In the early morning hours of March 1, 2015, a confrontation at the Red Roof Inn in Absecon, New Jersey, left 22-year-old Diante Owen of Pleasantville dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. Police responding to a 9-1-1 call just before 5 a.m. found Owen and another man, Gerald Alvarez, 22, of Mays Landing, both fatally shot; an autopsy ruled Owen’s death a homicide.

Investigators described a robbery attempt at the motel involving Owen and four other men. The alleged robbery targets were reportedly armed and engaged in drug dealing, and an exchange of gunfire followed. Two other men, Donnell Nicholas and Zackery Geckeler, were treated for gunshot injuries at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center; the car Owen had driven, belonging to his mother, was later found idling outside her home with bloodstains inside and had been used to ferry at least one injured man to the hospital.

After an 18-month probe, authorities charged several people. Four men were charged with felony murder, robbery, and conspiracy in connection with Gerald Alvarez’s death; because Owen was alleged to have participated in the underlying robbery, the felony murder counts related specifically to Alvarez. Others faced gun and drug possession charges. Did anyone in the area hear or see activity at the motel that night or recognize the names involved?