On the evening of February 25, 2019, 21-year-old musician Dustyn Hunt-Bagby, known as PrettyBoi Nabii, was at his girlfriend Lauryn Heller’s family home in the Silver Lake area near Everett, Washington. The couple had been drinking in her room; when parents Charles and Abby Heller learned someone was still in the house after 10 p.m., Charles armed himself with a Sig Sauer handgun and went to check the room. After finding Hunt-Bagby hiding under the bed, a confrontation occurred and Charles Heller shot Hunt-Bagby once in the chest. Deputies found Dustyn not breathing; despite attempts to revive him he died at the scene. Adults in the house cooperated with investigators and Heller was not arrested that night.

The investigation was delayed while evidence awaited processing at the state crime lab. In January 2021 Charles Frederick Heller III was charged with second-degree murder and remained free pending trial. In November 2023 a Snohomish County jury found him not guilty of second-degree murder but also concluded he had not acted in lawful self-defense, a finding that could affect civil claims.

Did anyone who knew Dustyn or was in Silver Lake that night see something that hasn’t been publicized?