Ronald Demetrius Owens, 32, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head on the night of October 27, 2017, in the 200 block of West South Street in Summit Township. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died. Known to friends and family as Meech, he left behind four children.

Investigators tied the shooting to a drug transaction. Authorities identified two primary suspects, Raheim Rahhman Armstrong and his girlfriend Prettyattie Cooper, who were arrested two days after the killing and charged with open murder. Court testimony said Armstrong and Cooper had arranged to meet Owens to buy cocaine; an altercation occurred and Armstrong shot Owens. Cooper testified she was driving and feared Armstrong, claiming duress while present during other crimes.

Armstrong and Cooper were tried separately. Was anyone in Summit Township or Jackson who knew Meech willing to share information about his last hours or the people he was with?