Richard A. Preston III, a 23-year-old Black man, was abducted from a street in Independence, Missouri, on the evening of July 20, 2013. Witnesses saw him pushed into a black Chevrolet Malibu near South Brookside Avenue, and the vehicle then sped away. He was later found dead in the backseat of a car near Truman Road and Interstate 435 in Kansas City, having been shot multiple times.

The Independence Police Department has classified the death as a homicide and investigated the case. Investigators had surveillance footage showing the abduction but did not release it publicly. No suspects have been publicly identified, and no arrests have been announced. The family remembers Preston as a beloved member of the community with many friends.

If anyone has information about the abduction, the vehicle, or Preston’s movements that evening, please come forward to assist the investigation.