Kalvon Casdorph was a 21-year-old Black man who was killed on January 11, 2015, inside a room at the Motel 6 in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, where he had been staying temporarily. State police say the death grew out of a planned robbery involving people Casdorph had known for years. Investigators identified Terrick Hogan, Marcus Dominick Curtis and Shayla Stephenson as participants in the plot; prosecutors described Hogan as the organizer, Curtis as the gunman who entered Casdorph’s room and shot him during a struggle, and Stephenson as the person who supplied the firearm.

Responding officers found Casdorph on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Curtis later acknowledged in court that he shot Casdorph twice and took more than $3,000 from Casdorph’s pants before fleeing. The three fled in a silver Toyota Camry, were located after a short pursuit and taken into custody; a 9mm handgun was recovered in the vehicle.

Curtis and Hogan each pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received life with the possibility of parole. Stephenson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, with murder and robbery charges against her dropped in exchange for cooperation; she received one to five years of home confinement. Does anyone have information about Casdorph’s life or the events at the Motel 6 that day?