On the late evening of Sunday, January 29, 2017, 21-year-old Taven Lee Williams was shot and killed during a robbery at a home in the 2300 block of East Zora in Joplin, Missouri. Three men from Columbus, Kansas, arrived intending to rob another man, Paul Haney, of marijuana. Williams intervened to help Haney; both men were shot and Haney survived while Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified three suspects: Erik T. Jones, 21, Brock D. Robinson, 19, and Azaiah Forester, 19. A March 30, 2017 arrest of Jones for driving while intoxicated led officers to a handgun reported stolen at the time of the murder and to a vehicle linked to the crime scene. Robinson was arrested March 31 and Forester on April 3. All three were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery; subsequent prosecutions resulted in convictions and 15-year prison sentences.

Did anyone in Joplin remember Williams or have information about the events that night?