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On the evening of June 21, 2019, 44-year-old Randal Joseph Campbell was found dead inside a Hamilton Street SW residence in Cedar Rapids. The scene initially appeared to be a suicide: an air rifle was on his lap and torso. The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner recovered a pellet from Campbell’s cerebellum and ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators determined the scene had been staged and that the pellet entered his brain through his right eye, consistent with a close-range shot.

Attention turned to two people connected to the home: 28-year-old Joshua Conklin, who had been living in a detached garage on the property, and 26-year-old Felisha Ann Marie Campbell, the victim’s niece. In July 2020 Conklin was charged with second-degree murder and obstructing prosecution; his fingerprints were found on the air rifle and he reportedly acknowledged knowing the weapon could be lethal. Warrants were issued for Felisha Campbell, and she was taken into custody in December 2020 after a police chase; she was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and accessory after the fact and reportedly admitted suggesting the suicide staging.

Does anyone have information about activity at the Hamilton Street home in June 2019 or contacts with the people named?