On May 17, 1998, 27-year-old Ramone Delmar Soto was found dead in an Okemos, Michigan apartment alongside Deborah Anne Miller. A third person at the scene, Kelly Ferris, survived gunshot wounds. Investigators concluded the killings and the attempted murder were not random but part of a plot to silence Miller, who knew details of an earlier assault on a man named Abrego that left him comatose and blind.

Prosecutors said Cypress Ferry Lockett and Earl Fennoy Kelley conspired to kill Miller to prevent her testimony; they alleged the plot included removing serial numbers from the firearm used. A jury convicted Earl Fennoy Kelley on two counts of first-degree murder, assault with intent to commit murder, felony firearm possession and conspiracy to commit murder.

Does anyone have additional information about Soto’s life in Okemos or about witnesses from that time who could add context to what happened?