Donald Cecil Bradshaw, 67, was beaten to death in the early hours of Tuesday, February 4, 2014. The assault happened around 1:40 a.m. on the east side of Detroit in a commercial area on Beaufait Street near East Vernor Highway. Bradshaw was attacked inside his 2002 Mercury Grand Villager, pulled from the vehicle and found lying in the street. The perpetrators took his van and it was later recovered at a different location, firebombed in an apparent effort to destroy evidence.

Locally known as Meat Man or Peanut Man, Bradshaw’s homicide remained unsolved in the months after the killing. Crime Stoppers posted the case and offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest; no arrests or charges had been announced in the period described. If anyone has information about that night or remembers seeing activity on Beaufait Street near East Vernor Highway around 1:40 a.m., consider coming forward to investigators.