige in the hallway. Police later found both Moore-Edmond and Brundige inside the bedroom with fatal gunshot wounds; Moore-Edmond had been shot in the arm and Brundige in the back. Jack shot himself in the chest in an apparent suicide attempt, survived, was hospitalized, and was later arrested.

The Jackson County Prosecutor charged Clifton L. Jack with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. Court records describe a prior history of harassment and threats by Jack toward Moore-Edmond; family members said Jack’s known violence and probation status meant more could have been done to protect her.

Did anyone in the Raytown community know about Jack’s previous behavior or interactions with Moore-Edmond that could shed light on what happened that night?