On the evening of October 31, 2022, Melissa Lucker, 41, was found unresponsive and bleeding from the head on the side of the roadway at East 87th Street and Raytown Road in Raytown, Missouri. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. Initial impressions suggested a hit-and-run, but the medical examiner determined the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head fired at close range, and the case was investigated as a homicide.

A witness later told police they received a phone call from Aaron C. Alexander Jr., who allegedly confessed to a physical altercation with Lucker that escalated to him shooting her inside his vehicle, then pulling her body from the car and leaving her at the roadside. Alexander reportedly drove a silver Mercedes-Benz to the Independence Police Department the next morning and was taken into custody appearing intoxicated and remorseful. A search of his vehicle turned up blood on the passenger side door frame, seat and floorboard, a spent 9mm shell casing, and bleach and cleaning supplies. Jackson County prosecutors charged Alexander with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Does anyone have information about Melissa’s movements that night or about the silver Mercedes-Benz mentioned in these reports?