Marquell Gardner was 36 and a self-employed tattoo artist and father of four from Reserve, Louisiana when he disappeared on Halloween night, October 31, 2016. He was last seen leaving his girlfriend’s home with an unidentified person in a silver Buick with tinted windows. Family reported him missing after several days with no contact.

On November 6, 2016 a passerby found a decomposed body in overgrown grass in the 900 block of Napoleon Street in Baton Rouge, near the former Baton Rouge Police headquarters. The body was later identified as Gardner’s; an autopsy showed multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators stated they did not know whether he was killed at that location or moved there afterward and initially reported no suspects or motive. The person last seen with Gardner was sought for information, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

Gardner was known by nicknames such as Que, Bigg Dogg, and Madd Dogg and was described by friends and family as fearless and confident. He had prior arrests, including a 1998 charge as a principal to armed robbery and first-degree murder. Does anyone have information about Gardner’s last known movements or the silver Buick seen the night he vanished?