On December 2, 2021, 25-year-old Branzel Bonner Jr. was found with gunshot wounds in a wooded area in Coram, New York. He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital and pronounced dead. Suffolk County police responded to a 911 call that morning and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators say the attack had a robbery motive. Prosecutors allege Marcus Reid demanded Bonner hand over a fanny pack; when Bonner refused, Reid fired multiple shots into his torso. Reid allegedly tried to take the fanny pack from Bonner’s body, emptied its contents, and fled. Reid’s debit card was reportedly found at the scene and surveillance footage later placed him there. Marcus Reid, 23, of Riverhead, was arrested December 13, 2021, and Monique Brown, 28, of Riverhead, was arrested December 28, 2021. Both were charged with second-degree murder and arraigned at the First District Court in Central Islip.

What can readers add about Bonner’s life, his last movements, or anyone who might have seen him in Coram that day?