On the morning of April 4, 2018, a body was found lying in the road on Rimmon Road in Woodbridge, Connecticut. The victim was identified as Alan Robinson Jr., a 37-year-old Black man from New Haven. An officer on patrol discovered the scene just before 10 a.m.; the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner later ruled the death a homicide, noting Robinson had been shot in the head, torso, and an extremity. Nearby schools were briefly locked down while Woodbridge police and the State Police Major Crime Squad secured the area.

Investigators linked a prior dispute over drug-related debts to the case and focused on a residence at 135 Rimmon Road, home to Christopher Spear and his wife Aninha Spear-Zuleta. Court documents say the couple had robbed Robinson in November 2017; Christopher and Robinson had a narcotics sales partnership and Spear claimed Robinson owed him money. Surveillance from the Spear-Zuleta home reportedly captured Aninha returning from the scene after the shooting holding what appeared to be a handgun and asking where to put it, while Christopher told her to get it out of the house.

Federal charges were brought against both for the November 2017 robbery; both later pleaded guilty to interfering with interstate commerce by robbery. Did anyone in the area know Robinson, his movements that morning, or his connection to the people at 135 Rimmon Road?