CPD reveals new details in 2016 unsolved death of Edmond ‘Ricky’ Randolph Jr.
Meghan Drakas
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
While authorities and family members continue to search for answers, Columbia police are revealing new details about the homicide case of Edmond ‘Ricky’ Randolph Jr.
“Not knowing what happened to him is still troubling,” Randolph’s mother Nicole Craig said. “It’s still a struggle.”
Ricky Randolph Jr. with his daughter. (Credit: Nicole Craig)
Around 6:45 a.m. on June 25, 2016, a Columbia Police Department lieutenant said officers responded to a cardiac arrest call in the 2900 of Leeway Drive in northeast Columbia. Authorities were called to Apartment D, where they found Randolph dead. He was 25.
“As soon as the officers got here, they tried to do CPR, but it was quickly discovered he was deceased,” CPD Lt. Matt Gremore said. “Essentially, a resident that came home from work walked into the apartment and discovered that obviously he was hurt and she believed — in the 911 call — that he was deceased.”
Columbia police investigate the homicide of Edmond ‘Ricky’ Randolph Jr. on Leeway Drive in northeast Columbia on June 25, 2016.
Gremore said at the time, he was in the Street Crimes Unit and was called in to work the scene.
“My job became trying to track down witnesses or anybody that knew anything relative to the case,” Gremore said.
Police did not initially reveal his cause of death.
Watch the latest “Mid-Missouri’s Cold Case Files: The Case of Edmond ‘Ricky’ Randolph Jr.” at 10 p.m. Thursday on ABC 17 News.