On the morning of June 30, 2018, Kansas City, Missouri, police responded to a disturbance at 9th Street and Chestnut Avenue and found two victims. A male was in the street, conscious but severely injured after being beaten with a brick and shot. Nearby, a parked Honda CR-V held Stephanie C. Davis, 21, who had sustained fatal gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead in the passenger seat.

The surviving victim, with his jaw wired shut, communicated with investigators via a tablet and nodding. He said he had driven Davis to meet a man known to him as Gary to buy pills, and that the meeting became violent after tensions over a debt alleged to be owed by Davis. Detectives tied communications between Davis and a contact listed as Gary W to Gari A. Mansaw, 24, and surveillance placed a vehicle registered to Mansaw near the scene just before gunshots were heard.

Mansaw was taken into custody on July 11, 2018, and prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action, citing the surviving victim’s identification, DNA evidence, and communication records. Does anyone have information about Davis, the meeting that night, or the people she was with?