On February 8, 2015, responders in Detroit found 39-year-old Ahija Johnson, also known to friends and family as Benny Lee Johnson, dead at a residence at 17589 Meyers Road on the city’s northwest side. The Wayne County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide. Johnson was an African American man who had previously taken part in an ironworkers apprenticeship program.

Detroit Police detectives processed the Meyers Road scene, searched for forensic leads and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses, but investigators were unable to reconstruct a clear timeline or establish a motive. The case grew cold: no suspects were publicly named and no arrests were made. The investigation remains an open, unsolved homicide.

If anyone has information about Johnson, his movements that day, or the Meyers Road residence, please come forward.