A man previously convicted of second-degree manslaughter is facing a first-degree murder charge, accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2024 on Kansas City’s East Side.
Ramello Robinson-Parks faces first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm for his alleged role in the Feb. 19, 2024, killing of 26-year-old Elaysha Gilliam, according to a news release from Jazzlyn Johnson, director of communications for the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Officers with the Kansas City Police Department were called to an overgrown vacant lot in the 3600 block of Oakley Avenue around midnight on reports of a dead body, according to a probable cause statement filed in support of Robinson-Parks’ arrest…