What evidence do vehicle and property records show about Renee Good's address changes between 2023 and 2026?
Executive summary
Public records cited in available reporting establish only a narrow, verifiable thread: court records from October 2023 list Renee Good with a Kansas City address, and separate contemporary summaries say she was living in Minneapolis at the time of her death in January 2026; there is no published vehicle-registration or deed history in the provided sources that tracks a sequence of moves between 2023 and 2026 [1] [2]. Broader administrative guidance about how and when address information appears in vehicle and property databases explains why the documentary trail can be incomplete or delayed, and underscores the limits of current reporting [3] [4] [5].
1. What the direct documentary evidence shows: a court filing tying Good to Kansas City in 2023
The clearest concrete record cited by reporting is a name‑change petition filed in Jackson County Circuit Court in October 2023 in which Renee Good (listed under her prior name Renee Nicole Macklin) provided a Kansas City address; the Kansas City Star reported that filing and used it as the basis to say she “lived in Kansas City as recently as 2023” [1]. That single public‑court document is the only direct, person‑specific record in the supplied reporting that ties her to a Kansas City residence during 2023 [1].
2. The contemporaneous location reported at the time of death: Minneapolis in 2026
Contemporaneous accounts, including an encyclopedic summary of the incident, describe Good as living in Minneapolis with her partner and child at the time she was killed in January 2026, which places her residential status in a different city by that date [2]. That assertion in the available material functions as a descriptive claim rather than a chained record of property or vehicle transactions, and the sources do not publish the underlying deeds, tax rolls, or registration entries that would legally demonstrate a move between those points [2].
3. What vehicle and property databases normally show — and why gaps exist in public reporting
State and local systems for vehicle registration, property tax records and assessor databases are managed locally and require formal notices to change; for example, motor vehicle departments warn that registrations and renewal materials are mailed to the address on record and that the postal service may not forward certain registration items, which can create lag or mismatches between physical residence and official database entries [3]. Assessor and county land record systems are the authoritative public repositories for deeds and tax assessments, but access and searchability differ by jurisdiction and require direct queries of county offices [6] [5]. The sources provided include general guidance on these mechanics but do not contain county deed or DMV extracts for Good [3] [6] [5].
4. What is not present in the supplied reporting: no published vehicle titles, registration logs or deed transfers
Nowhere in the set of documents supplied is there a published chain of title, vehicle title history, registration-change logs, or assessor parcel records that would chronicle precise address changes for Renee Good between October 2023 and January 2026; the reporting instead relies on a court petition for one documented 2023 address and contemporary descriptions of her residence in 2026 [1] [2]. Without county deed searches, DMV record pulls or property‑tax account extracts cited in the reporting, a step‑by‑step, source‑backed timeline of address changes cannot be demonstrated from these materials [6] [7].
5. Alternative explanations and institutional incentives that shape the record
Administrative realities—people update addresses with some agencies but not others, mail forwarding can temporarily mask failings, and DMV or assessor data can lag—provide plausible reasons why a clean chain of records may be absent in public reporting rather than proof that no moves occurred [3] [8]. News outlets focusing on an event (the killing) often cite available, salient documents—court filings and local accounts—without running exhaustive property-title and DMV searches; that editorial prioritization can produce a public narrative built on fragmented official traces rather than a forensic property and vehicle audit [1] [2].
6. Bottom line: what the evidence supports and what remains unanswered
The verified, source‑cited evidence in the materials provided supports two discrete facts: a Jackson County court filing in October 2023 listing a Kansas City address, and contemporaneous reporting that Good lived in Minneapolis in January 2026 [1] [2]. The materials do not include DMV or county property records that would confirm every address change or the timing of vehicle registrations and deed transfers between 2023 and 2026, and the administrative guidance in DMV and assessor pages explains why those records might not be visible or current in public reporting [3] [6] [5]. To produce a fuller, document‑level timeline would require targeted searches of Jackson County and Minneapolis–area property records and motor‑vehicle registration files, which are not present in the supplied sources.