James Porter, 31, was shot and killed on January 18, 2011, at the Sunset Mobile Home Park in Columbia, Missouri during what investigators say was a drug transaction. Porter and his cousin, Robert McPike, had arranged to exchange 30 pounds of marijuana for $20,000. The deal involved a man from northeast Missouri who brought the money and two dealers to the meeting.

On the day of the shooting Porter and another participant, Zachariah Peterson, went to the trailer park to complete the exchange. Witnesses at Peterson’s later trial described a fight between two men inside Peterson’s Chevrolet Tahoe, followed by a gunshot; Porter was seen falling out of the passenger side. Peterson was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action; a jury found him guilty of felony murder and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. McPike was arrested on suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance connected to the events.

If anyone knew James Porter, his movements that day, or has information about the people present at Sunset Mobile Home Park, please share what’s known.