On the morning of March 17, 2015, 20-year-old Vondre R. Smithers was found lying in the street on Bellefonte Drive in Lexington, Kentucky. He was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where doctors determined he had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a homicide. Smithers’ family described him as a loving and caring young man with a constant smile.

Investigators say the shooting occurred inside a vehicle belonging to 21-year-old Dustin James Yost of Winchester during what they describe as a drug deal. Evidence and surveillance footage reportedly show Yost cleaned biological material from his vehicle, discarded his clothing, and disposed of the handgun in a rural area outside Fayette County. Yost initially pointed to a third person but later admitted involvement. He was arrested and charged; in February 2017 he pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter and tampering with evidence, telling the court an argument while both men were under the influence escalated to the fatal shooting.

Did anyone in the Lexington area have contact with Vondre in the days before March 17, 2015, or information about what led to that argument?