Reginald Ballard was 21 when he was found dead in an East Ridge motel room on February 20, 2015. Staff at the Cascades Motel discovered his body inside room 48 after finding the door wide open. Investigators identified three suspects from the Dayton and Pikeville areas — Kyhree Donte Thompson, Tabitha Nicole Garrison, and Verronta Page — then aged about 19 to 22, and charged them in connection with the killing.

Conflicting testimony emerged at a June 2015 preliminary hearing. Page said Thompson shot Ballard twice; Garrison testified both Page and Thompson fired, and said she had been threatened into silence. Prosecutors explored motives including an apparent attempt to rob Ballard after he allegedly sent Garrison a photo showing a large amount of cash, possible gang links, and a possible romantic connection between Ballard and Garrison; Ballard’s family denied any gang involvement.

A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Thompson, Garrison, and Page for first-degree murder on October 28, 2015. Did anyone who knew Reginald or who was at the motel that night see or hear anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline?