Osean Ham Lockett, 19, vanished from Detroit after being dropped off by his mother near a BP station on the evening of July 6, 2015, following a shift boarding up vacant houses. The youngest of eight children and a recent high school graduate, he was known to family as Ham and it was uncharacteristic for him to be out without notice.

On September 5, 2015, workers cleaning storm drains found a body in a storm sewer; Osean’s brother, Trevon Nichols, identified the remains by the clothing Osean had been wearing. The Wayne County Medical Examiner confirmed the body as Osean Lockett and ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds. Detroit police investigated the death as a homicide and the inquiry led to a man named Michael Ferguson. Some reports say witnesses saw someone matching Ferguson’s description, wearing a mask and brass knuckles, approach and assault Lockett.

In spring 2016 Ferguson accepted a plea for gun possession tied to Lockett’s death and received two years in prison plus two years probation. The case remains a homicide and the family continues to grieve. Did anyone in Detroit’s west side neighborhood see Ham on or after July 6, 2015?