Lakyn Jade Bailey, 25, was found dead on January 27, 2019, from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at the Country Cupboard convenience store on Statesville Boulevard in Salisbury, North Carolina. Investigators say she had been shot elsewhere and her body was driven to the store by a friend, Jason Donald Cranfill, who was later charged with felony possession of methamphetamine.

Authorities tied the killing to illegal drug activity at a motel in Statesville. The shooting reportedly followed a drug deal that turned violent. Two men were charged: James Christopher Rife, 36, of Cleveland, North Carolina, charged with murder and attempted robbery, and Joshua Wade Kennedy, 35, a registered sex offender from West Virginia who had been living in Iredell County; both were held without bond. Multiple agencies including the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation are involved and the investigation remains ongoing.

Did anyone have contact with Lakyn in Statesville or Rowan County around late January 2019 who hasn’t spoken with investigators?