In the spring of 2018, the life of 40-year-old Addrin Coats, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in a violent encounter that also claimed the lives of two other men. On the morning of April 2nd, police were dispatched to a duplex on Tenny Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, after a woman reported a disturbing scene. She had found the front door of the residence ajar with a man's body lying in the entryway.
Upon their arrival, officers discovered a grim tableau.
Inside the home, they found not one, but three victims of what appeared to be a triple homicide. Addrin Coats was one of the deceased, alongside brothers Edward Rawlins, 51, and David Rawlins, 46. All three men had succumbed to gunshot wounds. Neighbors later recounted hearing what sounded like gunshots the previous night, but had not seen anything amiss at the time.
The investigation into the brutal slayings led authorities to a suspect. MonDale Douglas, then 27 years old, was arrested and subsequently charged with three counts of premeditated first-degree murder. The case proceeded through the justice system, culminating in a trial where a Wyandotte County jury found Douglas guilty on all three counts for the deaths of Coats and the Rawlins brothers. His conviction brought a measure of resolution to the families of the victims, though the motive behind the violent act was not detailed in the available information. Douglas was scheduled for sentencing in March of 2020.
