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Rian Sherrod Maiden, 36, was found shot to death inside his Sun River Terrace, Kankakee, Illinois, home on July 5, 2014. The coroner and the county sheriff’s office reported multiple gunshot wounds, including two shots to the head, and investigators treated the killing as a violent, deliberate act.

Investigators say 22-year-old Rex Frank broke into Maiden’s home intending to burglarize it. When Maiden interrupted the burglary, Frank allegedly forced him to give an ATM card and PIN, then shot him four times, including twice in the head. Shell casings from Maiden’s scene later matched casings from another nearby murder, and Frank was arrested on July 11, 2014 and charged with first-degree murder.

Frank pleaded guilty and was sentenced in connection with Maiden’s killing; court filings show other-crimes evidence was admitted to link his actions to a separate June 26, 2014 killing of Sarah Washington. If anyone knew Rian Maiden or has information about the events in Sun River Terrace in July 2014, please share what you remember.