Jacob Ryan Skowronski, 25, was found dead in his Kansas City, Missouri, apartment on Sunday, February 4, 2018. His parents went to drop off laundry, found the unlocked door, and discovered him on the floor with a pool of blood by his head. What began as an initial concern for suicide was later ruled a homicide by the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office; he died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

Investigators learned Skowronski had recently returned from Colorado and that messages on his phone suggested he may have brought back marijuana. Police identified 22-year-old Deion D. Crum as a suspect after arresting him on unrelated warrants; ammunition found where Crum was located had distinctive markings matching shell casings from Skowronski’s apartment, and a plastic bag from that location contained DNA from both men. In November 2018 the Jackson County Prosecutor charged Crum with first-degree murder (alternatively second-degree), two counts of armed criminal action, first-degree robbery, and possession of a controlled substance.

Did anyone in Kansas City know Jacob, his routines, or who he might have been meeting after returning from Colorado?