On the evening of September 21, 2020, 29-year-old Kenneth Dionel Brawner was shot inside a room at the Master Suites Hotel in Waldorf, Maryland. Patrol officers arrived about 6:18 p.m. after a report of a shooting and found Brawner suffering from a gunshot wound; he was taken to a nearby hospital and died a short time later.

Investigators determined the shooting was not random. Detectives concluded suspects had entered Brawner’s hotel room as part of a conspiracy to rob its occupants; the motive was later described as a robbery attempt. In the weeks after the killing, three people were identified and arrested in connection with the case: Marc Carlyle McLaughlin, Jr., Terrence Wills and Cameron Marcell Fletcher, who faced first-degree murder and related charges.

What details about the incident or about Kenneth’s movements earlier that evening might help explain how the suspects located that room?