On September 27, 2010, police in Indianapolis found the body of 20-year-old Calvin Dowdy in the Blackburn Terrace apartments on North Sherman Drive. Authorities described Dowdy as an African American male who had died as the result of a fatal assault; the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department recorded the death as a homicide.

Investigators processed the scene and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses, but the timeline of events leading to the assault remained unclear and no suspects were immediately identified. The specific cause of death is retained in investigative files.

Anyone who was in the Blackburn Terrace area on September 27, 2010, or who has information about Calvin Dowdy’s death is asked to contact the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.