On the night of October 16, 2023, 24-year-old Ronnie Keith James Crabtree of Roseburg, Oregon, was found dead in a driveway in the 100 block of Speedway Road. Deputies located Crabtree just after 11:00 p.m.; he had sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Douglas County Major Crimes Team — made up of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Roseburg Police Department, and Oregon State Police — investigated. Evidence led to 24-year-old Jacob Taylor Robinson of Winston, who was arrested and booked into the Douglas County Jail on charges of Second Degree Murder and Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Court documents say Robinson and Crabtree were roommates living in an apartment above a nearby business.

According to those documents, a woman who was in a relationship with a family member of Robinson called 911 after receiving a FaceTime in which Robinson allegedly admitted to killing Crabtree and showed the victim’s bloody body. Robinson reportedly told investigators he shot Crabtree in the back of the head with Crabtree’s revolver at the victim’s request, and that they had moved outside to avoid the mess.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who saw activity near the apartment above the business on Speedway Road that night?