William James Doran, 29, was found slumped over in his vehicle after it struck a utility pole on Dembytown Road in Joppa, Maryland, on the evening of December 10, 2021. First responders initially treated the scene as a crash, but paramedics administering CPR discovered he had suffered a gunshot wound to his upper body and he was pronounced dead at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.

Investigators quickly reclassified the incident as a homicide. Text messages on Doran’s phone from someone using the name Reject P were traced to 23-year-old Alton Cumbo of Edgewood; the messages included threats made earlier the same day. Doran had been shot just below the eye while driving. Cumbo was arrested December 15, 2021, in Towson and charged with murder and assault; his girlfriend, Mahealani Linnc Donawa, was later charged with assisting him to flee. Statements Cumbo made to fellow inmates were used by prosecutors at trial and he was found guilty of Doran’s murder.

Did anyone in Joppa recognize William, know his movements that evening, or have information about the threats on his phone?