On May 8, 2014, 30-year-old Justin Clay Michael was shot to death in his Grimes, Iowa, home while sleeping beside his fiancée, Angie Ver Huel. An intruder dressed in black entered the house in the early morning, shone a red laser on the face of Michael’s mother who was also present, and then returned to the bedroom and fatally shot Justin multiple times. Ver Huel placed the 911 call.

Investigators focused on 26-year-old David Moffitt of Pleasant Hill, an ex-boyfriend of Ver Huel and a coworker of Michael’s at Wells Fargo. About 30 minutes after the slaying, Moffitt was involved in a single-vehicle crash a few miles from the crime scene. Police found ammunition at the crash site that matched shell casings from the Michael home, shooting earmuffs, and a receipt for a gun purchased under the name of another of Ver Huel’s ex-boyfriends. Prosecutors said Moffitt used a fake ID to buy the weapon and became obsessed after Ver Huel ended their brief relationship and became engaged to Justin.

Moffitt was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and first-degree burglary. He was convicted at trial; the case describes Justin as warm-hearted, compassionate, an outdoorsman who was planning his wedding.

Did anyone in the Grimes area see something that morning or have information about the crash a short time after the shooting?