On December 11, 2010, 28-year-old James Lamont Tinsley was found inside a vehicle in Laurel, Maryland, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Prince George’s County Police treated the death as a homicide and investigated accordingly.

Authorities identified 25-year-old Jamar Slade Russell as a suspect and arrested him in Laurinburg, North Carolina, on December 30, 2010. Officials announced plans to charge him with first-degree murder and held him in North Carolina while awaiting extradition to Maryland.

Tinsley, known to some as Budah, was a father of three: daughters Taylor and Ava and son Nicholas. He was survived by his mother Rosita Tinsley, his sister Breona, and other relatives and friends. A funeral service took place on December 17, 2010, at The Tabernacle Church in Laurel, with interment at Maryland National Cemetery.

Did anyone in the Laurel area have contact with Tinsley in the days before December 11, 2010?