Robert Lester ’Rob’ Cox II, 40, of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, was killed on October 26, 2020 during what he and his 22-year-old stepdaughter, Alexis Tallant, believed would be a routine car purchase. The pair travelled to Houston, Mississippi after responding to a social media advertisement; the meeting point was a rundown, vacant house where three men were waiting. One man carried a firearm and another a baseball bat. During an altercation Cox was struck with the bat and then shot multiple times; his stepdaughter was also fired upon but escaped and hid until help arrived.

Investigators determined the online car listing had been fabricated to lure a victim. Three Houston residents — Jarquavious Doss, Jeremiah Fears, and Lamarius Spraggins — were arrested and charged with capital murder, armed robbery, conspiracy, and aggravated assault. The stepdaughter identified Doss as the shooter.

Did anyone in the area know the advertised seller or remember seeing the vehicle involved around October 26, 2020?