In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 9, 2021, a call about suspicious activity brought officers to an apartment complex near 31st Street and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Inside one unit they found the body of Gail Horton, a 42-year-old Black woman. Her death was investigated as a homicide and was the city’s 37th of the year.

Detectives treated the scene as a criminal investigation and briefly detained a person of interest; authorities have not released that person’s identity or explained the connection to Horton. The case remains active while investigators work to establish motive and the sequence of events that led to her death.

Anyone who was near 31st Street and Minnesota Avenue on the night of October 8–9, 2021, or who has information about Gail Horton’s movements or associates, is asked to come forward.