On October 20, 2017, the body of 24-year-old Reyanna M. Fisher was discovered inside a residence in the 2400 block of East 59th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Authorities were initially called to the scene shortly before 4:30 p.m. regarding a medical emergency after a family member reportedly found her unresponsive within the home. Upon their arrival, police secured the area with crime scene tape as a crowd of neighbors and onlookers gathered outside the property.
While the death was
originally classified as a suspicious death, further investigation over the following weekend led detectives to officially rule the case a homicide. Fisher, a young mother who had been living at the residence for several months, was identified by police the following Sunday. She had previously worked with a local nonprofit organization focused on reducing violence in the community and was reportedly in the process of starting her own support group for children who had lost parents to violent acts.
Despite the homicide ruling, publicly available information from the investigation has not detailed a specific cause of death beyond it being a violent act. In the years following her discovery, online memorials dedicated to victims of gun violence have listed her case, indicating the nature of the tragedy. To date, there have been no reports of suspects being taken into custody or charges filed in connection with her death, and the case has appeared in databases for unsolved homicides in the Kansas City area.
