On the morning of January 16, 2017, a north Tulsa residence was the scene of a violent triple homicide. A neighbor reported hearing shouting and gunfire around 2 a.m.; inside the ransacked home police found the bodies of 52-year-old Cara Brown, her 28-year-old son Thomas Lee Brown, and 58-year-old Kenneth Sellers, all fatally shot. Investigators noted the house had been thoroughly searched and there were no signs of forced entry, leading them to suspect the motive was drug-related and that Thomas may have been the primary target.

Charges followed in February 2017 and the case proceeded to trial years later. Jurors convicted Melvin Porter and Christopher President of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery; forensic evidence cited at trial reportedly included cell phone records that conflicted with the defendants’ accounts. Both men received life sentences without parole.

Did anyone in Tulsa know the victims or recall unusual activity near the house in January 2017?