On the evening of July 3, 2023, two people were found dead inside an apartment in the 900 block of Brandon Avenue SW in Southwest Roanoke, Virginia. Robert Aubrey Robbie Moorman, 43, and Brandi Kay Bryant Campbell, 43, were discovered unresponsive after a call at about 5 p.m. Roanoke Police and Roanoke Fire-EMS determined both had died of gunshot and knife wounds and the case was classified as a double homicide.

Months of investigation followed with no immediate arrests, leaving families without answers and the community unsettled. In December 2023, police arrested 53-year-old Alex Rios of Roanoke County; a grand jury indicted him on December 4, 2023. Investigators reportedly recovered personal property of a victim at Rios’s residence and located the weapon used in the murders in a storage locker tied to him.

Anyone who knew Moorman or Campbell, or who has information about the July 3, 2023 double homicide, is asked to come forward.