On the evening of December 17, 2017, police in central Phoenix responded to reports of shots fired at an apartment complex. An officer found blood on a patio and screen door and was met by Cleophus Cooksey Jr., who claimed a cut on his hand caused the blood and said no one else was inside. His agitated behavior led to his detainment and a search of the unit.

Inside the living room officers discovered the bodies of 56-year-old Rene Cooksey and her husband, Edward Nunn, both fatally shot. A handgun was recovered on a nearby couch and Cleophus Cooksey Jr. was arrested at the scene. Investigators reported that Cleophus had been living with Rene and Edward after a recent prison release, but rising family conflict had prompted them to ask him to leave before he returned in December and the shootings occurred.

Ballistic and DNA testing later linked him to additional slayings in the Phoenix area over a three-week span, bringing the total connected murders to eight, including Rene Cooksey. Does anyone have information about Rene, the household, or the apartment complex from late 2017 that could shed light on what led to this violence?