Richard King was 22 when he was found fatally stabbed in Boston in the early morning of July 31, 2011. He had sustained multiple stab wounds and bled to death before help could arrive.

Earlier that night Richard had been with his cousin at a club in the Theatre District and they began walking toward his Dorchester home. At some point the cousin hailed a cab and Richard continued on foot. Why he ended up at Trotter Court, which his mother Melinda Tharps says he had no reason to visit, is unknown. A Boston Police Homicide Detective characterized the attack as personal rather than a simple robbery; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the case remains unsolved.

Richard’s family endured another tragedy when his younger brother, D’Andre King-Settles, was murdered four years later. Does anyone who knew Richard or was in the Trotter Court area that night have information that could help bring answers?