William C. Jenkins, a 35-year-old Black man from Indianapolis, was found fatally injured on August 30, 2009, at a residence at 3517 Station Street. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department classified the death as a homicide and opened a murder investigation, but the circumstances leading to the killing were unclear in the immediate aftermath and no arrests were announced then.

Detectives worked to reconstruct the timeline of that Sunday, but information on suspects or a motive was scarce. The case was entered among the city’s unsolved homicides and remained an open, inactive cold case with no charges filed. Jenkins’s funeral was held September 4, 2009, at Eastern Star Church, followed by burial at New Crown Cemetery.

Anyone with information about Jenkins, the events of August 30, 2009, or activity around 3517 Station Street that day is asked to come forward.