Jerome Deshaun Ezell was 27 when he disappeared after dropping his girlfriend at work in Lansing, Michigan, on the morning of November 7, 2017. He was last seen about 10:45 a.m. near the 500 block of South Clemens Avenue wearing a red shirt, black jeans, a black leather jacket and wheat-colored Timberland boots. He had been driving a 2017 white Chevy Equinox.

That evening the Equinox was found abandoned near North Fairview Street in Lansing with Ezell’s five-month-old son alone and still strapped into his car seat; the baby was unharmed. A multi-agency search of nearby woods produced no sign of Ezell or of a struggle. More than a year later, on December 12, 2018, human remains recovered in a wooded area off I-94 in Van Buren County were identified by DNA as Jerome Ezell. Authorities are treating his death as a homicide and foul play is suspected.

Anyone who saw Ezell, his vehicle, or activity around the 500 block of South Clemens Avenue or North Fairview Street on November 7, 2017, or who has relevant information about the recovery of remains off I-94 in Van Buren County, is asked to come forward.