On the morning of May 26, 2021, retired Army colonel and nurse Brenda McDaniel, 63, and her husband Edward McDaniel Jr., 55, an active-duty Army colonel and physician, were shot and killed in the front yard of their Springfield, Virginia, home. The attack occurred at point-blank range and followed an attempted burglary and a reported dispute at the same residence two days earlier.

Fairfax County police quickly linked the earlier incident to the murders and identified two suspects: Ronnie Marshall, 20, and D’Angelo Strand, 19. Authorities say the men were co-workers of a relative of the victims and that Marshall allegedly went to the McDaniel home to confront the couple’s son about a prior altercation; when the couple recognized him, he reportedly shot them because they knew his name. Both suspects were arrested within a day and charged with second-degree murder and firearms violations, with Strand also charged as an accessory after the fact.

Brenda McDaniel was a retired Army colonel and nurse; Edward McDaniel Jr. was an active-duty Army colonel and physician. Who in the Springfield community might have known the McDaniels or seen anything relevant around May 24–26, 2021?