Joseph Lavelle Thompson was 25 when he was shot and killed on Wednesday, January 17, 2007, in Landover, Maryland. The shooting occurred in the Kentland neighborhood after Thompson went to a home on Vermont Avenue where Lauren A. Proctor was inside. Police described the killing as a violent culmination of a love triangle involving Thompson, Proctor, and another man, Nathan Everett Matthews, who also fathered children with Proctor.

After Thompson began banging on the door, Proctor called 911. Matthews arrived before officers and a struggle near the front door ended when Matthews shot Thompson multiple times. Prince George’s County police took Matthews into custody; he gave a statement to homicide detectives, admitted involvement and disclosed the location of the .22-caliber handgun used in the shooting. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

Did anyone who knew Joseph, Lauren, or Nathan see them together in Kentland around January 17, 2007?