On the evening of January 4, 2023, 34-year-old Leslie N. Barstow and 39-year-old Ronald G. Cline Jr. were shot at a residence in the 2400 block of Spring Valley Drive in Pacific, Missouri. Deputies arrived after reports of a shooting at about 7:30 p.m.; Cline was found dead at the scene and Barstow was critically injured, later dying at a local hospital. Both victims were residents of Pacific and friends and family remembered Barstow as a mother of two with a vibrant personality and warm smile.

A witness heard a vehicle speeding away after the gunshots. Investigators identified 37-year-old Timothy J. Kalter of St. Louis as the primary suspect, alleging he was in the back seat of the victims’ car when he shot both of them and that robbery was the motive. A no-bond warrant charging Kalter with two counts of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action was issued on January 10; he was arrested after crashing on Interstate 55 near Bates Avenue on January 15.

Did anyone in the Pacific area know Leslie or Ronald, or see a vehicle leaving Spring Valley Drive that night?