On the night of January 24, 2015, 27-year-old Noe Flores Rascon and 22-year-old Erick Reyna were reported missing from Osceola, Iowa. Their bodies were found the next day inside a vehicle in rural northern Clarke County; both died of gunshot wounds and the State Medical Examiner ruled their deaths homicides.

A local man, 38-year-old Richard Ryan Lamb Carson, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Court filings say Carson admitted to being involved in an altercation with Rascon in a vehicle outside an Osceola residence and told investigators a gun was produced and discharged; he has asserted the shooting was in self-defense. Law enforcement recovered the firearm, and three other Osceola residents — Lynn Ranean Sutton, Tracy Kay Johnson, and Christopher Martin Elben — were charged with accessory after the fact.

There are still unanswered questions about what led to the killings and the relationships between everyone involved. If anyone knew Rascon or Reyna, or has information about what happened that weekend, please come forward.