OMAHA, Neb. —

A murder case in Mills County, Iowa, needs the public's help.

It's been over a year of heartbreak for the families of Marcus Johnson, 28, and his friend, 27-year-old Charles Williams Jr.

Johnson's father, Andrea Arps, misses the simple things.

"He was always smiling. I guess he got that from me," Andrea Arps said. "Every day I wake up thinking they going to call me and say something."

But that call will never come. Every minute since the death of Johnson, stepmom Dionnea Arps said, it's been a struggle.

"It's kind of hard to talk about him and not be emotional," Dionnea Arps said.

Johnson and Williams Jr. were shot and killed at a concert on Aug. 10, 2024. They were going to watch Johnson's favorite rapper, Lil Boosie, perform at the I-29 Speedway.

"He told me when he

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