Late on the evening of November 8, 2021, a double shooting was discovered in the Shawnee neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Police found 21-year-old Robert Sanders inside a vehicle parked in the 200 block of Cecil Avenue; he had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. Also in the car was 19-year-old Essance Duvall, who was critically wounded and later died at the University of Louisville Hospital.

The Louisville Metro Police Department opened a homicide investigation. On January 21, 2022, authorities announced the arrest of 21-year-old Christopher Vonkeith Bachelor, Jr., who was charged with two counts of murder in connection with Sanders and Duvall’s deaths. The motive and the relationship between the victims and the accused remained part of the ongoing investigation.

If anyone has information about the events on Cecil Avenue that evening or knew Sanders or Duvall, please come forward to help the investigation.