A quiet Sunday evening in Henrico, Virginia, was shattered by gunfire on August 27, 2017, in the Highland Springs area. Two people died: 32-year-old Devon L. Blowe and 31-year-old Lakisha L. Lewis. Henrico County Police Division determined the incident to be a double homicide and launched an intensive investigation.

Investigators focused on a single suspect, Ricardo L. Turner Jr., after evidence at the scene and subsequent inquiries pointed to his involvement. Turner was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. A trial followed in Henrico County; the jury found Turner guilty on the murder and firearm charges. At sentencing, the court imposed lengthy prison terms for each murder and the related firearm offenses, ordered to run consecutively, producing an aggregated multi-decade sentence.

If anyone who lived in Highland Springs that night or has information about Devon Blowe’s movements or associates in the days before August 27, 2017, please come forward.