Michael Clinton Mills Jr, 21, was found dead on September 18, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His body was located in the woods behind a home on Medford Drive near the Central Avenue and Eastway Drive intersection. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department determined Mills died of a gunshot wound and ruled the case a homicide, noting his body appeared to have been there several days before discovery.

Mills’ death was recorded as Charlotte’s 65th homicide of the year. Family and friends remember him as someone who loved his family, and the community has expressed grief while urging anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in the area around Medford Drive in mid-September 2017 see or hear anything that could help investigators?