In the early morning hours of January 13, 2023, police were called to the Fleur Lodge motel in Des Moines, Iowa, with a report of a man bleeding and in cardiac arrest. Inside one of the rooms, first responders discovered the body of 45-year-old Russell Allen McKeehan Jr., a White male, who was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.
The investigation quickly focused on McKeehan's roommate, 50-year-old Surfun Boens.
Police reports indicate that the two men had been living together in the motel room for at least a month prior to the shooting. Overwhelming evidence reportedly pointed to Boens as the perpetrator.
Authorities arrested Boens, and at the time of his arrest, he was allegedly in possession of a recently fired gun. Further investigation uncovered a message on his cell phone in which he stated he had "did something super, super bad" and needed to "get out of town." Boens was subsequently charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Russell McKeehan Jr.
