Mario Nathaniel Shepard, 26 and from Cheltenham, was one of two young men found shot to death in a Suitland, Maryland cemetery on November 7, 2008. His friend, 23-year-old Kelvin Antonio Franklin of Upper Marlboro, was also found dead at the scene; both deaths were caused by gunshot wounds.

Police moved quickly after the discovery. On November 19, 2008, authorities arrested 19-year-old Darrell Raynard McCarty of Suitland and charged him with two counts of murder in connection with the killings. Beyond the arrests and basic victim details, accounts available through the immediate aftermath do not describe a motive, the events that led to the shooting, or the specific evidence that produced the arrest.

If anyone knew Mario’s movements that day, or has information about what happened in the Suitland cemetery on November 7, 2008, authorities are asked to come forward.