Ahmed Al-Akoubi was 24 when his body was found in Detroit on August 28, 2017. His remains were discovered abandoned in an alley along the Southfield Freeway on the city’s west side, and the scene prompted a homicide investigation by the Detroit Police Department.

The Homicide Unit led the early inquiry but investigators were unable to develop sufficient evidence or identify willing witnesses. No suspects were publicly named or arrested, and the investigation eventually grew cold. The case now sits with Detroit’s Cold Case Unit, which periodically reviews unsolved killings in hopes of new leads.

Who knew Ahmed or might have seen something near the Southfield Freeway alley that August night?