On the night of July 15, 2018, a birthday outing in Gary, Indiana, ended in the fatal shootings of 27-year-old Heather Talley, her fiancé Darius Ross, 28, and their friend Nicholas Edwards, 28. Talley’s body was found alongside a roadside the next day. Later that day, Ross and Edwards were discovered in the trunk of Ross’s abandoned car. The three had been celebrating Ross’s birthday earlier that night.

The case remained unsolved for several years until February 2022, when two Gary men, 43-year-old Erik P. Long and 32-year-old Huston J. Bond, were arrested and charged with three counts of murder. Court records say an informant told authorities in May 2021 that Bond confessed and that Bond and Long opened fire when Edwards, Ross, Talley, and a fourth person entered a home in Gary; Ross and Edwards were allegedly killed inside, and Talley was shot as she fled with the fourth person. In March 2022 Bond was found unresponsive in his cell at the Lake County Jail and was later pronounced dead; his death was under investigation.

Does anyone have information about Heather, Darius, Nicholas, or the events in Gary that night?