On the morning of October 30, 2017, the body of 40-year-old Tamsen Renee Kayzer was found by a passerby alongside railroad tracks in the 10800 block of South Meridian near Peck in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Deputies noted signs of trauma and investigators treated the death as a homicide. Autopsy and investigative reports show Kayzer was shot five times at close range, with wounds to her face and chest.

Suspicion quickly focused on her long-term, on-and-off boyfriend, Darnell D. Coleman, after a heated Facebook exchange on the night of October 29 in which Coleman accused Kayzer of cheating. Relatives said Coleman had gone to a family member’s home late that night asking for Kayzer. Investigators found Kayzer’s blood on Coleman’s blue Chevy Suburban and multiple bloodstains inside his home, plus a missing six rounds from a box of .38 Special ammunition and a shotgun; no shell casings were recovered at the scene, consistent with a revolver being used.

Coleman was later located, arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder. If anyone has information about Kayzer, her last hours, or the area around South Meridian on October 29–30, please share what is known.