Clarence Vernell Jr. Hamlett was 22 when he was killed on the evening of Wednesday, August 27, 2008, near the 1300 block of North Stricker Street in Baltimore, Maryland. His death was one of 234 homicides in the city that year. The Baltimore Police Department’s homicide division opened an investigation and Detective Daniel Nicholson was assigned to the case.

By the end of 2008 and into early 2009 the case remained open with no arrest announced. No suspects or persons of interest have been publicly identified, and the motive and circumstances behind the killing remain unexplained. The unresolved file has left a family and community without answers.

If anyone has information about Clarence’s death or was in the North Stricker Street area on August 27, 2008, please come forward.