On the evening of April 12, 2005, 39-year-old Renee Walker was shot to death at close range in her Clinton, Iowa apartment. A neighbor reported hearing a scream and a series of popping sounds around 11:15 p.m. The next day, Renee and her live-in boyfriend, 32-year-old Steven Kersey, were found inside the doorway of their home, both shot multiple times, with bags of groceries nearby.

Investigators focused on Renee’s ex-husband, Marice Walker Sr. A bloody ski mask recovered at the scene contained Renee’s blood and DNA matching Marice around the mouth area. Bullet fragment analysis identified the weapon type as a Hi-Point .380 automatic, though the gun itself was not recovered. Witnesses had previously seen Marice strike Renee about six months earlier.

Marice was arrested, tried, and convicted by a jury on two counts of first-degree murder; an appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence was later rejected. Did anyone in Clinton at the time see anything or remember unusual activity near Renee’s building that night?