What public records link Renee Good or her wife to Kansas City, Missouri (business filings, leases, voter registration)?
Executive summary
Public records cited by multiple local outlets show Renee Nicole Good (formerly Renee Macklin) had documented ties to Kansas City, Missouri: a Jackson County name‑change petition listing a Kansas City address, vehicle registration records tying the Honda Pilot she was driving to a Kansas City address, property‑tax/county records tying her and a partner to a Waldo neighborhood residence, and Missouri business filings showing an enterprise organized from that same address [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. Jackson County court records: a name‑change petition that lists a Kansas City address
Court filings in Jackson County show Good filed to change her name in October 2023 and that a judgment approving the uncontested name change was entered in November 2023; those filings included a Kansas City address near the Waldo neighborhood and statements that she lived in Kansas City and was mother to three children [1] [4] [5].
2. Vehicle registration and Department of Revenue confirmation
State vehicle records and reporting from the Missouri Department of Revenue confirm the Honda Pilot involved in the Minneapolis shooting was registered to a Kansas City, Missouri, address; media reporting repeatedly ties that registration to Good (or a name matching her filings) and to the same Kansas City address referenced in court documents [6] [3] [7] [8].
3. Property and tax records showing a Waldo residence and shared ownership
Local outlets reporting on county property and tax records say Good and another woman who lived at the same Kansas City address owned the Honda Pilot and lived in the Waldo neighborhood; neighbors described the pair as residents of that home, and reporting states she rented a home in Waldo and spent about two years living in Kansas City prior to moving out of state [5] [3] [8] [9].
4. Missouri business filings linking Good and a partner to a KC company
Secretary of State and corporate‑filing records reviewed by news organizations show Good and another woman at the same Kansas City address organized a business in 2024 (reported variably as “B.Good Handywork” or a business started in 2024); multiple outlets cite Missouri corporation records tying that business to the Kansas City address listed in her court filings [2] [4] [1].
5. Leases, rental history and reported residency — media reporting vs. raw lease documents
Several local reports state Good rented in Waldo, lived in Kansas City as recently as 2023, and spent roughly two years in KC before moving to Minneapolis; those assertions are drawn from court filings, neighbor interviews and local property records rather than published copies of a lease in the public feed provided here [8] [5] [10]. The reporting consistently portrays Kansas City as Good’s most recent documented Missouri residence before her move to Minneapolis [10].
6. Voter registration and criminal‑history claims — what the public record in these sources does not show
None of the provided sources cite or reproduce a Kansas City or Missouri voter‑registration record for Good, and fact‑checks warn that widely circulated images purporting to show a criminal history are not verified; reporters note she appears to be a U.S. citizen born in Colorado and that no authentic criminal rap sheet has been publicly documented in the materials cited here [11] [10]. Therefore, the specific question of whether public voter‑registration files link Good (or her partner) to Kansas City is not answered in the available reporting.
7. Alternative narratives, agendas and reporting limits
Local outlets (Fox4, KMBC, Spectrum, Kansas City Star, KCUR, USA Today among others) converge on overlapping public records — name‑change court filings, vehicle registration, county property records and business filings — but none of the sources provided here supply scanned lease contracts, a voter‑registration printout, or raw Secretary‑of‑State filings in full; readers should note that publications relied on public court and DOR confirmations and neighbor interviews to corroborate residency and business ties while fact‑checks cautioned against unverified criminal‑record images circulating online [3] [6] [11]. The reporting focus on Kansas City ties can serve both to establish a timeline of residency and, in public debate, to humanize or contextualize Good — an implicit editorial frame that different outlets emphasize to varying degrees [4] [10].