In the early morning hours of June 9, 2016, shots rang out in the 800 block of Park Place in Slater, Missouri. Emergency crews found 35-year-old Ryan Sanders unconscious with three gunshot wounds to the chest and one to the wrist; he died after being taken to a nearby hospital. A short time later, about 8 a.m., authorities discovered the body of 83-year-old Bonnie Charlene Hupp, also killed by a gunshot. Investigators reported Hupp was Sanders’ grandmother-in-law and said the two deaths were believed to be related.

Police searched for a white van seen leaving the area and described a person of interest as a white man about 6 feet 1 inch tall and 220 pounds. On the evening of June 10, 2016, Donald Bruce Owens, 58, of Marshall, was arrested in rural Slater without a struggle and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of first-degree burglary in connection with the deaths.

Did anyone in Slater know of a white van or see a man matching that description near Park Place that morning?