On October 25, 2017, 39-year-old attorney Tom Pickert was shot dead on the front porch of his Kansas City, Missouri, home after returning from walking his two young sons to school. The attack occurred in the Brookside neighborhood and prompted a lengthy investigation.

Police focused on 80-year-old businessman David Jungerman after surveillance placed a white van like his traveling between Jungerman’s Raytown home and Pickert’s neighborhood around the time of the killing. Investigators recovered an audio recorder from Jungerman containing statements in which he discussed the murder, and an unspent bullet of the same rare caliber found in his car matched the killing. Jungerman was arrested in April 2018 and charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action; a jury found him guilty in September 2022.

The case underscores questions about motive and planning tied to a recent legal defeat Jungerman suffered when Pickert secured a $5.75 million judgment for a client Jungerman had shot. Does anyone have information about Pickert’s last morning or the white van seen in the area that could add detail to what happened?