On July 29, 2017, Beverly Cory, a 48-year-old financial adviser from Maplewood, Minnesota, was found shot to death in her office in Mendota Heights. Officers discovered her body after receiving a report of blood seeping from beneath an office door; an autopsy determined she died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Cory’s 2005 Toyota Corolla was missing after the killing and was later recovered at the Washington County Fairgrounds about 16 miles away.

Investigators tied the killing to a series of violent incidents that began with a home-invasion robbery in Mendota Heights. The suspect, identified as Lucifer Nguyen, 44, allegedly brandished a gun, crashed a vehicle, fled on foot, forced entry into a senior living center and held an employee at gunpoint while police were evacuating that facility. A nationwide manhunt ended with Nguyen’s capture on July 31, 2017, in Blaine, Minnesota; he was arrested after a traffic stop and charged with second-degree murder and multiple other felonies. There is no known connection between Cory and Nguyen; the case was described as appearing random.

Did anyone in the area know Beverly Cory or have information about her movements on July 29, 2017?