Marshal Aaron Terrell Johnson was 23 when he was killed on July 26, 2019. He suffered a gunshot wound and a cut to the neck, and his body was wrapped in plastic and buried in a wooded area south of SW 16th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines in what investigators described as an effort to conceal the killing.

Police learned of the burial after a tip about a possible death at a homeless camp. Investigators unearthed remains at the site and the Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the identity as Marshal Aaron Terrell Johnson following forensic examination.

Two men were later identified as suspects in the homicide, and one suspect, described as a homeless man from Des Moines, was reported in April 2021 as expected to plead guilty for his role in the killing. Is there anyone who knew Aaron or who has information about the events that led to his death?