On November 14, 2013, a forty-year-old male named Jonathan 'Ace Duce' Cruz was found shot to death inside his residence in Kansas City, Missouri. The incident occurred in the afternoon at a home located on 77th Street near The Paseo. Authorities were alerted to the situation after witnesses in the vicinity reported hearing gunfire around 2:30 p.m.
City sewer employees who were working on a bridge near the victim's home told investigators that they heard two distinct gunshots coming from the property. Following the sound of the shots, they observed an individual running out of the front door of the house. Fearing for their own safety, the workers initially retreated to avoid a potential confrontation but contacted emergency services immediately. When they looked back toward the residence shortly after, the person fleeing the scene had disappeared. Police arrived to find Cruz deceased inside the home, with a blood trail extending from the house to the driveway.
Initial reports from the scene led investigators to believe the fleeing suspect was a male, but further investigation by the Kansas City Police Department determined that the individual who ran from the house was actually a woman. Despite the witnesses' observations and the subsequent clarification regarding the suspect's gender, no specific details identifying the woman or confirming an arrest were released in the immediate aftermath of the homicide. The case has appeared in databases dedicated to unsolved crimes and missing persons in Missouri, suggesting that the investigation continued without an immediate resolution or public conviction of a suspect.
