Derrick Lenard Foster, 45, was found dead on January 15, 2015, near the corner of 54th Street and Greenwood Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida, close to St. Mary’s Medical Center. He had suffered two gunshot wounds to the head. Early investigators determined the killing likely occurred in Riviera Beach, and the case was transferred to the Riviera Beach Police Department in 2017.

The investigation stalled for years at RBPD; the case reportedly sat on a desk for five years without action, and four department members — Major Travis Walker, Major Nathan Gordon, Officer Brooke Weiner, and Officer Worrell Ramsay — were later disciplined for policy violations and neglect of duty. In December 2023 Anthony Lewis Brownlee, 57, of Riviera Beach, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm after DNA from Foster’s clothing and from Brownlee’s vehicle linked him to the scene. Witnesses said Brownlee and Foster knew each other and had been involved in drug activity together.

Brownlee told investigators Foster had asked for a ride to a drug deal; they went to George Street Park, then to another location when the other party did not show.

Did anyone in Riviera Beach or West Palm Beach know Foster or see him around January 15, 2015?