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Robert France, a 46-year-old white man from Portland, Oregon, was shot dead outside the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel on Madison’s east side on the morning of July 19, 2014. The shooting occurred shortly after 9 a.m.; police quickly concluded it was not random. Investigators say France had come to Madison intending to sell a large quantity of marijuana and that the parking-lot transaction turned deadly. Authorities suspected the motive was drugs or the money from the exchange.

A white SUV with Wisconsin plates believed linked to the shooting was later recovered on the city’s east side. Police arrested a suspect, 43-year-old Marcius A. Lee, in Chicago and charged him with first-degree intentional homicide; witnesses said the man walked away from France’s vehicle carrying a black suitcase, a green duffel, and a gray and yellow backpack thought to contain items tied to the deal.

Has anyone seen France, the white SUV, or those bags around Madison that morning?