Grant Draper, 21, was killed in Phoenix in the early hours of July 16, 2020, after a night of heavy drinking with his brother Lane Draper and two acquaintances, Jordon Nez and Roessel Jackson. The group spent the evening at Nez’s apartment intending to stay the night before work the next day; tensions and negative interactions involving Grant developed as alcohol was consumed. Grant was fatally stabbed; the knife was never recovered.

Accounts from the three survivors conflicted. Nez said he blacked out, woke to find Grant dead with a large amount of blood, and began cleaning; he acknowledged it was possible he had done something. Lane Draper said he left around 2:00 a.m., later awoke in his truck at an unfamiliar location, and used GPS to return to the apartment, where Nez warned him not to call police. A knife was found in Lane Draper’s truck but was not confirmed as the murder weapon.

On July 22, 2020, authorities arrested Jordon Nez and charged him with second-degree murder. The defense later pointed to Lane Draper and Roessel Jackson as potentially responsible, prompting a legal dispute over GPS data from Lane’s truck that reached the Arizona Supreme Court.

If anyone was present that night or has information about the knife, the timelines, or what happened between the men, please come forward.