On the evening of December 28, 2022, Springfield police found 30-year-old Deundrea Woods in a driveway on North Link Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries. Officers tracing Woods’ association to a nearby home entered that residence and found 25-year-old Mackenzie Lashley-Childers shot multiple times inside; she was also dead. An infant discovered alone in the house was treated for minor injuries and released to a family member.

The Springfield Police Department opened a double homicide investigation and initially reported no suspect identified. Months into the inquiry detectives cited a lack of forthcoming witnesses as a major obstacle. The victims’ families have publicly appealed for anyone with information to come forward to assist the investigation.

Does anyone in the Springfield area have information about either victim, the residence on North Link Avenue, or that December night that could help detectives?