In the early morning of May 9, 2020, Peekskill Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on the 900 block of Paulding Street and found 27-year-old Emmanuel Jordan unresponsive in a running car. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. An investigation determined Jordan died of a gunshot wound to the chest. He was a former Peekskill resident living in Mohegan Lake and a father of four.

Police arrested 21-year-old Michael Jenkins of Peekskill within 24 hours. Investigators, with assistance from the District Attorney’s Office High Technology Unit, say Jenkins had met Jordan the previous evening to buy narcotics, shot him multiple times in the legs and chest, then robbed him and fled. Jenkins was charged with second-degree murder and other offenses and found guilty at trial in September 2021; in November 2021 he received a state prison sentence of 25 years to life.

Did anyone in the area know Emmanuel or see him on May 8–9, 2020?