In the early morning of January 13, 2023, officers responded to the Fleur Lodge motel in Des Moines after a report of a man bleeding and in cardiac arrest. Inside a room they found 45-year-old Russell Allen McKeehan Jr., a White male, who was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Investigators focused on McKeehan’s roommate, 50-year-old Surfun Boens, who had been living with him in the motel room for at least a month. Police allege overwhelming evidence pointed to Boens; at arrest he was allegedly in possession of a recently fired gun and a message on his cell phone reportedly read that he had did something super, super bad and needed to get out of town. Boens was charged with first-degree murder in connection with McKeehan’s death.

Does anyone have information about McKeehan Jr., his time at the Fleur Lodge, or contacts who might help clarify what happened that night?