Zackary Mason Farmer was 20 when he was shot dead in Muncie in the early morning hours of February 9, 2017. He had been at a friend’s home and was in a bedroom between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. with two other men, Isaiah Davis and Hunter Hess, when a man with a handgun appeared in the doorway and a shot rang out. Davis retrieved his own handgun and fired at the intruder, who fled. Zackary was struck by multiple bullets and was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to his head, chest, and legs.

Investigators determined the shooting grew out of a planned robbery aimed at Isaiah Davis. Marcus D. Hanyard conspired with others to rob Davis of drugs and money; an associate, Matt Fisher, provided information about the house and when Davis would have drugs. The probe led to Hanyard’s arrest and conviction on murder, Level 1 felony conspiracy to commit burglary, and Level 4 felony unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, producing an aggregate sentence of sixty-one years. Two other men were arrested for misleading police.

Does anyone have information about Zackary’s last known movements or about the robbery plot that could shed more light on what happened that night?