On the morning of August 5, 2018, police in Kansas City, Missouri, found 55-year-old Cyrenaica Lang unresponsive and lying in the street near 107th Street and Greenwood Road. First responders treated it as a medical emergency, but investigators determined Lang had been killed by gunfire. Her death occurred during a violent week that produced a cluster of homicides in the city.

Detectives developed a suspect, Rafael M. Armstrong, who was 30 at the time of the charges. Investigators say DNA from wireless earbuds found near Lang’s body matched Armstrong, and phone records showed multiple calls from Armstrong to Lang the morning she died. Armstrong was arrested five days later at a motel on an unrelated felony matter; officers reportedly found a firearm hidden under a mattress. Forensic testing is reported to have matched Armstrong’s DNA on the gun handle and linked the weapon ballistically to shell casings at the scene. In February 2019, Jackson County prosecutors charged Armstrong with first-degree murder, armed criminal action, and unlawful possession of a firearm.

Did anyone in the area know Cyrenaica Lang or have information about her relationship with Armstrong or the storage unit dispute mentioned by family?