In the early hours of March 29, 2025, 38-year-old Maleeka Sessoms and her 42-year-old husband, Marvin Sessoms, were found shot to death in a room at an Extended Stay motel in Kansas City, Missouri. The couple had been traveling with their two sons and were reported missing after they unexpectedly stopped communicating while en route to visit relatives in Georgia.

Investigators focused on the couple’s 20-year-old son, Jason Sessoms, after surveillance footage showed him and his 10-year-old brother packing a car and leaving the motel on the night of the killings. Authorities located the brothers in Paw Paw, Michigan; Jason was arrested there on unrelated charges and later found in possession of two handguns. During questioning, the younger son told police Jason had killed their parents, and Jason allegedly admitted shooting them, saying he believed his mother had taken some of his money to pay for the motel room. Jason was charged in Clay County, Missouri, with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action and was held in Michigan on a $2 million bond awaiting extradition. The 10-year-old was placed in the care of Child Protective Services.

Does anyone have information about the family’s stay at the motel or the days leading up to the trip to Georgia?