Curtis Payne was 31 when he was shot and killed in his Springfield, Missouri home in February 2014. Sleeth allegedly told friends about the assault, and a group of three teenagers, with Sleeth waiting outside, forced their way into Payne’s residence and shot him.

Investigators traced the crime back to Sleeth and the teens she had enlisted. Prosecutors told a Greene County jury that Sleeth’s role in instigating the break-in and shooting made her criminally responsible even though she did not fire the gun. In January 2018 the jury found 27-year-old Kearstain Sleeth guilty of second-degree murder. Two of the teenagers later pleaded guilty; a fourth person, Tyler Keithley, was also charged with second-degree murder and was set for a bench trial in May 2018.

Did anyone in Springfield know Curtis Payne or have information about the people involved that could shed more light on what led to that night?