In the crisp autumn of 2014, the life of 31-year-old Jamarlon Quitin Keys, a male and a U.S. Army veteran, was tragically cut short in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On the evening of October 7th, police responded to a call in the 900 block of Acapulco Court, where they discovered Keys suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but ultimately succumbed to his injuries.
A loving father, son, and brother, Keys was remembered by his family as someone who loved to make people laugh and whose smile could brighten any day. He had previously served a deployment in Iraq and had returned to Colorado Springs, a place he considered home.
For five years, the case of Jamarlon Keys' death remained cold, leaving his family with unanswered questions and a deep sense of loss. The investigation seemed to have stalled, with no public leads or suspects announced. The silence surrounding the case was a heavy burden for his loved ones, who continued to mourn his absence and hope for justice. His memory was kept alive by those who knew him, who remembered him as a big brother figure who always looked out for them.
Then, in a significant breakthrough in December 2019, the Colorado Springs Police Department announced the arrests of two individuals in connection with the five-year-old homicide. Lisa Deboer, then 40, and Rodric Donley, then 43, were taken into custody and faced charges of first-degree murder. At the time of his arrest for Keys' murder, Donley was already incarcerated for another cold case homicide from 2010. The arrests brought a renewed sense of hope for justice to Keys' family, offering them a semblance of closure just before the Christmas holiday. The court records for Deboer and Donley were sealed, withholding the specific details of the investigation from the public.
