Gilbert Stokes, 39, was found shot to death inside a car in an industrial park in the 4700 block of Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida, on February 24, 2017. Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office responded about 1:30 a.m. and discovered Stokes with gunshot wounds.

Stokes was originally from Belle Glade and had a lengthy criminal history, including a 2000 conviction for the murder of high school football player Jyron Seider. That first-degree conviction was overturned on appeal; Stokes later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault with a firearm and drew a 12-year sentence, and was released in September 2012 after serving about nine years. After release he faced further trouble, pleading guilty to dealing in stolen property in a case arising from an alleged 2015 theft of a dump truck and trailer and receiving three years probation.

Detectives linked Douglas Mackey, 52, of Loxahatchee, to Stokes’ killing. Mackey was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and home invasion robbery with a firearm; at the time of that arrest he was already in custody in Martin County on unrelated charges and was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail to face the new counts. What details about motive or the events leading to the shooting remain unclear — does anyone have information about Stokes’ last known movements or contacts?