Ellery Boyd, a 35-year-old African American man, was murdered in New Orleans in the spring of 2014. He had become involved with a street gang called the Mid-City Killers, a crew that carried out violent home invasions and burglaries targeting drug dealers across the metro area. Boyd’s association with the gang and his knowledge of its operations put him at risk after the leader, Gregory Denson known as Pep, decided Boyd might become a witness who could expose the conspiracy.

According to investigators, Denson arranged for Boyd to be killed and Boyd’s body was later disposed of in the Industrial Canal. The FBI and the New Orleans Police Department investigated the group’s wider criminal activities, which culminated in prosecutions that included charges related to Boyd’s murder.

Did anyone who knew Boyd or who was in Mid-City at that time see signs of trouble before he went missing?