On the night of September 22, 2019, 33-year-old Timothy Jon Nelson was shot once in the stomach in West Duluth and later died at a hospital. The incident began earlier when Nelson drove a female acquaintance to buy methamphetamine from Christopher Floyd Boder. After the drug transaction, Nelson reportedly brandished what was later determined to be a BB gun and attempted to rob Boder.

Boder and an associate, James Michael Peterson, located Nelson that same night in his pickup truck and shot him. Nelson left behind a wife and five children. The woman who had arranged the drug deal became a key witness in the investigation.

Both Boder and Peterson were arrested and charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Two other people were charged with aiding an offender for providing false alibis. Did anyone in Duluth know Nelson or have information about his movements that night?