Kadeisha Ross, 28, was found dead on the morning of March 1, 2025, in an apartment at the Village Square Apartments on Cochise Trail in Lafayette, Indiana. Officers were called about 7:30 a.m.; investigators discovered Ross and another woman, Laportia Shenett, deceased inside Shenett’s bottom-floor apartment. The scene showed signs of gunfire and shell casings; detectives recovered evidence pointing to a small-caliber firearm.

Police said the killings did not appear to be random and that the suspect was known to both victims. Investigators later traced the case to Seyene Vargas, accused of killing both women on the night of February 28, with the bodies discovered the next morning. Detectives reported that pieces of the gun had been hidden in multiple locations around Gary, Indiana, which they recovered, reassembled, and tested; ballistics testing was reported to match the apartment evidence.

Vargas was arrested in Seattle on March 16, 2025, by U.S. Marshals and charged with murder, obstruction of justice, and false informing, along with a firearm-related charge. Does anyone have information about Kadeisha, Laportia, or the events that night that could help investigators?