Derrick Kent Franklin was 28 when he was killed on March 31, 2009, on the 3800 block of Lyndale Avenue in Baltimore. The basic facts recorded are these: a name, an age, a date and a block where his life ended.

Derrick was a son and a friend whose life mattered beyond the coordinates of a street. If anyone knew him, saw something on Lyndale Avenue that day, or has information that could help fill in what happened, please come forward. How did Derrick fit into the neighborhood that day?