In the early morning hours of January 21, 2021, gunshots in a Waldorf, Maryland townhouse ended the lives of 22-year-old Genesis Garrett and her 24-year-old roommate Kandeon Meisha Niravanh. Neighbors on Hanover Court reported hearing shots and found a front door standing open; deputies entering the home discovered both women fatally shot and pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly focused on a person known to both victims. Authorities arrested 49-year-old Deon Watkins in Washington, D.C., on January 23 and later identified him as the person responsible. Phone records, video surveillance, and tag reader data placed Watkins and his vehicle at the victims’ residence on the night of the killings. Detectives say a dispute over a drug debt and threats exchanged by text were connected to the motive; Niravanh had been buying marijuana from Watkins and he believed she was trying to contact his supplier directly.

Who knew Genesis or Kandeon and might have information about their activities or contacts in Waldorf around January 2021?