Geoffrey Maina Ndwiga, 37 and of Kenyan ethnicity, was found dead in a Roanoke motel room on the morning of June 29, 2015. An employee at the Rodeway Inn discovered his body; the Roanoke Police Department’s initial investigation determined the death was a homicide and an autopsy confirmed gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

Investigators identified Robert Odell Williams as a suspect and a murder warrant was issued. Authorities located Williams in Georgia with help from the U.S. Marshals Service, and he was returned to Roanoke to face charges. He was tried, convicted of the charges related to Ndwiga’s killing, and sentenced to a lengthy term of incarceration.

Are there details about Ndwiga’s life in Roanoke or the motel stay that anyone can add?