On the evening of November 6, 2022, 53-year-old Laura Ann Myers and her 22-year-old granddaughter Lea’johna Sanders were fatally shot in the 1600 block of Boyd Lane in Columbia, Missouri. Myers worked at the Terrace and Lake George Senior Living and was remembered as a devoted mother and grandmother who loved cooking for her family.

Authorities arrested Cadillac Derek in connection with the double homicide. Investigators reported a one-year-old child was left unharmed in a crib at the scene. Prosecutors pointed to threatening messages sent by Derek before the killings and cited a 911 call in which he was heard saying, Now what? after the shooting.

The deaths drew attention to domestic violence as an element in the case and left the family mourning two generations lost to a single violent act. If anyone knew Laura, Lea’johna, or has information about that night in November 2022, please come forward.