On the evening of January 18, 2025, 25-year-old Parker Stoneburner of Boone was shot inside an apartment on South Fifth Street in Ames. Officers responded to a call about 6:30 p.m. and found Stoneburner with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center and died later that evening. He worked as an HVAC installer, had recently purchased a home he was remodeling with his parents, and was remembered by friends and family as kind-hearted and active in sports, fishing, and cars.

Police say the shooting occurred during a robbery scheme. Investigators allege Stoneburner was lured to an apartment via Snapchat by 19-year-old Destiny Skurdal of Ames, where 21-year-old Zoe Anderson of Boone and 19-year-old Abraham M. Guhnics of Independence, Missouri, were waiting. A confrontation ensued and Stoneburner was shot; he managed to open the door for responding officers. Shell casings, drugs, and real and counterfeit money were found in the apartment.

Arrests followed: Destiny Skurdal was taken into custody January 24 on an initial robbery charge with a murder charge later added; Zoe Anderson and Abraham M. Guhnics were arrested February 24 in Independence, Missouri, on first-degree murder charges; and 19-year-old Nashawn Green of Ankeny was arrested in late March on a first-degree murder warrant and is believed to have been among the principal individuals involved. Did anyone who knew Parker or was in that area on January 18 see or hear anything that might help the investigation?