Martez Ashford, a 33-year-old African American man, was found dead in Detroit, Michigan, on August 10, 2015. The Detroit Police Department classified his death as a homicide and opened an investigation, but initial reports did not publish the precise location where he was discovered or the method of the killing.

Detectives worked the case, but it later went cold. No arrests have been announced, no suspects have been publicly named, and no charges, trials, or convictions have been reported. His case is listed in cold-case resources such as Project Cold Case as investigators continue to seek information.

If anyone has information about Martez Ashford’s death or remembers anything from that day in Detroit, please come forward to assist the investigation.