On the evening of February 6, 2019, emergency responders found 22-year-old Lorenzo Wade in the parking lot of a Genesis Health Club in Wichita, Kansas. Wade, a Black/African American man, had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators recovered a bag of marijuana near his body; police say the evidence pointed to a drug transaction that turned fatal.

Detectives traced Wade’s cellphone activity to messages from a Text Now number that arranged a meeting. A search warrant for that number’s subscriber information linked it to an email used to create online profiles, including a Tinder account tied to Tanner Mora. Mora was arrested, and authorities later took Ashantis Bledsoe into custody as well. Prosecutors say the marijuana deal escalated into a robbery and then a homicide; the autopsy found Wade had been shot seven times in the back, with additional wounds to his buttocks, hand, and arms.

Tanner Mora was convicted of first-degree felony murder and in September 2020 was sentenced to life with parole possible after 25 years. At the time of that sentencing, Ashantis Bledsoe was still awaiting trial. Does anyone have information about Wade’s movements that night or knew him from the Wichita area?