Rodney Vernon Thurber, 52, a father of three, was shot to death inside his second-floor apartment on Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Police responded to a report of a shooting on the evening of November 11, 2017, and found Thurber with multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators say the incident began when Caitlyn A. Riffle went to Thurber’s apartment, reportedly to retrieve a handgun. Patrick R. Powell then forced his way in, taunted Thurber and shot him repeatedly. Thurber’s last known communication was a text from Riffle asking him to open the door. Surveillance footage, cell phone records and witness statements were used to identify and locate Powell and Riffle; both were charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Patrick Powell was convicted in March 2019 and received life without parole plus ten years. In April 2021 a Jackson County jury convicted Caitlyn Riffle of first-degree murder and armed criminal action; a judge imposed life without parole plus fifteen years in June 2021. Did anyone in Kansas City know Thurber or have information about his movements in November 2017?