Marlon Jermaine Baldwin, 47, was found with a gunshot wound to his back on the night of October 12, 2022, in the front yard of 609 Greenland Drive in Sanford, North Carolina. He was taken to UNC Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after midnight on October 13. Baldwin was born December 2, 1974, and had lived in Sanford, Fayetteville, and Far Rockaway, Queens. He was known as an artist, cook, and barber and is survived by his parents, siblings and many relatives and friends.

The Sanford Police Department opened an investigation and on October 17, 2022 arrested 44-year-old DaCarlos Thermaine Johnson, who was charged with first-degree murder. Johnson, who has prior convictions listed in court records, notified the court through his attorney on December 19, 2022 that he intended to assert self-defense. The prosecution declined to seek the death penalty in the case, and Johnson has been held without bond.

Does anyone have information about Baldwin’s last known movements or who might have been with him that night?