On July 9, 2014, a violent home invasion at a house on the 8500 block of Hallet Street in Lenexa, Missouri, ended with the deaths of 79-year-old Clifford E. Preston and his 47-year-old stepson Brian S. Baskind. The intruder had cut a hole in a window screen to gain entry, was armed with a large knife and an airsoft gun painted to look real, and wore black clothing and a mask. A struggle in the basement left both men fatally stabbed; one of the victims managed to shoot the attacker, who was found wounded on the front lawn and taken to a hospital.

Investigators determined the attack was a botched robbery after surveillance and traffic camera footage placed the assailant’s van at the scene and contradicted the attacker’s initial claim that he had been kidnapped. The suspect, 27-year-old Alex Wayne Brune, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary and robbery; he later admitted his role in the killings. Anyone with memories of the neighborhood or information about the victims is asked to come forward.