White male Lowell Randall 'Randy' Quinnette, aged 60, was discovered deceased in his longtime residence in Indianapolis, Indiana, on the afternoon of January 8, 2025. Police were dispatched to the home located in the 5200 block of East 20th Place, near the intersection of East 21st Street and Emerson Avenue, after neighbors requested a welfare check.
Concerns arose when residents noticed that Quinnette’s work truck had remained parked in the driveway past his usual departure time for work, prompting them to contact authorities. Upon entering the property, officers found Quinnette dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Investigators determined that Quinnette was not the only victim of violence at the scene. His longtime girlfriend, 57-year-old Deborah Denise Russell, was also found deceased inside the home, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The Marion County Coroner’s Office subsequently ruled both deaths as homicides. The double murder marked a violent beginning to the new year for the city, recorded as the fourth and fifth homicides of 2025 in Indianapolis.
Quinnette was a well-known figure in his community, having lived in the house on East 20th Place for nearly four decades. He worked as a maintenance technician and was an avid musician who played drums for several local bands, including Battle AXE and The Cause. Friends and family remembered him for his dedication to his music and his career, noting the tragedy of a life cut short in a neighborhood where he had deep roots.
Detectives learned from neighbors that suspicious activity had been observed the night prior to the discovery of the bodies. A witness reported seeing an unidentified individual running from the direction of Quinnette's garage around 10:00 p.m. on the evening before the police arrived. Despite these accounts and the ongoing investigation by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, no arrests have been made in connection with the killings, and authorities have not publicly released a description of a suspect.
