On the night of November 28, 2021, officers from the Converse Police Department, deputies from the Grant and Miami County Sheriff’s Departments and Indiana State Police troopers responded to a reported shooting at an apartment on West Wabash Street in Converse. They found a 23-year-old man deceased inside; an autopsy determined the cause of death was homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

The victim was identified as Anthony Robert Eugene Leadford, born in Goshen and later a resident of Converse who had previously lived in the Warsaw area. He had attended Oak Hill and Tippecanoe Valley High Schools and was employed at Campbell Cruze Incorporated. Friends and family described him as a hard worker in construction and rebuilding houses with an outgoing personality.

Indiana State Police detectives said early leads pointed to multiple suspects and to a possible motive involving a drug debt. Within days, four people were arrested and charged with felony murder: 19-year-old Aryan Vandiver-Stone of Marion, 18-year-old Benjamin Jones of rural Converse, and two male juveniles, aged 15 and 16, taken to the Allen County Juvenile Facility.

If anyone knew Anthony, his routines, or saw activity near West Wabash Street on November 28, will you share what you know with investigators?