Junious Ray Putt Coleman, 28, died in New Orleans on November 2, 2022, in circumstances his family disputes. The New Orleans Police Department described the death as a suicide, but Coleman's mother, Sean Coleman, says he was threatened that morning, then lured to the New Orleans East Library where he was robbed, tortured, beaten and killed. The family rejects the video cited by authorities as showing a suicide and says personal items returned from evidence do not match what they expected.

Sean Coleman has pushed for a more transparent review, organizing fundraisers and petitions and urging preservation and full examination of photographs and other evidence friends provided. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. Does anyone have information about Coleman’s movements that morning or the friends who took photographs that might help clarify what happened?