Jamal Francis was 26 when he died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 11, 2017, from a gunshot wound to the head. He was in a car outside his girlfriend’s home just before midnight when his girlfriend, Ruby Martinez, told investigators he had accidentally shot himself while jokingly putting a gun to his head.

Forensic blood-spatter analysis later contradicted Martinez’s account, with detectives reporting patterns inconsistent with a self-inflicted wound and indicating someone else had fired the gun. Martinez was arrested on March 22, 2018, and charged with manslaughter and evidence tampering. The case went to trial, and a jury found Martinez not guilty on both counts after more than five years of legal proceedings.

Family members remembered Jamal as loving and playful; his sister, Tjnoi Francis, said the arrest brought some closure but could not bring him back. Does anyone have information about Jamal’s final hours or was present near the scene on March 11, 2017?