Braisen Cain, 42, was killed in her front yard in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 6, 2025. Police were called to the 4000 block of Morrell Avenue about 7:50 p.m. and found Cain unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency medical services pronounced her dead at the scene. She was a mother of five and was reported to be pregnant with a sixth child.

Court records and witness statements outlined a sequence captured on a neighbor’s Google Nest camera that investigators say shows Cain being run over by a black Ford F-150 driven by her ex-boyfriend Arel Dawkins, after which he exited the vehicle and shot her at close range while she lay on the ground. Witnesses and scene evidence indicate Dawkins reloaded and fired repeatedly; police recovered 21 shell casings and an empty handgun magazine. Dawkins fled but was located in Springfield, Missouri, using cellphone data and arrested without incident; he was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. He declined to speak to detectives after his arrest.

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