Seventeen-year-old Tyon Blair was found dead on July 12, 2017, in a wooded area near a retention pond in the Sandalwood neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. Born September 1, 1999, in Fort Walton Beach, he lived in Jacksonville and attended Sandalwood High School, where he was described as intelligent and artistically talented. A walker on a path behind homes along Ironstone Drive North recognized Tyon and alerted his family after finding him with at least one gunshot wound.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office opened a suspicious-death investigation. The spot where he was discovered was known as a hangout for local teens, but the circumstances leading to the shooting remain unclear and no arrests have been reported. Authorities asked anyone with information to come forward, saying even small tips could help.

Did anyone in the Sandalwood area know where Tyon spent time that week or see anything unusual on July 12, 2017?